![]() This flocking of the public is even more supported during the biennial International Organ Festival. In summer the city organ concerts attract many visitors each week. Händel in 1740 and ’50, who travelled to Haarlem especially for this purpose, and in 1766 the ten-year-old Mozart was on the organ. Soon after its completion the organ became a tourist attraction with international fame and it still is. ![]() The pinnacle is crowned with two lion figures holding the coat of arms of Haarlem. The organ is richly gilded and decorated with more than 25 larger than life-size statues, all made by Jan van Logteren, a sculptor from Amsterdam. ![]() In the towering middle part the ‘werken’ (Rugwerk, Hoofdwerk en Bovenwerk), placed above each other, are clearly distinguishable they are flanked on both sides with two enormous “pedal towers” in which pipes of almost 11 metres (32 feet) are placed. It covers the whole west wall of the church and measures almost 30 metres from the ground. The main eye-catcher in the Great Church is the impressive Müller organ dating from 1738, which is the most depicted instrument in the world.
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