Dismantling of Notre Dame Cathedral organ begins after 2019 fire

Paris instrument with 8,000 pipes and five keyboards will be cleaned and repaired

Work has begun to dismantle and repair the grand organ in Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, which escaped serious damage after a devastating fire in April 2019.

The instrument, believed to be the biggest in France, was untouched by the flames that threatened to engulf the building and the gallons of water used by firefighters to extinguished the blaze.