A file photograph from 2004 shows Notre Dame's organ. Stephane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images Latry had, in his words, lived with the organ “day and night” since joining the cathedral in 1985.

Notre Dame's thunderous great organ was heard in public for the first time since 2019 at the cathedral's reopening ceremony Saturday night. More for You.

TOPSHOT - This photograph shows the nave, the western Rose window and the organ of Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral in Paris, on November 29, 2024.

It took months of painstaking cleaning and decontaminating, but on Saturday, the majestic tones of the Grand Organ of Notre Dame rang out once more. Skip to content. NOWCAST NewsCenter 5 at 5:30.

A file photograph from 2004 shows Notre Dame's organ. - Stephane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images. Latry had, in his words, lived with the organ “day and night” since joining the cathedral in 1985.

Tuning the organ took another six months. “This kind of maintenance, where you dismantle the entire organ, usually happens every 50 or 100 years,” Mesme said.

The Great Organ of Notre Dame, pictured on Nov. 29, survived the 2019 blaze but required extensive restoration.

The Great Organ of Notre Dame, pictured on Nov. 29, survived the 2019 blaze but required extensive restoration.

How Notre Dame’s famed Grand Organ regained its distinctive voice. ... Latry and Notre Dame’s three other organists are set to play when the cathedral hosts its reopening ceremony on Saturday.

Paris (CNN) — France’s largest musical instrument is ready to sound again. It has taken months of painstaking cleaning and decontaminating of 8,000 pipes, 115 organ stops and numerous other ...