At war's end, only 700 of the original 4000 musical instruments survived.
This can be based on measurements taken from the original instrument.
Some of the original instruments and sculptures made by Fr.
In recent years, there has been greater focus on full rebuilding as original instruments finally stop working.
At least 50 original instruments survive in collections around the world.
From an original 16 instruments, the "Marching 100" has grown to over 420 members.
In 2006 the original instrument was replaced with a newer solid state one.
Many players on "original" instruments are actually using modern replicas.
Much of the original instrument's character was brought back by restoring the third manual.
The professor has thus given new meaning to the trend these days of playing old music on original instruments.