Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts researches Swiss organs
There are around 3,000 organs in Switzerland. However, this cultural treasure has only been researched in fragments. A research team at the Organ Documentation Centre (ODZ) at Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts has been compiling the available knowledge since 2007.
The ODZ was founded in 2007 to bring together all the information available on organ building and music throughout Switzerland in a single place and to close gaps in the existing records as far as possible. So far, the organs in the cantons of Zug, Schwyz and Lucerne have been examined more closely.
Work has now begun on recording the organs of the canton of Uri. "The scientifically documented organ history of Uri is still only known in very general terms", explains Marco Brandazza, head of the ODZ. Organs are said to have existed there as early as the turn of the 17th century. However, as the valleys of Uri did not have a local organ building workshop until the middle of the 18th century, various craftsmen of different origins worked there.
Original article:
https://www.hslu.ch/de-ch/hochschule-luzern/ueber-uns/medien/medienmitteilungen/2021/09/06/hochschule-luzern-erforscht-schweizer-orgeln/
