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SAN MATÍAS JALATLACO
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Photo: Ed Pepe Drawing: José Luis Acevedo |
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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Date of construcion of the church: sixteenth century
Date of construction of the organ: 1866
Builder: Pedro Nibra
Interventions: 1889, Pedro Nibra
Inscriptions: on the rollerboard “16 de julio 1866 Pedro Nibra”; “Se concluyó este órgano El día 16 de julio del aņo 1866 y se compuso el ocho de octubre de 1889 Pedro Nibra”
Type: eight foot monumental organ |
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| DISPOSITION OF THE ORGAN |
Left hand (25 notes)
1. Bajoncillo (register canceled and block removed)
2. Flautado de 13 (palms)*
3. Octava
4. Docena
5. Quincena
6. Tapadillo
7. Trompeta real
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Right hand (31 notes)
1. Clarín (register canceled and block removed)
2. Flautado de 13 (palms)
3. Octava
4. Docena
5. Quincena
6. Tapadillo
7. Trompeta real
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* Includes seven stopped wooden pipes for the lowest notes
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Summary of the disposition |
| Flautados: 8´, 4´, 2 2/3´, 2´ |
8´, 4´, 2 2/3´, 2´, ? |
| Flutes: 4´ |
4´ |
| Reeds: 8´ interior, 4´ exterior? |
8´ interior, exterior? |
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| DESCRIPTION OF THE ORGAN
Keyboard: original, made of wood and some still have their bone coverings
Compass: 56 keys, C1-g’’’, chromatic lowest octave
Key action: suspended with a rollerboard
Stop action: stop knobs on either side of the manual, registers divided middle c/c#
Labels: none
Windchest: original, batalla toeboards are missing
Measurements of the windchest: 1.64 m wide x .11 m high x .9 m deep
Disposition of the pipes: left hand pipes in the middle, right hand pipework divided on the left and right sides
Channelboards: 1- left and right hands of the flautado 8´; there had been another for the clarín (facade reed)
Offset chests: none
Bellows: feeder/reservoir type, original
Location of the bellows: to the right of the organ
Wind trunks: original (24.8 x 15.5 and 23.7 x 14.8 exterior)
Wind pressure: unknown
Pitch and temperament: unknown
Case finish: painted blue (original?)
Pipe finish: none
Measurements of the case: 4.46 m high x 2.95 m wide x 1.37 m deep
Location in the church: on the Epistle (right, east) side of the choir loft, facing the opposite wall
State of conservation: fair; more than half of the pipes are missing |
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| Information compiled with the help of Barbara Owen, Edward Pepe and Susan Tattershall |
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