Organo del monastero di Engelberg

The pipe organ at the Benedictine monastery in Engelberg is a wooden instrument with mechanical keys and slider mechanisms that produce sound through lead-tin pipes. The instrument fills the monastery church with its full sound and serves as the central musical work of the cloister.

The instrument was built in 1877 and arrived at the monastery, which had existed since 1120. During the secularization of 1798, the monastery lost its secular power but retained its religious function and later its musical heritage.

The organ sounds daily during Benedictine services and shapes the religious life of the monastery. Its voice is an important part of the prayer tradition that has been maintained at this place for centuries.

Visitors can see and experience the instrument during guided tours of the monastery. The best time to hear it is during daily services when the organ is played.

The instrument was specifically designed to make the best use of the monastery church's acoustics and project its sound throughout the entire space. Each pipe element was carefully adapted to achieve this effect.