Restored Organs in the State of Oaxaca

Oaxaca Cathedral
(1712)                                                                  
Reconstruction: 1997 (Órganos Históricos de México S.A.)
Organ builder: Susan Tattershall
Reconstruction of lower case: Órganos Históricos de México S.A.
Funding: Fomento Social Banamex

San Jerónimo Tlacochahuaya
(before 1735)

Restoration: 1991
Organ builder: Susan Tattershall
Case restoration: Mireya Olvera
Funding: Fundación Pichequequiti

Santa María de la Natividad Tamazulapan (ca. 1720-1730)

Reconstruction: 1996 (Órganos Históricos de México S.A.)
Organ builder: Susan Tattershall
Case restoration: SEDUE (1990s?),
Miguel Villegas 1996
Funding: J.P. Morgan Foundation

San Andrés Zautla
(1726)

Restoration: 1997 (Órganos Históricos de México S.A.)
Organbuilder: Susan Tattershall
Case restoration: SEDUE (1992)
Funding: Fomento Social Banamex

Basílica Menor de Nuestra Señora de la Soledad (1719)

Reconstruction: 2000 (promoted by the Academia Mexicana de Música Antigua para Órgano, AMMAO)
Organ builder: Pieter Visser, assistant Ignacio Zapata
Case restoration: Agustín Espinosa
Funding: Fomento Cultural Banamex

Santa María de la Asunción Tlaxiaco
(1794)

Restoration: 2002 (promoted by Academia Mexicana de Música Antigua para Órgano, AMMAO)
Organ builder: Pascal Quoirin, assistant Ignacio Zapata
Funding: Fomento Cultural Banamex

San Pedro Zapotitlán Lagunas
(1885)

Repair: 2003
Technician: Salvador Soto
Funding: Community of Zapotitlán Lagunas 

Santo Domingo Yanhuitlán
(ca. 1710 – 1725)

Restoration: 1998 (promoted by Academia Mexicana de Música Antigua para Órgano, AMMAO)
Organ builder: Pascal Quoirin, assistant Ignacio Zapata
Case restoration: Babou Quoirin
Funding: Fomento Cultural Banamex

San Matías Jalatlaco
(1866)

Restoration: 2016 (promoted by the IOHIO)
Organ builder: Taller Gerhard Grenzing
Project Director: Andreas Fuchs
Case restorer: Usanza S.A. (Oaxaca)
Funding: Fundación Alfredo Harp Helú Oaxaca, IOHIO, community of Jalatlaco

Santo Domingo Tepelmeme
(1891)

Repair: 2018
Technician: Juan Moisés Orozco Santillán
Funding: Community of Tepelmeme

Santa María de la Asunción Tlacolula
(1792)

Restoration: 2014 (promoted by the IOHIO)
Organ builder: Taller Gerhard Grenzing
Project Director: Andreas Fuchs
Case restoration: Usanza S.A. (Oaxaca)
Funding: Fundación Alfredo Harp Helú Oaxaca, Marciano Sánchez, IOHIO, community of Tlacolula

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