MHPO 3 - Naxxar Organ

Santucci (Sicilian) 1775

Voce Umana 8’ (soprani)
Flutta Reale 8’ (soprani)
Flauto in Ottava (soprani)
Flauto in XII (soprani)
Cornetta 1 3/5 (soprani)
Tremolo

Principal 8’ Bassi (façade)
Principale 8’ Soprani
Principale 8’ 2do
Ottava 4’ Bassi
Ottava 4’ Soprani
XV Bassi
XV Soprani
XIX
XXII
XXVI e XXIX
Contrabasso 16’ (stopped)
Basso 8’
Rinforzi 4’

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Naxxar Parish Organ

Samples recorded at 24bit 96000Hz by: Mark Bugeja MD MMCFD (Malta) © 2013
Sampleset owners: Dr. Mark Bugeja MD
Samples processing for Hauptwerk 4.2: Augustine Takats
Photos: Edward Bugeja Kissaun
Graphics: Augustine Takats
Naxxar Parish Organ History: Click Here
Naxxar Parish (Church of Marija Bambina) History: Click Here
Thanks to: Can. Fr. Evan Caruana (former Archpriest)

This sample-set is currently available as an "Italian Baroque" virtual instrument based largely on recordings made in 2013 in an unavoidable noisy environment. Augustine Takats spared no effort in extracting as much out of these samples as was technically possible and has succeeded to some extent in bringing to us an organ that is pretty close to the original.

Attempts will be made to do fresh recordings at a quieter time in order to reduce the need for digital manipulation and to render the virtual instrument a true representation of the real instrument, preserving the historic character of the organ built by Santucci in 1775 and reconstructed by Robert Buhagiar in 2001, reversing the many changes carried out over the decades that destroyed its Sicilian baroque style, and restoring the voice back to that typical of the original organ builder.