The death has been announced of Jürgen Ahrend, a German craftsman famed for restoring damaged organs in Dutch and German churches.
His most important work can be heard in the Martinikerk in Groningen and St. Jacobi in Hamburg.
His son, Hendrik, continues the workshop.
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