ABSTRACT
The late-14th century positive organ from Norrlands now preserved in the National Historical Museum in Stockholm (Fig. 1) is one of the very few instruments of its time still in existence and the only Gothic organ whose keyboard, pedalboard, and playing mechanism still survive largely intact. 1 As such, it tells us an enormous amount about the organ-building practice of its time, a fact amply demonstrated in Bertil Wester’s monumental study Gotisk resning i svenska orglar (Stockholm, 1936) and the earlier work of C.F. Hennerberg. 2 Although its pipes and bellows are missing, the research of these writers, supplemented by that of Poul-Gerhard Andersen, 3 make it possible to know quite completely what the instrument probably looked like (Fig. 2), even though – alas – we shall probably never be completely certain of what it sounded like.
