More than a hundred years ago — in 1813 — by the initiative of the priest Antanas Masaitis, Leliūnai church was equipped with a 21-register organ, made by the famous organ master Bruno Goebel in Koenigsberg. In the early 20th c. this organ was one of the first pneumatic organs in Lithuania. In her book Vargonų muzika Lietuvoje XX a. (Organ Music in the 20th c. Lithuania), the musicologist and organ player Jūratė Landsbergytė wrote: “The most noteworthy examples in the first half of the 20th c. include the organs made by the organ master Bruno Goebel in Koenigsberg, mostly known and used in the Lithuanian temporary capital — Kaunas: one at the Church of the Jesuit Fathers and two at the conservatory. The organs of Bruno Goebel were known for their high quality and these were also among the first pneumatic organs in Lithuania. The examples of these organs still used in Leliūnai and Salakas are regarded as probably the best of the old instruments in Lithuania.”
