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THE SOUND WORLD OF THE SPANISH ORGAN:
There is not a single type of spanish organ but several, according to regions ( Catalonia and Balearic Islands differ clearly from the other regions of Spain).
Generally speaking in the small baroque parish churches the 18th-century organs had a specification nearly similar as undermentionned :
"A single keyboard of 45 keys (witch its stops divided in basses and trebles between the the 3rd c and 3rd c#) and a small studpedal of 8 notes or without any pedal keyboard at all "
Stops on Left Hand Stops on Right Hand
The Stops of the Plenum
Open Diapason 8' Flautado Open Diapason 8' Flautado
Stop' Diapason 8' Violon Stop' Diapason8' Violon
Octave 4' Octava Octave 4' Octava
Twelfth 2'2/3 Docena Twelfth 2'2/3 Docena
Fifteenth 2' Quincena Fifteenth 2' Quincena
Nineteenth 1'1/3 Decinovena Nineteenth 1'1/3 Decinovena
Mixture 3rk Lleno de 3 Mixture 3rk Lleno de 3
Cymbal 3rk Cimbala de 3 Cymbal 3rk Cimbala de 3
The Flutes (who does not mixed with Plenum and Reeds)
Stop' Flute 4' Tapadillo Stop' Flute 4' Tapadillo
Flute in 12, 15,17 Nasardos en 12, 15, 17 Flute in 12, 15,17 Nasardos en 12, 15, 17
Cornet 6ranks Corneta 6h.
The Reeds (does not mixed with Plenum)
Trumpet 8'(interior) Trompeta Real Trumpet 8' (interior) Trompeta Real
Trumpet 8'* Clarin Bajo 1st Trumpet 8'* Clarin (de batalla)
Clarion 4'* Bajoncillo 2nd Trumpet 8'* Clarin (de campaρa)
Clarion 2'* exie Chirimia Trumpet 16'* Trompetta magna
Regal 8'* Dulzaina (Orlos) Regal 8'* Dulzaina (Orlos)
* Stops of the spanish trumpets (Chamade)
The organ-builders stressed in their estimate the way of blending the stops (for a registration) so that neither good taste nor the organ tuning could suffer.
ACCESSORIES
Drum in D Tambor Drum in A Tambor
Bells Cascabeles Nightingale Pαjaros
Still some organs can be seen without any flutes and even without any horizontal reeds (which only originated in the late 17th century).
The Short Octave
The four sharps (C#,D#,F# and G#) of the first octave are missing. The first keybords only began on F; later the notes C,D,E were added according to the following schema. It subsisted till the late 18th century.
C F D G E A A# B C etc.
(--------Short Octave-------)
ARRANGEMENT OF THE SPANIH TRUMPET
(like wings, like a fan - like a mitre - in Ave Maria - Chromatic )
ARRANGEMENT THE STOPS ON THE WINDCHEST
A - Regal 8'
B Clarion 4/8'
C Trumpet 8' (possible)
D Open Diapason 8'
E Cornet 6 rks
F Clarion of 'Echo 8' (possible)
G Octave 4'
H Stopped diapason 8' (possible)
I Twelfth 2' 2/3
J Fifteenth 2'
K Nineteenth 1' 1/3
L Mixture 3 ranks
M Cymbal 3 ranks
N Trumpet interior 8' (frequently without treble)
O Pallet box
P Rollerboard
Q Keyboard
R Studpedal
(Notes extract from "L'Orgue Baroque Espagnol " de Francis CHAPELET.)
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