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The organ was built in 1993 by the organ building firm Johannes Klais (Bonn). The instrument has 21 stops on two manuals and a pedal. The second manual has two swells: one to the rear, for choral accompaniment, and the other to the front, with a second pedal. The key and stop actions are mechanical.
A choir organ stood on an oratorio in the presbytery of St. Andrew's Church, which was dismantled in the 1950s and 60s; the case, which was removed at that time, now stands carelessly next to the main organ in the music gallery. This is most likely the instrument created by Paul Rotenburger in 1660, which had five stops and a tremulant. The "over-the-corner" design of the organ case is reminiscent of the old crossing organs in Salzburg Cathedral, the first two of which were built by Paul Rotenburger's father, Leopold Rotenburger, in 1628.