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BASÍLICA DE LA SOLEDAD


                                                                                                                       

BASILICA DE LA SOLEDAD 


Region: Central Valleys
Church construction date: initiated 1582, dedicated 1690, damaged in the earthquake of 1696
Organ construction date: 1686
Organ builder: unknown
Last played: present

Organ classification: 8´ stationary organ
Tonal base: 8´ principal
Pitch: a=415 Hz
Case measurements: height 5.68 m, width lower case 3.30 m, width lower case with hips 3.62 m, depth 1.10 m, depth with moldings 1.25 m
Keyboard: rebuilt in 1999; keys of ayacahuite, no covers, sharps of cherry or pear wood
Bellows: three wedge bellows were built in 1999 to replace the reservoir bellows of 1908
Wind pressure: 75 mm

Restoration: 1998-2000 by organbuilder Pieter Visser, finished by his assistant Ignacio Zapata; project directors Gustavo Delgado and Ofelia Gómez of the Academia Mexicana de Música Antigua para Órgano (AMMAO); case restored by Agustín Espinosa; restoration financed by Fomento Cultural Banamex

DISPOSITION

Left hand: 21 notes C-c’ with a short octave
1. Flautado mayor 8´ (fachada)
2. Bajoncillo 4'
3. Bardón 8´
4. Octava 4´ (fachada)
5. Docena 2 2/3´
6. Tapadillo 4´
7. Veintidosena 1´
8. Quincena 2´
9. Veintiseisena 2/3´
10. Veinticuatro 4/5´
11. Trompeta real 8´ (cancelled)
12. Lleno III

Right hand: 24 notes c#’-c’’’
1. Flautado mayor 8´
2. Clarin 8´
3. Bardón 8´
4. Octava 1° 4´
5. Flauta 5 1/3´
6. Quinta 5 1/3´
7. Tapadillo 4´
8. Octava 2° 4´
9. Quincena 2´
10. Docena 2 2/3´
11. Décima 3 1/5´
12. Octava 3° 4´
13. Lleno III
14. Quincena 2° 2´
15. Trompeta real 8´ (cancelled)