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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.
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