"I've heard an Organ talk, sometimes"

I've heard an Organ talk, sometimes
In a Cathedral Aisle,
And understood no word it said --
Yet held my breath, the while --

And risen up -- and gone away,
A more Berdardine Girl --
Yet -- know not what was done to me
In that old Chapel Aisle.

-- Emily Dickinson

My photography assignment of the historic churches of Santiago has also given me access to the choir lofts. At "El Sagrario," the parish church next to the Cathedral, I took these photos of two aging organs in the choir loft.

"C. Kirsinger y Cia." refers to a company founded by German immigrants. Apparently, they printed post cards, imported pianos and organs, and published music, especially traditional Chilean music.