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SAN ANDRÉS ZAUTLA
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Photo: Marcus Winter Drawing: José Luis Acevedo |
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HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Date of construction of the church: seventeenth century
Date of construction of the organ: 1726
Builder: unknown
Interventions: 1990, case restored by SEDUE (Secretaría de Desarrollo Urbano y Ecología); 1996-1997, the organ was restored by Órganos Históricos de México, Susan Tattershall, project director, and financed by Fomento Social Banamex and the community of Zautla
Inscriptions: a cross is inscribed on the largest pipe of the flautado and “17” and “26” are on either side; the pipes in each rank are numbered from 1 to 45.
Type: four foot organ on a table |
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| DISPOSITION OF THE ORGAN |
Left hand (21 notes)
1. Flautado (4´)
2. Tambor
3. Veintidocena/quincena
(C 1-B 1 ½´; c 2-b 2 1´)*
4. Docena/quinta*
5. Quincena
6. Octava (2´)
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Right hand (24 notes)
1. Flautado (4´)
2. Pajaritos
3. Octava I (from c3)
4. Diez y novena
5. Flautado II.(c3-c5, 4´)
6. Octava II (2´)
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* Breaking registers. Note that the ranks of pipes break in different places from the sliders.
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Summary of the disposition |
| Flautados: 4´, 2´, 1´, 2/3´, ½ |
4´, 4´, 2´, 2´, 1 1/3´ |
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| DESCRIPTION OF THE ORGAN
Keyboard: made in 1998 with bone naturals and walnut sharps
Compass: 45 notes C1-c’’’ with a short octave
Key action: Pin (varilla) action, varillas fan out horizontally under the keyboard
Stop action: extensions of the sliders protrude from the sides of the case; registers divided middle c/c#
Labels: none
Windchest: original, pallets numbered
Measurements of the windchest: 0.93 m long x 0.38 m wide x 0.1 m high
Disposition of the pipes: chromatic
Vertical channelboards: 1- left hand of flautado mayor
Offset chests: none
Bellows: 2 cuneiform bellows built in 1997
Location of the bellows: on the table behind the organ
Wind trunks: not applicable
Wind pressure: 73 mm.
Pitch and temperament: a= 415, 1/4 comma meantone (restoration funding insufficient to lengthen the pipes and restore the original pitch of 392).
Case finish: polychromed and gilded
Pipe finish: polychromed
Measurements of the case: 3 m high x 1.6 m wide x 0.99 m deep
Location in the church: on the Gospel (left, north) side of the choir loft, which was built in 1999; previously the organ was below in the church on the Epistle (right) side of the main altar
State of conservation: very good; fumigated in 2004 |
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| Information compiled with the help of Barbara Owen, Edward Pepe and Susan Tattershall |
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