Son of organ maker, Juan de Amezua, and born in Azpeitia (Gipuzkoa). His youth was witness to the vicissitudes of the end of the Spanish baroque organ, coinciding, as it did, with the installation of the first French romantic-period organs in the Basque Country. This circumstance influenced him greatly in his life. He apprenticed with Stoltz in París and later with Garn in England. Aquilino Amezua may be considered the initiator of the Spanish romantic organ.
This interesting instrument in the parish church of Zegama is in its original state and corresponds to Aquilino’s final phase of organ making. It was inaugurated on 11 November, 1911, a year before his death.
It has two manuals of 56 notes and a pedalboard of 30, with a total of 24 stops and operates with a mechanical-pneumatic system. The swell pedal for the whole organ illustrates the aesthetic nature of the post-romantic organ.
