SANTA MARÍA DE LA ASUNCIÓN TLAXIACO

SANTA MARÍA ASUNCIÓN TLAXIACO

Region: Mixteca Alta
Church construction date: 1540s
Organ construction date: late 18th c.
Organ builder: unknown
Last played: present

Organ classification: 8´ stationary organ
Tonal base: 8´ principal
Pitch: a=392 Hz, mesotonic temperament
Case measurements: height 5.16 m, width lower case 3.02 m, width lower case with hips 3.58 m, depth 1.27 m
Keyboard: 47 notes C-d’’’, registers divided c’/c#’
Bellows: three large wedge bellows located in a room behind the organ

Restoration: 2002 by Pascual Quoirin, financed by Fomento Cultural Banamex; project organized by la Academia Mexicana de Música Antigua para Órgano (AMMAO)

DISPOSITION

Left hand (21 notes C-c’ with a short octave)
1. Flautado mayor 8´
2. Bardón 8´
3. Octava 4´
4. Docena 2 2/3´
5. Quincena 2´
6. Diez y novena 1 1/3´
7. Tapadillo 4´
8. Lleno IV 4´? "Tlaxaqueña"
9. Trompeta real 8´
10. Bajoncillo 4´

Right hand (26 notes c’-d’’’)
1. Flautado mayor 8´
2. Bardón 8´
3. Octava 4´
4. Docena 2 2/3´
5. Quincena 2´
6. Diecinovena 1 1/3´
7. Veintidocena 1´
8. Tapadillo 4´
9. Lleno IV 4´? "Tlaxaqueña"
10. Trompeta real 8´
11. Clarín