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RESTORED ORGANS IN THE STATE OF OAXACA

 

SAN JERÓNIMO TLACOCHAHUAYA (ca. 1730)
Restoration: 1990 - 1991
Organbuilder: Susan Tattershall
Case restoration: Mireya Olvera
Funding: Fundación Pichequequiti
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SAN ANDRÉS ZAUTLA (1726)
Restoration: 1996 (Órganos Históricos de México S.A.)
Organbuilder: Susan Tattershall
Case restoration: SEDUE (1992)
Funding: Fomento Social Banamex
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SANTA MARÍA DE LA NATIVIDAD TAMAZULAPAN (ca. 1725-1730)
Reconstruction: 1996 (Órganos Históricos de México S.A.)
Organbuilder: Susan Tattershall
Case restoration: SEDUE (1990s?), Miguel Villegas 1996
Funding: J.P. Morgan Foundation
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OAXACA CATHEDRAL (1711)
Reconstruction: 1996 – 1997 (Órganos Históricos de México S.A.)
Organbuilder: Susan Tattershall
Reconstruction of lower case: Órganos Históricos de México S.A.
Funding: Fomento Social Banamex
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SANTO DOMINGO YANHUITLÁN (ca. 1690 - 1700)
Restoration: 1996 – 1998 (promoted by Academia Mexicana de Música Antigua para Órgano, AMMAO)
Organbuilder: Pascal Quoirin, assistant Ignacio Zapata
Case restoration: Babou Quoirin?
Funding: Fomento Cultural Banamex
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BASÍLICA MENOR DE NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA SOLEDAD (1686)
Reconstruction: 1998 – 2000 (promoted by Academia Mexicana de Música Antigua para Órgano, AMMAO)
Organbuilder: Pieter Visser, assistant Ignacio Zapata
Case restoration: Agustín Espinosa
Funding: Fomento Cultural Banamex
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SANTA MARÍA DE LA ASUNCIÓN TLAXIACO (ca. 1800)
Restoration: 2000 - 2002 (promoted by Academia Mexicana de Música Antigua para Órgano, AMMAO)
Organbuilder: Pascal Quoirin, assistant Ignacio Zapata
Funding: Fomento Cultural Banamex
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SAN PEDRO ZAPOTITLÁN LAGUNAS (ca. 1885)
Repair project: 2000 – 2003
Technician: Salvador Soto
Funding: Community of Zapotitlán Lagunas
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SANTA MARÍA DE LA ASUNCIÓN TLACOLULA (1792)
Restoration: 2012 - 2014 (promoted by Instituto de Órganos Históricos de Oaxaca A.C.)
Organbuilder: Taller Gerhard Grenzing (directed by Andreas Fuchs)
Case restoration: Usanza S.A. (Oaxaca)
Funding: Fundación Alfredo Harp Helú Oaxaca, Marciano Sánchez, IOHIO, Tlacolula community
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SAN MATÍAS JALATLACO (1866)
Restoration: 2015 - 2016 (promoted by Instituto de Órganos Históricos de Oaxaca A.C.)
Organbuilder: Taller Gerhard Grenzing (directed by Andreas Fuchs)
Case restorer: Usanza S.A. (Oaxaca)
Funding: Fundación Alfredo Harp Helú Oaxaca, IOHIO, Jalatlaco community
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SANTO DOMINGO TEPELMEME (1891)
Repair project: 2018
Juan Moisés Orozco Santillán
Funding: Community of Tepelmeme

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 CRITERIA FOR THE RESTORATION
OF A HISTORIC ORGAN

 

1. The historical importance of the organ

2. The organ´s state of conservation

3. The good will and interest of the community and the priest in their organ

4. The assurance that the organ will be played and maintained after its restoration

5. The proximity of the community to Oaxaca City or another significant population center