Los órganos históricos de la catedral de México

Abstract

This article contains a summary description of historical organs from the Mexican Cathedral. It begins with a historical synthesis of the instruments and goes on to analyze their acoustical design and concludes with a brief reference to their current state. Without doubt, these instrument are the most important of their kind in the whole of the American Continent. It is common knowledge that they were restored thirty years ago by the Dutch company in Zaandam called Flentrop Orgelbouw. Now, three decades later, they are to be newly restored and we truly hope that successfully so, and that such extremely important instruments will thus consolidate their heritage.