The carol "Silent Night" was first played on this instrument?

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Father Joseph Mohr (the song's
lyricist) first played it on his
guitar because the church's organ
was not working.

Correct!


he carol was first performed in the Nicola-Kirche (Church of St. Nicholas) in Oberndorf, Austria on December 25, 1818. Mohr had composed the words much earlier, in 1816, but on Christmas Eve brought them to Gruber and asked him to compose a melody and guitar accompaniment for them. The reason for this is unclear, since guitars were normally associated with drinking— perhaps Mohr simply wanted a new carol for the Midnight Mass, but tradition has it that the organ at the Nicola-Kirche was not working that night (a popular version of the story claims that mice had eaten out the bellows). - Wikipedia

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