Santa María Apazco

Region: Mixteca Alta
Church construction date: mid - 18th century (bell 1793)
Organ construction date: ca. 1810 - 1840
Organ builder: unknown
Last played: unknown
Organ classification: 8´ stationary organ
Tonal base: principal 8´
Pitch: unknown
Case measurements: missing
Keyboard: missing; it had 45 notes C- c''' with a short octave, registers divided c'/c#'
Bellows: missing
Similar organs: impossible to determine

Only a few pieces of the organ remain of the organ of Santa María Apazco. The wind chest indicates the organ's disposition. The dimensions of the channel board and of the base of the central tower suggest that it was an 8´ organ. The chest had been used in the construction of an outdoor kitchen. 

SPECIFICATIONS (proposed)

Left hand: 21 notes C-c’ with a short octave
1. Clarín (bajoncillo)
2. Flautado 8´
3. Octava 4´
4. Docena 2 2/3´
5. Quincena 2´

Right hand: 24 notes c#’- c’’’
1. Clarín
2. Flautado mayor 8´
3. Octava 4´
4. Docena 2 2/3´
5. Quincena 2´ (mixture II?)