The previous sound change in 2013 also attracted a lot of public, but due to the corona outbreak, only a limited number of people were allowed into the church today. Outside hundreds of interested people watched a screen. The sound the instrument makes now can be heard for another 2,527 days.
The piece, intended as an art project, started in 2001 and, if all goes well, will last until the year 2640. It is a piece by the American avant-garde composer John Cage. The organ is located in a small church in Halberstadt, about 200 kilometers from Berlin.
The piece of music is called As Slow As Possible (ORGAN / ASLSP) and the instrument was built especially for the project. It should take a total of 639 years.
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