'The organ of the church of Jabea in 1881', by Godofredo Cruañes Aracil

Among papers in my family file, I have found this record dated July 20, 1881; It is about the review of the organ of the St. Bartholomew's Church of Jávea. I have endeavored to ensure that your transcription is accurate, despite the deterioration resulting from the action of time.

In the Villa de Jabea on July XNUMX, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-one, meeting in the Parish Church, Mr. Juan Bautista Alvarez organist of the Villa de Ondara Mr. Francisco Bordes, organist of this and Mr. Cristoval Bolufer and Gual appointed censors For the review of the Organ, we proceeded to examine and review it, having found it remarkably good, noting an unexpected improvement in it given the circumstances in which the Organ was before its transfer and believing that the will of the Testator was fully fulfilled: inasmuch as In the opinion of those who subscribe, it has remained in a complete state of solidity and teaching.
We have seen with pleasure, fulfilled, even with excess, the bases of the contract made between D. Agustin Catalá and D. José Alcarria, Mr. Alcarria deserving the pleas of the censors and other people who have attended the act of revision.
And for the record at the request of D. Agustin Catalá and D. José Alcarria, we deliver this testimony.

Francº Bordes C. Bolufer Gual
Bautista Alvarez Jose Alcarria Cortes

Main Altar of the Church of San Bartolomé de Jávea, before its destruction during the Civil War of 36 | The organ is seen to the right of the altar

And to provide the reader with more information, about those who participated in this document, without being able to provide data related to the organist from Ondara, Juan Bta. Álvarez, and José Alcarria Cortés, add the following notes taken from the Short Biographical Dictionary of Juan Bta. Codina Bas:

Bordes Blasco, Francisco (1854-). Organist of the parish of Jávea in 1880 and in 1909 he continued to be. Natural of Valencia. He marries María Teresa Catalá Sapena. He participates in the inauguration of the 33rd Section of the Nocturnal Adoration that takes place on the night of January 13 and 14, 1894. He delivers 10 reals of fleece in the Tribute of Valencian Catholics to our Holy Father Pope Leo XIII at the festivities Christmas of 1880. He was secretary of the local Board of Salvage of Shipwrecked in 1904.

Bolufer Gual, Cristóbal (1849-1884). He married Hermenegilda Luisa de los Desamparados Salvá Orts at the age of 23. Son of José A. Bolufer Cruañes and Ignacia Gual Inza. He was a virtuoso on the violin and other instruments. He formed a music band in Xàbia, financing the purchase of all the instruments and beginning the rehearsals for Chopin's "The Funeral March" with the wish that they would play it on his death, which happened in 1884 at the age of 35, without children.

Catalá Arnauda, ​​Agustín. He was the promoter of the Xàbia bullring that was inaugurated in 1916 and gave it to his grandson Agustín Catalá Bertomeu. This square worked until the outbreak of the civil war.