This organ in Bergara has also had a considerable international reputation in recent years due to recordings of its music, particularly by the Aeolus and Ausrecords record companies (from Germany and the Basque Country respectively). It is an important romantic instrument in its original state and very similar to the sound characteristics of Tolosa.
Most organs built in Gipuzkoa were paid for by public subscriptions and local town hall aid; in this case the purchase was made with a single payment of 36,500 francs by Doña Martina Maíz. It was voiced by Fernand Prince who subsequently worked for the house of Cavaillé-Coll, and who then became an organ maker whose work was fundamental in the maintenance of romantic period organs (especially French ones), not only in Gipuzkoa, but throughout the whole of the Basque Country. It has the peculiarity of being tuned a semitone lower than the usual for this kind of instrument.
It has three manuals, each with a compass of 56 notes and one pedalboard of 30, with a total of 36 stops.
