Many Filipinos are musicians and play different instruments, but this Bamboo Organ is a world class organ contributed by Fr. Diego Cera . Most Filipino musicians would love to play the organ because it produces a live sound that makes the people sing lively with it.
Fr. Diego Cera is not only the builder of the organ but also the builder of the church where the bamboo organ was placed. He is a native of Spain and served as a priest in so many years. Historians known him as a gifted man because of many talents.
It took him years to build this bamboo organ instrument. He started from 1816 and finished in 1824. In 1880, there was a strong typhoon and an earthquake that lead to the destruction of the instrument.
After the calamity, nobody had ever played the instrument again until Johannes Klais Orgalbau in 1973 came and brought it to Germany to fix. It took him two years to finish the restoration which includes the tuning, cleaning.and other materials that was damaged.
Finally, in 1975, the bamboo organ was brought back to its original place. Until then, the organ plays a very beautiful music and a lively sound that makes Filipino communities and foreigners as well visit the place. They use the bamboo organ for the church of Las Pinas where they sing songs of praise to God.
