Joseph Gutschenritter was in charge at the Merklin workshop until 1898 when he took over ownership - Joseph Merklin passing away seven years later in 1905. Their organs first built in Gipuzkoa were made under the name, Manufacture de Grandes Orgues. J. Merklin y Cie. (Paris), although subsequently the company also used the name, Manufacture de Grandes Orgues. J. Merklin y Cie. J.Gutschenritter, Successeur. The question of names has often led to confusion, instruments considered to be by Merklin often being, in fact, works of his successor who (as in the case of Mutin) took advantage of the prestige of his predecessor’s name in this way.
This is a beautiful, medium-sized romantic-period instrument with sweet and balanced sounds. It has two manuals, each with a compass of 56 notes and one pedalboard of 30, with a total of 20 stops. It was restored in 2006 by organ makers Sergio del Campo and Alejandro Turanzas.
