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Saint Bavo Church - Pictures of The "Great Church" of Haarlem

By James Martin, About.com

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The Christian Muller Organ

St. Bavo, Organ, Haarlem, picture, christian muller

Haarlem: The Organ at St. Bavo constructed 1735-8 by Christian Muller from Amsterdam.

James Martin
The Christian Muller Organ is the focal point of St. Bavo. It's 30 meters high and has 5068 pipes. Constructed by Amsterdam organ builder Christian Muller between 1735 and 1738, Handel and Mozart both have played it, Mozart when he was 10.

The organ features 25 larger-than-life woodwork figures carved by Jan van Logteren.

There are frequent organ concerts in the summer. Tuesday and Thursday evenings there are one hour free concerts, featuring music that demonstrates the range of the organ.

For detailed technical information on the organ, see Muller-orgel.

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