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Parish Church, Pedreguer. Alicante. Spain.
 

The new organ for the Parish Church in Pedreguer was conceived as a substitute for a reredos, occupying the full height of the north transept of the church. The project provided an opportunity to create a large instrument in the archaic sense -with a grand façade, including 16' pipes, but with great economy in the number of stops and only two keyboards. The instrument is thus very high but very shallow, reminiscent of a gothic organ.

The interior layout of the organ is composed of the windchests of the positive and pedal divisions on the first level above the console, and occupying the full width of the case, while the great organ on a second level above occupies the central section only. This suggested the idea of an organ within an organ -the great organ elevated and flanked by the larger pipes of the pedal rising up from below. To emphasise this the pipe towers of the great organ project forward with a pointed form, cantilevering out over the flat façade of the positive below.

The architectural language of the organ case continues the experiments first made in Paris with sharply projecting fins reminiscent of cornices. Horizontal and vertical lines and the pipe shades are gilded. Fine lines of green with gilding are used to emphasise the fins or cornices to contrast with the natural pine finish of the wood.

 

 

   
Height: 9.70 metres
Width: 5.70 metres
Number of stops: 24 on two manual keyboards and pedal
Start of design: March, 1994
Date of inauguration: July, 1997

 

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