Census ID | CAN1703 |
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Location | Guangzhou |
Builder | Alonso of Camarines (Philippines) |
Specs | I/1 (?) |
Action | Mechanical |
CAN1703 was a positive organ built in the Philippines by one ‘Alonso of Camarines’, and taken ca. 1703 to China by a Franciscan, Fray Lucas Eskuan.
No exact location is known for this organ; but given the Franciscan presence in Guangzhou, that city may well have been the first stop for both Brother Lucas and his organ. (See: David R.M. Irving, Colonial Counterpoint: Music in early modern Manila (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010) 55.)
See also “Further thoughts on some Philippine Pipe Organ in China”