HISTORICAL BACKGROUND

Date of construction of the church: sixteenth century
Date of construction of the organ: late eighteenth-early nineteenth century
Builder: unknown
Interventions: 1887, J. Ignacio Sánchez, 1908 Pedro Nibra
Inscriptions: on the facade 182? and 1849; inside the case “Repaired by J. I. Sánchez/ December 29 of 1887. cost, 158.”; and “repaired by Pedro Nibra, November 20 1908.”
Type: four foot organ on a table

Keyboard: original, made of wood, set in a comb rail (unusual)
Compass: 45 notes with C1- c’’’ with a short octave
Key action: pin (varilla) action, varillas fan out horizontally below the keyboard
Stop action: extensions of the sliders protrude from the sides of the case; divided middle c/c#
Labels: written informally on the case for most of the left hand pulls, not original
Windchest: complete and original; pallets numbered, cross on central pipe
Measurements of the windchest: 1.06 m long x 0.46 m wide x ? high
Disposition of the pipes: chromatic
Vertical channelboards: 1- left hand of flautado 4´
Offset chests: 1- four pipes of the left hand of the flautado
Bellows: 2 original cuneiform bellows, 7 pairs of ribs each
Location of the bellows: on the table behind the organ
Wind trunks: not applicable
Wind pressure: unknown, bellows appear to have their original lead weights
Pitch and temperament: unknown
Case finish: painted dark red, undercoat of brighter red
Pipe finish: painted silver
Measurements of the case: 1.50 m high x 1.3 m wide x .80 m deep
Location in the church: in a side chapel on the Epistle (right, south) side of the main altar
State of conservation: good