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The Las Piñas Bamboo Organ in St. Joseph Parish Church in Las Piñas, Philippines, is a 19th-century church organ. It is known for its unique organ pipes ; of its 1031 pipes, 902 are made of bamboo .
The event coincided with the return of the Las Piñas Bamboo Organ on March 13, 1975, after three years of rehabilitation in Bonn, Germany, reviving the organ back to its original state. On May 9, 1975, the bamboo organ made its inaugural concert at the newly renovated church and surrounding buildings. [2]
The Bamboo Organ & Brass, a Bamboo organ concert with brass instruments with Theo Mertens, Carlos Martens, Armando Salarza and Gerardo Fajardo, from Bamboo Music (Released Feb. 1999). [ 7 ] Armando V. Salarza on the Historic Bamboo Organ , a CD compilation of performances from the International Bamboo Organ Festival (Released Nov. 2010).
Las Piñas Bamboo Organ: Las Piñas: 1824: The Bamboo Organ is the only known oldest and largest bamboo organ existing in the world today with a unique and distinct sound as compared to other pipe organs, built by Fr. Diego Cera: Las Piñas Bamboo Organ National Cultural Treasure plaque NMP Declaration No. 01-2003: 2003 [17]
While the organ was in Bonn, he undertook a study trip to Graus and Roda de Isábena in Spain, in search for the background of Fr. Diego Cera, [8] [9] the builder of the Bamboo Organ. After the organ was flown back to the Philippines by SABENA Belgian World Airlines (free of charge), he initiated the International Bamboo Organ Festival and ...
Las Piñas Church: Las Piñas: 1819 [14] Established as a pueblo, 1762. Separated from the parish of Parañaque, 1775. P. Diego Cera de la Virgen del Carmen appointed first resident parish priest, December 26, 1795. The stone church was erected, 1797–1819. He created the bamboo organ from 902 bamboo tubes and 129 tin cans, 1816–1824 ...
St. Joseph's Academy of Las Piñas was founded in 1914 by Belgian missionaries Fr. Jose van Runenkelen and Fr. Victor Zaiel of Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae (CICM) established next to the St. Joseph Parish Church (where the famous Las Piñas Bamboo Organ is housed) to foster literacy in the parish community.
Bamboo is also used to make slit drums. Traditional Philippine bamboo ensemble use a variety of bamboo musical instruments, including the marimba, angklung, panpipes and bumbong, as well as bamboo versions of western instruments, such as clarinets, saxophones, and tubas. [2] The Las Piñas Bamboo Organ in the Philippines has pipes made of ...