A file photograph from 2004 shows Notre Dame's organ. - Stephane de Sakutin/AFP/Getty Images Latry had, in his words, lived with the organ “day and night” since joining the cathedral in 1985.

Notre Dame's organ was blessed and awakened in a symbolic resurrection during the cathedral's reopening ceremony. The organ's 8,000 pipes were disassembled, cleaned and tuned following the 2019 fire.

It took months of painstaking cleaning and decontaminating, but on Saturday, the majestic tones of the Grand Organ of Notre Dame rang out once more.

The Great Organ of Notre Dame, pictured on November 29, survived the 2019 blaze but required extensive restoration.© Christophe Petit Tesson/AP ...

It took months of painstaking cleaning and decontaminating, but on Saturday, the majestic tones of the Grand Organ of Notre Dame rang out once more.

Paris (CNN) — France’s largest musical instrument is ready to sound again. It has taken months of painstaking cleaning and decontaminating of 8,000 pipes, 115 organ stops and numerous other ...