The historic organ at Notre Dame Cathedral has survived Monday's devastating fire, according to initial reports.
The organ has a staggering five keyboards and more than 8,000 pipes, some going back to the middle ages.
It dates back to 1730 and was greatly modified over the years.
Paris's deputy mayor was quoted as saying that the organ, one of the biggest and most famous in the world, remained intact after the fire.
Emmanuel Gregoire told BFMTV that a plan to protect the cathedral’s treasures had been rapidly and successfully activated.
The BFM Paris tweet has a clip of the spokesman of Notre Dame saying he had gone into the nave, and the rose windows were all there. The organ might have some water damage, but not burnt at all.
— Tim O'Connor (@timoconnorbl) April 16, 2019
I happened to go into Notre Dame last night and listened to the organ play. It was stunning, as always. Such a graceful place is going before our eyes and it’s devastating. pic.twitter.com/9skyGSimrM
— Anne-Claire D (@AnneClaireD1) April 15, 2019
The Notre Dame organ is one of my favorites. I treasure it. I here is a video of the organ on Palm Sunday in 2017. pic.twitter.com/uhZ8tL7UKx
— Sydney O'Dear (@sydneyodear) April 15, 2019