Organ for St. Vitus Cathedral held up in Spain due to coronavirus crisis

A new organ for Prague’s St. Vitus Cathedral has been help up in Spain because of the coronavirus situation, the newspaper Právo reported. The organ, which is being built near Barcelona, had been due to arrive in the Czech capital by now, ahead of being installed at the Prague Castle cathedral later this year.

Štěpán Svoboda, who is overseeing the project for the Prague dioceses, told Právo that the instrument was likely to be first heard toward the end of next year.

A fall in the value of the Czech crown toward the Euro will mean the price will be higher than initially envisaged. Over CZK 85 million was collected to pay for the organ.