Organy

The first organs for the Kamień Pomorski cathedral were funded in 1332. Another instrument was brought to the church in 1485, funded by Bishop B. Wallenstein. After the bishopric was taken over by the first Evangelical bishop, Bartholomäus Suave, another instrument was built by Kamień organ builders in 1580, serving the faithful until the second half of the 17th century.

In 1669, Prince Ernest Bogusław von Croy, the last titular bishop of Kamień from the Griffin dynasty, Brandenburg Elector’s governor in Pomerania, and canon priest of the Kamień chapter, commissioned organ maker Fryderyk Breyer from Szczecin to create new organs for the cathedral. For unknown reasons, Breyer did not complete the construction. The work was continued by Michael Berigel from Szczecin.

The construction cost was estimated at four thousand thalers. The building process used 163 pipes, 57 pounds of tin, and three yokes of wood from the old instrument. The organs, with a height of 13 meters and a width of 9 meters, had 39 stops divided into three manuals and a pedal, and five wedge bellows provided the necessary air for playing. In December 1672, Te Deum Laudamus was performed for the first time on the new instrument with impressive sound.

The organs received a Baroque prospect, on which Johann Grundmann from Frankfurt an der Oder (sculptor), Martin Edelberg (prospect ornamentation painter), and Johann Schmidt (polychromy and gilding) worked until 1684. According to Baroque principles, the instrument was divided into four independent parts. The main section and a smaller one above it are incorporated into the central structure of the prospect. The pedal stops are placed in two side towers, while the positive organ is located on the balustrade between them.