Organ | Plasy

The organ in the Church of the Assumption of Virgin Mary at the Cistercian monastery in Plasy are among the most important and best preserved authentic instruments of Early Baroque organmaking in Central Europe.

Traditional accounts attributed the instrument completed in 1688 to the Loket organmaker Abraham Starck (1659 – 1709). However, recent organological research of Tomáš Horák led to a different conclusion. Based on the analysis of archives and a comparatory study of construction elements, it identified the Prague-based organbuilder Hans Heinrich Mundt (1632 – 1691) as the maker of the organ at Plasy. In 2004–2006, the organ underwent complex restoration by organmaker Vladimír Šlajch.

The two-manual instrument with a pedal has 28 stops: 

Main organ C-c'''

Principal 8', Quintatön 8', Salicional 8', Spillflöth 8', Copl major 8', Octava 4', Fugara 4', Copl minor 4', Grosse quint 3', Superoctav 2', Kleine quint 1 1/2', Sedecima 1', Mixtur 4 fach, Cimbal 3 fach

Positive C-c''' 

Copl major 8', Flauto minor 4', Principal 4', Octava 2', Spitzflett 2', Quint 1 1/2', Sedecima 1', Mixtur 3 fach

Pedal C-c'

Subbass offen 16', Subbass gedeckt 16', Octav 8', Quint 5 1/3', Superoctav 4', Mixtur 4 fach 

Meantone temperament, a¹ = 465 Hz

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