2020-09-29 - The size and rank count of the organ has variously been reported ranging from 198 to 250 ranks. It apparently sat for years without regular maintenance or being played. -Paul R. Marchesano
2020-09-29 - From a Piporg-L dicussion thread in January, 2005: The information I remember (if it be correct) is that it's a 5-manual, 202-rank Tamburini instrument. I have the specs somewhere in my archives, methinks; if there's further interest, yours truly will be glad to post/mail it. Sincerely yours, Alexander Zh. Damyanovich I have been reading with interest the thread on the Tamburini instrument in the Auditorio Nacional and wanted to mention that E. Power Biggs recorded an LP on that organ. Featured on the Mexican Columbia LP: Andre Campra: Rigaudon; Adriano Banchieri: Dialogue; Jeremiah Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary; Claude Louis Balbastre: Noel "Josef est bien marie"; J.S. Bach: Chorale: "Allein Gott in der Hoh' sei Ehr"; Sigfrid Karg-Elert: "Lobet den Herrn" and "Nun danket alle Gott"; Charles-Marie Widor: Toccata from Symphony No. 5; Marcel Dupre: Variations on a Noel; and "Himno Nacional Mexicano" of Jaime Nuno. According to this LP the interior of the auditorium is immense! Bonnie Beth Derby I played this organ together with the Mexico City Symphony Orchestra in a series of performances of the 4 1/2 hour silent film NAPOLEON several years ago. The program was nearly a disaster as I discovered there is no (nada, zero!) maintenance on the organ. There was money found to buy and install it, but no funds ever allocated for maintenance . . . it had not been tuned since it was installed in 1958! I was able to find 13 playable ranks that were close enough in tune and with enough playing notes to be used - simply amazing and unique in all of my touring worldwide. Dennis James Silent Film Concerts [Referencing a webspage no longer extant:] "...article originally written by Maestro Abraham Alvarado-Vargas for Caixa Expressiva, after about a decade of silence the organ was restored by 14 people (including a mountaineer flautist who worked suspended by harnesses) headed by Realejo Organeros Asociados over more than a year and was reinaugurated on October 26, 2000. The modern electronics in the console include a "self-diagnostic program." Daniel Muller Dallas -Paul R. Marchesano
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXJS5b4KXnc Found on video description December 19, 2011
Tamburini (1958) Auditorio Nacional Mexico City Mexico GRAN ORGANO-II MANUAL. 1. Principal forte 16' 2. Principale dolce 16' 3. Bordone 8' 4. Diapasón Iº majior 8' 5. Diapasón IIº 8' 6. Diapasón IIIº 8' 7. Principale 8' 8. Flauto traverso 8' 9. Flauto aperto 8' 10. Bordone 8' 11. Viola armónica 8' 12. Corno camoscio 8' 13. Dulciana 8' 14. Ottava diapasón 4' 15. Principalino 4' 16. Flauto cúspide 4' 17. Decima 3' 2/5 18. Duodécima 2' 2/3 19. Decimaquinta 2' 20. Decimasettima 1' 3/5 21. Misture 6 filas 22. Cimbali (con ritorneli) 5 filas 23. Fourniture 5 filas 24. Gran cornetto 4 filas 25. Trombone 16' 26. Trombone 8' 27. Clarone 4' 28. Sesquialtera derivado POSITIVO-PRIMER MANUAL. PRIMERA DIVISIÓN-NO EXPRESIVA. 1. Principale dolce 16' 2. Principale 8' 3. Ottava 4' 4. Duodécima 2' 2/3 5. Decimaquinta 2' 6. Decimasettima 1' 3/5 7. Ripieno grave 5 filas 8. Ripieno acuto 4 filas 9. Fiffaro 8' 10. Tromba dolce 8' SEGUNDA DIVISION-EXPRESIVA. 