Organ n. 44 | Stella Maris Carmelite Monastery Mt. Carmel Haifa
The organ was built in 1911 by the Italian organ builder Carlo Vegessi-Bossi. This entirely pneumatic instrument, five meters high, had a mechanical blower placed outside of the church, thus supplying air of different temperature into the soundboards. Brother Delfino Taboada was approached to carry out a rebuilding of the organ. The instrument was dismantled and transported to his workshop in the Holy Savior Franciscan Monastery in Jerusalem. Taboada remade the chests, carried out a complete overhall and electrification of the organ, and added an electric motor. In 1963, the instrument was again renovated, this time by Gideon Shamir.