Oliwa Cathedral organ were built in the years 1763-1788 by Jan Wulf from Orneta, the organ-builder completed by Gdansk Frederick Rudolf Dalitz. Organ were later repeatedly rebuilt and expanded. During the major reconstruction (1863–1865), the great organ was given a Romantic layer. Most significant changes in the structure of the instrument were made during the interwar period (1934-1935). In these years it received a new electric tracker action and was connected to the main console. After completion of the work, the Oliwa organ had 82 standard registers and 5 transmitted ones. After World War II, in 1955, the organ was thoroughly renovated and today Oliwa organ comprises 96 registers, 5 manuals, a pedal, an electro-pneumatic tracker action and also an electronic system recording up to 64 combinations (so called Setzer type). Organ are consist of 7876 pipes made of oak, fir, pine and tin. In 2003, a contemporary Emanuel Kemper 17-pipe organ with a mechanical and electric tracker action was imported from Germany. Afterwards, an organ builder Jerzy Kukla installed it in an antique organ case, thus, replacing the previous instrument. The choir organ is at present connected with the great organ. In the summer there is a twenty-minute concerto organized daily except for the principal feasts and a few other days as specified in the concerto schedule. During the concert, many figures of angels holding in his hands moving trumpets, trombones, and bells. On both sides are placed on the organ prospectus stars, sun and moon, which are also mobile. Also during the summer season two concerts are held weekly at the International Festival of Organ Music, organized by the Polish Baltic Philharmonic.
churches and holy placesPomerania, PolandGdansk, Pomerania, Poland