Madrid, Palacio Real

Leonardo Fernández Dávila and Jorge Bosch 1771-80

State of preservation: Restored in 1993 by Gerhard Grenzing.

In 1755 King Fernando VI had an organ planned for the new Royal palace in Madrid, and Leonardo Fernández Dávila negotiated with the architect J. B. Sacchetti about the proper position of the instrument, Because of the slow progress Dávila, advised by Antonio Soler, started building the instrument only in 1771 but due to illness could not finish the organ. So he recommended his pupil Jorge Bosch who had to complete several other orders and could finish the organ only in 1780.

A peculiarity of this fairly big instrument of 42 stops are the two swells, the upper division as well as the positive organ being completely enclosed and without a visible façade but moving doors for dynamic effects. To keep the action as simple as possible the main organ is played from manual III, the top division behind from manual II and the posititve from manual I.

Specification

III+P

bass		treble

		number
manual III C-c¹			c#¹-d³
Flautado de 26	16'	1	Flautade de 26	16’
Violon de 26	16'	2	Violon de 26	16’
Flautado de13	8’	3	Flautado de 13	8’
Violon	8’	4	Violon	8’
		5	Flauta dulce	8’ (2f., wood)
Octava	4’	6	Octava	4’
Tapadillo	4’	7	Tapadillo	4'
Docena y Quincena	2 ²/₃’ + 2’	8	Docena y Quincena	2 ²/₃’ + 2’
Lleno	5f.	9	Lleno	5f.
Nazardos	4f.	10	Corneta	6f.
Cornett Tolosana	3f.	11	Corneta Tolosana	3f.
		12	Trompete de 52	32’
Trompeta real	8’	13	Trompeta real	8'
Orlos de 26	16’	14	Orlos de 26	16’
Fagot	16’	15	Obue	8’
exterior reed stops
		16	Trompeta magna	16’
Clarin bajo	8’ (from F)	17	Clarin	8’
		18	Clarin	8’
Chirimia	4’	19	Chirimia alta	4’
Violeta	2’	20
Orlos	8’	21	Orlos	8’
Viejos	8’	22	Viejas	8’
manual II C-c¹			c#¹-d³
Flautado de 13	8’	23	Flautado de 13	8’
Flautado Violon	8’	24	Flautado Violon	8’
		25	Flauta traversa	(2f., wood)
Tapadillo	4’	26	Tapadillo	4'
Nazardos	3f.	27	Corneta	6f.
Lleno	3f.	28	Lleno	3f.
Zimbala	3f.	29	Zimbala	3f.
		30	Trompeta magna	16’
Trompeta real	8’	31	Trompeta real	8’
Bajoncillo	4’	32	Clarin	8’
		33	Chirimia alta	4’
Voz humana en Ecos	8’	34	Voz humana en Ecos	8’
manual I C-c¹			c#¹-d³
Violon	8’	35	Violon	8’
Tapadillo	4’	36	Tapadillo	4'
Quincena	2’	37	Quincena	2’
Nazardos	3f.	38	Corneta	3f.
		39	Octava de Corneta
Lleno	3f.	40	Lleno	3f.
Trompeta real	8’	41	Trompeta real	8’
		42	Tiroba en Ecos	16’
Voz humana a la Francesa	8’	43	Voz humana a la Francesa	8’
pedal
12 keys of open 16’, combined with stopped Fifth 10 ²/₃’; 2 keys for Tambor and Timbal

Q: www.grenzinger.com Gerhard Grenzing, Jordi Bosch – der unbekannte Meister, in: ISO Yearbook 1993, S. 114-143.