Gideon Shamir constructed a second portable organ in 2002. The first being relatively bulky and heavy to carry, he made another, lighter one, which can be transported in a small vehicle.
This little organ has 2 keyboards but no pedal.

הפוסט Yuvalim Gideon Shamir movable organ הופיע לראשונה ב-קונצרטים לעוגב | עוגבים | חובבי העוגב בישראל בעמותת אוצר המוסיקה היהודית.

Gideon Shamir decided in 1994 to construct a portable concert/accompaniment organ. This idea came to him following a great number of requests for a concert hall organ coming from symphonic orchestras and different performance groups (no organ in a hall existed at that time except the Austin at the YMCA.)
Shamir thus made a two-manual organ with a completely detachable pedal (the second manual is silent ) This organ can be transported by truck by a team of 2 to 3 people, but it still needs an organ-building specialist on site to assure that all the pieces are properly connected and the instrument is in tune.

הפוסט Yuvalim Gideon Shamir workshop organ הופיע לראשונה ב-קונצרטים לעוגב | עוגבים | חובבי העוגב בישראל בעמותת אוצר המוסיקה היהודית.

This instrument belongs to Gerard Levi. It was built by the Israeli organ-builder Gideon Shamir with the help of G. Levi. They together decided upon the disposition. The first manual is based on a romantic conception – it has a Flute Harmonique 8′, Viola da Gamba 8′ and a French Bourdon. The second manual has a Baroque character. The console is integrated into the organ. The case is in a modern style made by a naturally lacquered wood.

The inauguration was on the 21 of May 1992

הפוסט Yuvalim Gerard Levi home organ הופיע לראשונה ב-קונצרטים לעוגב | עוגבים | חובבי העוגב בישראל בעמותת אוצר המוסיקה היהודית.

The ancient St Joseph church in Nazareth has become today a part of the large compound of the Annunciation Basilica, connected to the Basilica through the Franciscan Monastery. It appears there was no organ in this church in the past. The decision to do so was taken in 2011 when a collect was organized in Austria to allow the replacement of the two organs standing in the Basilica by two brand new ones.

The results of the collect were beyond hope and this is probably the reason why a third organ was ordered to be placed in the small church and used for liturgy there. The organ-builder of the three organs was Rieger, from Austria.

This small accompaniment organ has one manual keyboard with nine stops and a pedal with one stop. The organ stands on the tribune above the main entrance to the church, and nobody has access to it, neither the public nor the organist. The console is located on the floor, near the choir of the church.
The organ has been inaugurated on the 05-12-2012 by the Italian organist Paolo Oreni.

הפוסט Nazareth St Joseph church הופיע לראשונה ב-קונצרטים לעוגב | עוגבים | חובבי העוגב בישראל בעמותת אוצר המוסיקה היהודית.

At the lowest level of the Basilica is the crypta where one can see the House of Maria and Joseph. The choir organ which is located there replaces an Italian organ made by the firm Tamburini almost one hundred years before. It has been made by the same organ-builder, the Austrian firm Rieger, which has also built all the other organs used by the Franciscans in Nazareth (the two organs of the Basilica and St Joseph church), in Bethleem (the organ of theSanta Catarina Basilica), in Jerusalem (the two organs of the Holy Sepulcher church, the organ of the Saint Saviour Franciscan Franciscan Monastery and the organ of the Church of Gethsemani).

This organ was luckier than the other two organs of Nazareth for there is a slightly better acoustic in the lower part of the Basilica. It is standing on the floor and cannot be reached neither by the public nor by the organist. It is not enclosed in any wooden box, thus unprotected from heat, humidity and dirt. It has been inaugurated together with the two other on the 08-12-2012 by the IItalian organist Paolo Oreni.

הפוסט Nazareth Annunciation Basilica – choir organ הופיע לראשונה ב-קונצרטים לעוגב | עוגבים | חובבי העוגב בישראל בעמותת אוצר המוסיקה היהודית.

The existence of an organ in Nazareth in the 18th century is confirmed by the testimony of the German organist Eliezer Horn. In his letters, he mentions an 8 stop organ made by the organbuilder Domenico Mancini from Naples, installed in Nazareth in 1734. Numerous organs have probably followed each other before and after the Mancini organ, but we have found no traces of them. In the middle of the XXth century, the Basilica had two separate floors. The Basilica itself was on the ground floor and in a second floor built under the ground, one could see the crypta in which was the house where Jesus lived with his parents. There was an organ on each of these floors: in the crypta was an Italian organ made by Tamburini, and in the upper church was a large instrument made by Brother Delfino Taboada, a Spanish Franciscan monk then living in Jerusalem and managing the Organ Workshop of the Saint Saviour Monastery. These two organs had very beautiful sounds, especially the Italian one, very soft, and situated in a very favorable acoustic.
These two instruments have been replaced in 2012 by two brand new organs made by the Austrian Rieger organ-builder.
The Great Organ is located, as was his predecessor, in the upper part of the Basilica. It is not enclosed. It is just laying on the floor, without any protection from heat, dirt and humidity. On the other hand, this makes tuning and repairing much easier. The modern computer allows to preset numberless registrations, programming numberless concerts, recording and replaying, selecting prerecorded registrations for most of the compositions of the great composers, etc…The acoustic of the Basilica is no great help to the instrument, as could have been expected from such a huge building.

הפוסט Nazareth Annunciation Basillica – main organ הופיע לראשונה ב-קונצרטים לעוגב | עוגבים | חובבי העוגב בישראל בעמותת אוצר המוסיקה היהודית.