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| | The Great Organ of the Laurenskerk at Alkmaar |
 | | Near the town of Alkmaar and the Egmonder Meer stood once a monastery, founded about 1420, to which in a bequest extensive lands between the towns of Alkmaar and Haarlem were made over. |
 | | One condition, however, was attached to the bequest by the far-seeing founder: In the case of dissolution, the lands should go to the town with the parish church nearest to the monastery. |
 | | That the tonal structure is now once more as clear and abundant as in the heydays of the instrument's long life, and Schnitger's disposition is still adhered to, is due to the Dutch organ builder D. Flentrop, who affectionately cares for the instrument to this day. |
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