SANTA MARÍA TILTEPEC

SANTA MARÍA TILTEPEC

Region: Mixteca Alta
Church construction date: started 1575, finished 1687 and 1689
Organ construction date: 1703
Organ builder: unknown
Last played: 1970s

Organ classification: 4´ stationary organ
Tonal base: 8´ bardón
Pitch: la=440 Hz, modified from the original la=392 Hz
Case measurements: 4.27 m high, lower case width 2.52 m, inner case width with hips 2.97 m, bottom 1.00 m
Keyboard: 45 DO-do ’’ ’notes with a short octave, split records’ / do # ’
Bellows: three large wedge bellows located in the choir above the organ's balcony
Wind pressure: unknown

DISPOSITION

Left hand: 21 notes C-c’ with a short octave
1. Flautado mayor 4´
2. Quincena 1´
3. Bardón 8´
4. Tapadillo 4´
5. Octava 2´
6. Docena 1 1/3´
7. Veintidocena 1/2´?
8. Tapado 2°? (escala angosta)
9. Trompeta real 8´
10. Pajaritos

Right hand: 24 notes c#’-c’’’
1. Flautado mayor 4´
2. Quincena 1´
3. Bardón 8´
4. Tapadillo 4´
5. Octava 2´
6. Docena 1 1/3´
7. Veintidocena (…idos) 1/2´?
8. Cascabeles II
9. Trompeta real 8´
10. Tambor