Pipe Organ of St. Augustine, Bacong, Negros Oriental

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The historic pipe organ of Saint Augustine of Hippo Parish in Bacong, Negros Oriental is just one of the few remaining century-old Spanish made pipe organs in the country. Other historic pipe organs were made locally in the Spanish style manner. It is a pity that these precious church instruments have been neglected for the past decades. As a rarity, each of these historic pipe organs may be regarded as priceless treasures.
The pipe organ was acquired by the people of Bacong on March 28, 1894 as the crowning piece of the entire parish-church building that started in 1849. It is an instrument completely made in Spain probably by the organ-building family (brothers Juan and Manuel Roque) of Roques Hermanos Constructores in Zaragoza, which has exported to the country some of their instruments from 1890 to 1910. Other instruments of Roques Hermanos are in Garcia Hernandez in the island of Bohol and in the town of Jimenez in Misamis Occidental.
People of Bacong have learned to love the instrument that they have learned to look after the instrument. A restoration however is needed to prevent a fast deterioration of the instrument. It is now in an unplayable condition and there are signs that termites have already infested some of its parts. We have visited the organ in 1997 and have found about 80% of the parts still existing and in restorable condition. The organ has remained unchanged and fortunately, the termite problems have been solved during the past years based on what we have seen on our most recent visit in July of this year.
It will be a pleasure to hear the pleasing sound of another historic pipe organ restored back to its former glory with the purpose of accompanying the congregation in singing of praises to the Lord. “Soli Deo Gloria”
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Specifications:

Present S0toplist
1. Bajon 8 pies
2. Bajoncillo
3. Celeste
4. Octava
5. Quincena
6. Violon
7. Viola
8. Trompeta Batalla
9. Corneta
10. ? (name shield missing)
11. Gaita
12. Pajaros

Manual keyboard compass: C – g3 (56 keys)
Neo-gothic casework in Oak