(1)_____Contruction_________________ of this bamboo organ was begun in 1816 by a Spanish (2)______________________ , Diego Cera. Why was bamboo used? (3)_________________________ the relative (4)______________________ of the area, perhaps the need to use (5)______________________ materials was a factor. Moreover, the (6)_____________________ of the organ no doubt desired to use appropriate (7)_____________________ materials.

In 1816, bamboos were cut and buried under the sand of the seashore for about a year. Those that survived this (8)__________________ to insects and the elements were considered of durable quality and used in (9)__________________ the organ. Over the next several years, the (10)__________________ parts of the organ were put together. When the bulk of it was finished in 1821, it was proclaimed “the finest and the first of its kind in the country.”

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