HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Date of construcion of the church: first building began in 1544, present church built between 1610 and 1789
Date of construction of the organ: ca. 1720-1740
Builder: unknown
Inscriptions: none
RECENT INTERVENTION
Restoration of the case: 1990, SEDUE (Secretaría de Desarrollo Urbano y Ecología); 1996, Miguel Villeda
Reconstruction of the organ: 1996, Susan Tattershall (Project Director, Órganos Históricos de México, A.C.); Pascal Boissonet made all the pipes
Funding: J.P. Morgan Foundation and the community of Tamazulapan
DISPOSITION OF THE ORGAN
Left hand (21 keys)
1. Bardón (4´)
2. Tambor
3. Flautado (2´)
4. Octava (1´)
5. Quincena/Docena (1/2´-2/3´)*
*Breaking registers |
Right hand (24 keys)
1. Bardón (4´)
2. Pajaritos
3. Flautado (2´)
4. Flautado (2´)
5. Octava/Flautado (1´-2´)*
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SUMMARY OF THE DISPOSITION
Flautados: LH- 2´, 1´, 1/2´-2/3´
Flutes: LH- 4´ ´
Accesories: Tambor (drum), Pajaritos (birds)
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RH- 2´, 2´, 1´-2´
RH- 4´
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ORGAN DESCRIPTION
Type: two foot processional organ
Location in the church: in a high lateral balcony on the right south (Epistle) side of the main altar
Measurements of the case: 1.84 m height x 1.10 m width x 0.59 m depth
Case finish: polychromed
Pipe finish: not applicable
Distribution of the façade pipes: not applicable
Distribution of the interior pipes: chromatic
Keyboard: made of wood in 1996 (naturals-naranjillo, sharps-walnut)
Compass: 45 notes C- c’’’ with a short octave
Key action: splayed (fan) backfall action under the keyboard
Stop action: slider tabs extend out from both sides of the case, stops divided middle c/c#
Labels: none
Windchest: grid, pallet box and numbered pallets, bardon toeboard and three sliders are original
Measurements of the windchest: 0.85 m lehgth x 0.32 m width x 0.1 m height
Channelboards: none
Offset chests: none
Bellows: two original cuneiform type
Location of the bellows: on the table behind the organ
Wind pressure: 60 mm
Pitch and temperament: a = 392 Hz, 1/4 comma meantone
State of conservation: very good
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