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TREASURIES FOR A KING :

King of the instruments by its aesthetics so as by its sonorities, the organ deserved to be celebrated in a high cultural and architectural place!  If you go to Roche, between Montreux and Saint Maurice, you will discover treasuries gathered in a barn post, former stop on the oldest roman road of Switzerland leading to the Grand-Saint-Bernard.

AN ASTONISHING COLLECTION DEDICATED TO THE ORGAN

23 centuries of music, history and technique gathered!

From the prototype of an organ executed on 246 before J.-C in Alexandria (reconstructed in its original size) to the Tschanun’s with  2’700 tubes (1934) passing by:

·  Several instruments from many different periods, of which a 6 meters high case, built in 1778 by S. Scherrer,

·  Several equipments allowing some acoustic vulgarization experiences

· And many other objects in order to interest the outsiders so as the specialists. During the visits leaded by the curator, he proceeds to many demonstrations and auditions.

 The animation and the promotion of this unique place are supported by the Friends’ Association of the Swiss Museum of the Organ, which gathers over 750 members.