Start of the Restoration

To jumpstart the restoration of the pipe organ, Parish Priest Rev. Fr. Fred Duran and the Hon. Mayor Lenin Alviola of the Municipality of Bacong requested a pre-Christmas disassembly of the pipe organ during a meeting with Mr. Cealwyn Tagle, head of the Diego Cera Organbuilders from Las Pinas last December 7, 2008. This is to get more interest from the town people of Bacong to realize that the pipe organ is finally going to be restored. Since talks have been on going for a couple of months prior to the meeting for the restoration of the pipe organ, it was agreed that the disassembly will take during that same week. The timing was just right because a team of organ technicians from Diego Cera were in Baclayon, Bohol for the inauguration of their pipe organ last December 6.

Two technicians from the Diego Cera Organbuilders, Inc., Mr. Johnny Puhyah and Mr. Manuel Tagle arrived on the 9th of December and started the disassembly of the pipe organ on the 10th. They were welcomed warmly by Fr. Fred in the church convent.
The disassembly took a week as most of the screws have rusted deep in the wood. They were assisted by the church organist, Exuferio Tinguha who himself has done minor repairs on the organ when his grandmother was still using the pipe organ.
All the parts were put in 19 crates and were shipped to Manila on Dec 29, 2009.