HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
Date of construction of the church: 17th c.
Date of construction of the organ: 1726
Builder: unknown
Inscriptions: "1726" on the central façade pipe with a cross incised below; all pipes are numbered 1 to 45
RECENT INTERVENTIONS
Restoration of the case: 1990, case restored by SEDUE (Secretaría de Desarrollo Urbano y Ecología)
Restoration of the organ: 1996-1997, Susan Tattershall (Project Director, Órganos Históricos de México)
Funding: Fomento Social Banamex and the community of Zautla
DISPOSITION OF THE ORGAN
Left hand (21 keys)
1. Flautado (4´)
2. Tambor
3. Veintidosena/Quincena (1/2´-1´)*
4. Diez y novena (2/3´)
5. Quincena (1´)
6. Octava (2´)
*Breaking registers
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Right hand (24 keys)
1. Flautado I (4´)
2. Pajaritos
3. Octava II (2´)
4. Docena/Octava (1 1/3´-2´)*
5. Flautado II (4´)
6. Octava I (2´)
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SUMMARY OF THE DISPOSITION
Flautados: LH- 4´, 2´, 1´, 2/3´, 1/2´-1´
Accesories: Tambor (drum), Pajaritos (birds)
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RH- 4´, 4´, 2´, 2´, 1 1/3´-2 2/3´
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ORGAN DESCRIPTION
Type: four foot tabletop organ
Location in the church: on the left, north (Gospel) side of the choir loft, which was built in 1999; previously located below in the church on the right, south (Epistle) side of the main altar
Measurements of the case: 3 m height x 1.6 m width x 0.99 m depth
Case finish: polychromed and gilded
Pipe finish: polychromed
Distribution of the façade pipes: correspond to the LH, divided among three towers, center tower with the tallest pipe in the center, lateral towers pipes arranged chromatically
Distribution of the interior pipes: chromatic
Keyboard: made of cedar in 1998
Compass: 45 keys C-c’’’ with a short octave
Key action: splayed (fan) backfall action 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 length x 0.38 m width x 0.1 m height
Vertical channelboards: one, LH of flautado
Offset chests: none
Bellows: two cuneiform type built in 1997
Location of the bellows: on the table behind the organ
Wind pressure: 62 mm
Pitch and temperament: a = 415 Hz, 1/4 comma meantone (restoration funding insufficient to lengthen the pipes and restore the original pitch of 392 Hz).
State of conservation: very good
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