 The
first step was the acuistion of an organ from the German
group "Barock in Bahia e.V" under the direction
of Hans Bönisch from 1990 to 1992. The organ of the
Catheral was constructed in 1992 in Germany, and arrived
in Salvador that December. The solemn inaguration
of the new Cathedral organ was on January 19, 1993.
The Instrument only had 6 registers and 440 tubes with one
keyboard and one pedal. In April of 1996, he organ
was damaged by a tropical storm because the roof of the
Cathedral was under restoration and not in condition to
withstand a storm.
With the help of the Bahia State Government, the organ was
totally restored in Germany, and there was another inaguration
in October 1996 upon the organ's return to Salvador.
The
first enlargement of the instrument was in February 1999 where
the organ was Fitted with two new registers: 8' Principal
and 8' Trumpet with 108 new tubes. The second enlargement
was in September 1999, and the organ was fitted with three
new registers: 16' Contrabass, 32' Sub-Contrabass and
16' Trombone. The third, and last improvemnt of the organ
was in November  2000.
The organ Finally received a second keyboard with 4 more registers:
Flute Harmonique 8', Octava 4', mix and Oboe 8'. Today the
organ has 18 registers, 2 keyboards and a pedal. The organ
has a rich and majestic sound which floods the mother church
of Brazil. The organ is played at the Cathedral on holy mass
by Hans Bonisch, who is the Principle organist and the Master
of Chapel at the Cathedral, on Sundays at 11:00 amThe first
enlargement of the instrument was in February 1999 where the
organ was Fitted with two new registers: 8' Principal
and 8' Trumpet with 108 new tubes.
The
second enlargement was in September 1999, and the organ was
fitted with three new registers: 16' Contrabass, 32'
Sub-Contrabass and 16' Trombone. The third, and last improvemnt
of the organ was in November 2000. The organ Finally
received a second keyboard with 4 more registers: Flute Harmonique
8', Octava 4', mix and Oboe 8'. Today the organ has 18 registers,
2 keyboards and a pedal. The organ has a rich and majestic
sound which floods the mother church of Brazil. The organ
is played at the Cathedral on holy mass by Hans Bonisch, who
is the Principle organist and the Master of Chapel at the
Cathedral, on Sundays at 11:00 am. |
