Organ of the Grasberg church

The towers are connected by two-storey pipe-flats, which are divided by profiled intermediate cornices; the lower pipes of these are mute.

Original, preserved carving completes the prospect of the Hauptwerk at the top and bottom, forming lateral blind-relief wings of acanthus tendrils with volutes, and abutting the center tower.

Due to the low ceiling height, the main case originally stood as a Brüstungsorgel ('parapet organ') integrated into the orphanage gallery edge somewhat like a chair-organ.

[5] After the sale of the Schnitger organ, Georg Wilhelm Wilhelmy (of Stade) transferred the instrument from Hamburg to Grasberg for 500 Reichstaler.

The Cornet 2′ was removed and the four-rank pedal mixture was transformed into a two-rank Rauschpfeife due to the Posaune's larger wooden boots.

Rohdenburg (of Lilienthal) and replaced, in contemporary taste, with foundation stops (Bordun 16′ and Viola da Gamba 8′).

In 1917, the 65 case-pipes had to be handed over to the army administration for armament purposes, as Schnitger organs were not under monument protection at the time.

Due to the lower wind pressure applied at this time however, the pipe work was revised and the cut-ups changed.

Rowan West restored the organ in 2015/2016, cleaning and removing mould, carrying out essential maintenance, and making a new copy of the damaged tongues of the Dulcian and of Wilhelmy's manual Trommet.

The Arp Schnitger Organ in Grasberg