OPUS 1

Fermo

private

CHEST ORGAN year 2005

4 stops, split in bass/treble (c1/c#1 440hz). Single manual of 56 notes ( C/g3 ), ebony covers for diatonic keys and maple for chromatic. The case is in oak, shellack finishing, with brocade cloth on door pannels . Thewindchest is made in slavonian oak, with slider seals and pallet in cedarwood with double sheepskin. The bench contains the blower and the bellows wich can be operated also by pedal pump without electicity. The pipes are made in wood ( red spruce, oak and bolivian chestnut ) for flute, while is in 20% alloy for the two foot principal. The scaling choise for this is instrument is rather narrow with a square cross-section of the wooden pipe, therefore the sound is very distinctive, rich in overtones, with a marked pronunciation.