11. Quintadena 16' 12. Armonica 16' 13. Principale geigen 8' 14. Diafono principale 8' 15. Viola gamba 8' 16. Bourdon a cheminé 8' 17. Violoncello 8' 18. Dolce 8' 19. Flauto armonico 8' 20. Quintaton 8' 21. Spitzflote 4' 22. Koppelflote 4' 23. Violetta 4' 24. Ottava 4' 25. Nazardo (tapatto) 2' 2/3 26. Silvestre 2' 27. Ottavino brillante 2' 28. Terza 1' 3/5 29. Larigot 1' 1/3 30. Settima 1' 1/7 31. Piocelo 1' 32. Mistura 5 filas 33. Cimbalo 6 filas 34. Ranckett 8' 35. Tromba dolce 8' 36. Cromorno 8' 37. Clarinetto 8' 38. Regale 4' 39. Cor de nuit celeste 3 voces 8' 40. Cornetto combinatto 41. Arpa 42. Campane 43. Celesta 44. Marimba 45. Tremolo RECITATIVO-III MANUAL. 1. Contragamba 16' 2. Tibia 8' 3. Principale 8' 4. Eufonio 16' 5. Viola d'amore 8' 6. Rorflote 8' 7. Salicionale 8' 8. Corno di camoscio 8' 9. Flauto jubal 8' 10. Quintaton 16' 11. Ottava 4' 12. Violino 4' 13. Flauto triangolare 4' 14. Flauto Viennese 4' 15. Duodecima 2' 2/3 16. Ottavina 2' 17. Flauto in XIIa 2' 2/3 18. Flautino 2' 19. Terza di nazarde 1' 3/5 20. Cornetto 3 filas 21. Plein jeu 7 filas 22. Dulciana 8' 23. Clarino (ad anima) 8' 24. Oboe 8' 25. Tromba armonica 8' 26. Voce umana corale 8' 27. Basoon 16' 28. Corno armonico 8' 29. Clarone 4' 30. Coro d'archi 5 filas 8' 31. Voce celeste 8' 32. Armonia eterea 4 filas 8' 33. Campane 34. Arpa 35. Celesta 36. Marimba 37. Trémolo SOLO EXPRESIVO-IV MANUAL. 1. Gedeckt 16' 2. Violone 16' 3. Diapason mayor 8' 4. Principale violone 8' 5. Principale 8' 6. Flauto orchestrale 8' 7. Violoncello 8' 8. Armonica 8' 9. Quintadena 8' 10. Ottava diapasón 4' 11. Ottava 4' 12. Flauto de concerto 4' 13. Quinta 5' 1/3 14. Nazardo 2' 2/3 15. Superquinta 2' 2/3 16. Decimaquinta 2' 17. Ottavino 2' 18. Tierce 1' 3/5 19. Gran ripieno 9 filas 20. Gran cornetto 4 filas 4' 21. Basoon 16' 22. Corno inglese 8' 23. Oboe orchestrale 8' 24. Corno francese 8' 25. Tromba militare 8' 26. Tuba mirabilis 8' 27. Tuba clarion 4' 28. Violoncello celeste 8' 29. Violino 2 filas 4' 30. Tremolo ECO EXPRESIVO-V MANUAL. 1. Viola dolce 16' 2. Gran tibia 8' 3. Principalino 8' 4. Viola 8' 5. Viola d'eco 8' 6. Salicionale 8' 7. Flauto aperto 8' 8. Fugara 4' 9. Flauto doppio conico 4' 10. Flauto d'amore 4' 11. Salicet 4' 12. Nazardino 2' 2/3 13. Flautino 2' 14. Cornetto d'eco 3 filas 15. Eufonio 8' 16. Chalumeau 8' 17. Corno saxophon 8' 18. Kinura 8' 19. Corno d'orchestra 8' 20. Armonia eterea 3 filas 8' 21. Unda maris 8' 22. Cor de nuit 8' 23. Campane 24. Grand arpa 25. Celesta 26. Marimba 27. Trémolo PEDAL. 1. Acústico 64' 2. Sub-principale 32' 3. Sub-bordone 32' 4. Contrabasso forte 16' 5. Basso aperto 16' 6. Principale 16' 7. Violone 16' 8. Subbasso 16' 9. Contragamba 16' 10. Viola dolce 16' 11. Quintadena 16' 12. Quinta (tapatta) 10' 2/3 13. Basso 8' 14. Basso in ottava 8' 15. Ottava 8' 16. Flauto 8' 17. Quinta in ottava 5' 1/3 18. Basso corale 4' 19. Flauto in ottava 4' 20. Terza 3' 1/5 21. Larigot 2' 2/3 22. Doublette 2' 23. Ottavino 2' 24. Misture 5 filas 25. Bombarda 32' 26. Bombarda 16' 27. Trombone 16' 28. Bombardino 8' 29. Tromba forte 8' 30. Clarone forte 4' 31. Clarone 4' 32. Claroncino 2' 33. Campane 34. Tremolo 35. Contrabasso dolce 16' 36. Principale 16' 37. Basso 8'
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