Vilnius
Vilnius district/region
Church of St. Francis and St. Bernard (Bernardine), Chapel of the Three Kings (former St. Bonaventure)
Vilnius deanery, Vilnius archdiocese
| Master | Date | Instrument |
|---|---|---|
| Józef Olszynski | 1737 | 1 manual, 12 stops |
Organ not survived; in 1765, it was sold to Bernardine monastery in Slutsk (Слуцк, Belarus) for 200 thalers [1].
The stoplist, name of organ master and date of building recorded in the archival document [1]. Józef Olszynski may be attributed to Vilnius Organ Building School according to the features of stoplist.
Chapel interior panoramic view before and after restoration.
[1] Archival chronicle of Vilnius Bernardine monastery: Chronologia erectionis et fundatiotis conventus et custodiae Vilnensis ADS: Franciscum ordinis minorum de de observantia ex varijs vetustissimis condicibus ac monumentis Patrum Nostrum diligenter collecta conscriptaque per A.R.P. Thomam Digon praedicatorem generalem Patrem provinciae ac ahronologum sub officio A.V.P. Stephani Romanowicz custodis ac gvardiani Vilnen: Anno Dni 1668 (Photocopy, f. 5, ap. 9, b. 9, t. 5, p. 224).
Archival stoplist (Chronologia erectionis…, p. 224)
| Manual | |
|---|---|
| Princypal Salcynal Flet major Flet minor Octawa Jula Jula [Walflet ?] Flet amabilis Quinta Super octawa Sedecyma Mixtura |
8 pedum 8 pedum 8 pedum 4 pedum 4 pedum 4 pedum 2 pedum * 4 pedum 3 pedum 2 pedum 1 pedis IV–V ch. |
* The archival document indicates: Jula czyli inny glos 2 pedum (liet. „Jula or other 2-foot stop“).
Chronologia erectionis…, p. 224