Instrument:

• organs noted in XVI century [3],
• small organs from (probably) left transept builts about 1580 are in 1674 stolen by Swedish army [3]. Currently they are probably in Skokloster near Stockholm [3],
• next organs built in 1603 by Christian Heymann (or Neumann) [3],

• presently in church there are three instruments which two are historical [45]:

  1. Great organs on main choir:

  • built in 1763-1788 by Jan Wulff (known later as brother Michał) from Orneta, completed in 1791-1788 by F. R. Dalitz from Gdańsk [3],
  • rich carver's decoration by brothers Alanus and Gross [3],
  • organs repaired about 1831 by J. B. Wiśniewski, by K. F. Schuricht in 1840 [3],
  • rebuilt in 1863-1865 by F. W. Kaltschmidt and in 1934-1935 by J. Goebel (added electropneumatical action and replacement of all stops) [3],
  • repaired after 1955 by D. Biernacki and in 1967 by Z. Kamiński [3],
  • 25 sculptures of angels on case have moving parts [3],
  • 5 manuals and pedal, originally 3 manuals and pedal [3],
  • electropneumatical action
  • 95 stops, originally 83 stops [3],
  • about 8000 pipes [45],
    

  2. Organs in right transept:
  

  • built before 1763 probably by Jan Wulff (known later as brother Michał) from Orneta [3],
  • rebuilt in 1900 by brothers Dinse from Berlin [3],
  • connected in 1938 to great organs on main choir [3],

Disposition: [3]

The Holy Trinity Church, Gdańsk first chapel which is the part of  presently presbytery built circa 1200 [50].

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23. I. 2002