SHA2023

Census IDSHA2023
LocationCathedral of St. Ignatius Loyola, Zikawei
BuilderDiego Cera Organ Builders
SpecsIII/34+Ped.
ActionElectric/SSOS

SHA2023 is a 34-stop, 36-rank three-manual and pedal electric action organ installed in September 2023 in the 1910 Cathedral of St. Ignatius at Zikawei (Xujiahui), in Shanghai. This was the first installation of an organ in the cathedral church in 98 years (see SHA1883 for the earlier organ, presumed destroyed in 1966). The organ was built by Diego Cera Organ Builders of Las Piñas, Philippines, with additional work done in Singapore by the firm’s partners. This is the first organ by this builder in Mainland China (there are several smaller instruments in Hong Kong).

In a simplified Neo-Gothic case to match the early-20th Century cathedral, the wooden pipes are made of Philippine Gmelina wood. To avoid blocking the rose window, most of the 2,020 pipes are in lateral chests on either side of the organ/choir loft.

The organ was dedicated on 24 September 2023 by Philippine organist Alejandro Consolacion II.

The specs are:

Great (C to g3)

Principal

Diapason

Geigen Principal

Gedeckt

Octave

Flute

Quint

Octave

Mixture

Trumpet

16

8

8

8

4

4

2 2/3

2

4

8

Swell

Hohlfloete

Gamba

Gamba Celeste

Principal

Nasard

Octave

Mixture

Oboe

8

8

8

4

2 2/3

2

III

8

Positive

Coppel

Principal

Nasard

Waldflute

Terz

Cimbel

8

4

2 2/3

2

1 3/5

III

Pedal (C-g1)

Subbass

Principalbass

Quinte

Octavebass

Cello

Gedecktbass

Choralbass

Nachthorn

Posaune

Trumpet

16

16

10 2/3

8

8

8

4

2

16

8

 

Couplers GT/Ped, SW/Ped., Pos./Ped, SW/GT 16, 8, 4, Pos./GT, SW/SW 16, 8, 4, Pos./SW  
Accessories Tremulant (Pos.), Swell pedal, Crescendo pedal, 13 toe pistons, 10 general pistons, sequencer, reeds off, manual bass.  

SHA2023, East side of the case, with the console,

SHA2023, a view from the floor of the nave.