Museu Condes de Castro de Guimarães
Biblioteca Museu Condes Castro Guimarães, Cascais, PortugalMaterial: Redwood, tin and leadInv.: MCCCG-MUS-1DESCRIPTIONAn organ built in Braga in the early 20th century, commissioned by count Manuel Castro Guimarães and installed in this room in 1912 Augusto Joaquim Claro - the organ builder and pioneer in Portugal of the pneumatic tubular organ.Given the large scale, the count chooses to diminish the upper floor of this room in the palace, thereby creating the necessary space for the instrument to be installed.The instrument produced from South pine and painted red has a gold-edged decoration and exhibits a neo-romantic taste of french influence. It has a total of 1170 tubes activated by two keyboards and one-foot pedal.
Data: 27 de julho de 2013, 12:29
Autor: Pedro Ribeiro Simões from Lisboa, Portugal
Copyright: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.pt