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met with Silbermann during his (Mozart's) stay in Strasbourg in 1778, and played on the pipe organs in the two

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churches Saint-Thomas (preserved), and

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(destroyed in 1870), which he calls ″Silbermann's best". Pipe organs by J. A. Silbermann in their original instrumental state can be found in the following churches, among others: * St Georges, Châtenois * Jesuit Church, Molsheim * St Maurice, Soultz-Haut-Rhin * St Maurice, Soultz-les Bains * St Thomas, Strasbourg

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