The table organ of Santa María de la Asunción Tlacolula is is the smallest in Oaxaca, with just two stops. It is also one of the oldest, as indicated by the early 18th-century style of painted decoration on the case and several Maltese crosses inscribed on the remaining pipes. The organ was built specifically for the small choir loft in the baroque chapel dedicated to the Santo Cristo de Tlacolula. The case painting is unusually beautiful, with unique, multi-colored floral and fruit motifs decorating the sides and acanthus-style volutes on the back, crest, and interior of the case. Sadly, the painting on the front of the doors and one interior was removed, exposing the original wood. Religious figures must have adorned these spaces, and their removal would most likely have been carried out during the anti-clerical Reform Period beginning in the 1850s (as in Cholula, scraped off, and Quiatoni, painted over). The organ’s original painted table would have supported two small bellows behind. Its current table (20th century?) was rebuilt for the organ only. One refurbished bellows is positioned underneath and operated by a pedal. Despite the unfortunate loss of some of the original decoration, the ongoing use of the organ during the 20th century preserved it.