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The church has three organs: the main organ from 1960/2009, located in the choir behind the altar (49 stops/68 ranks), the antiphonal organ on the right side (across the pulpit), built in 1950 (17 stops/23 ranks; playable from a two-manual console and the five-manual main console), and a positive
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