Chapter XIII
The Organs in Leipsic Churches—Bach’s Method of Accompanying—The Pitch of Organs.
Thomas Church Organ
There were two organs in the Thomas Church, the larger of which dated from 1525. In 1721 it was enlarged by Scheibe, a builder of whom Bach had a very good opinion. In 1730 it was again improved, by giving the choir organ a keyboard of its own, instead of its being acted on by the great key-board as was formerly the case.
The organ contained:—