The first of these aerophone instruments that enter the country casually was a small organ of cylinder.
According to the hypothesis, it came from France and its entry came from the present province of Cienfuegos, a place where there was a recognized commercial sea port, the instrument being executed for the first time in Remedios, belonging to the province Santi Spiritus.
In 1871, Manuel de Calde, chief of police informed the town hall of Holguín of the collection of tickets to dances with Organs at four pesos to blacks and two pesos to whites.
On April 27, 1889 was born in Fray Benito, belonging to the present municipality of Gibara, José Ajo Góngora, "Pepe Ajo", repairman, tuner, organ maker and initiator of the musical tradition of the Ajo family.
Between 1889 and 1900, after the popular acceptance of the Organ, some families of advantageous social position, buy several instruments in the region of Holguín and its surroundings.
In 1910, the first organ arrived in Buenaventura, it was called "El Tigre", it was a cylinder and it was brought by the Commander of the Mambí Army, Federico Ramírez Montaña.
In 1912, the large Organs of 49 keys predominated in Manzanillo, which were also taken to other areas of Eastern Cuba; They weighed about 200 pounds and were transported in 2 or 4 wheel trolleys inside the cities, but in Holguín they first carried tiny Manzanillos organs. The guajiros rented them and supported them in the bun of the mount.
In the place of the dance the tiny organ was placed on a table where it was actuated comfortably. Every tiny organ had a spice of dais or handbarrow on its skeleton.
In 1914, José Ajo Góngora rents in Cuatro Veredas, of Fray Benito, the Organ The City of Paris. He used it to play music in balls. He began as a kettledrum player, but when the organ got broken he used to repaired it.
Since 1918, it began what for some was the golden age of Organ in Cuba with great parties that began on Saturdays at 6 pm and ended at 6 in the morning of the other day, starting on Sunday at 3 pm Until 12 at night. Between piece and piece there were no more than 5 minutes apart. * (The author of this work died)
