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ITALIENISCHE ORGEL VON NICOLA MANCINI, NEAPEL...

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ITALIAN ORGAN BY NICOLA MANCINI, NAPLES 1766 The restored central Italian organ has 9 stops. The sound of this colorful instrument is majestic and full of radiance. Two French doors painted with floral decorations and vines flank the sides of the instrument, which is still in original color. The keyboard, whose lower keys are covered with boxwood and upper keys with ebony, has a range of 4 octaves (including a short octave). There are two inscriptions in the instrument: left inner wall of the windchest: (possibly) In Nomine[?] Christie Amen; left rear wall: Ernesto Nucci 1918. A peculiarity of this instrument is the Tromba stop in the form of a recumbent pipe on the note C. The action is seduced with brass abstracts and metal shafts. An electric blower is present. The organ is tuned and playable. Technical data: Range Manual: C/D/E/F/G/A-c3 (short bass octave) Tuning pitch: a1=441Hz Tuning: modified middle tone Stitch gauge: 49,7cm Dimensions: height: 285cm Width: 156cm Depth: 80cm Disposition: Left of the keyboard: Tromba Bordone (Piva) a trumpet pipe C (tunable also in D, F and G). On the right of the keyboard: Principale (C-d0, wooden nude, inside; d#0-a1 in the prospect, b1-c3 inside) Ottava Voce Umana *) Decimaquinta *) under suspended Flauto in XII Decimanona Vigesimaseconda Vigesimasesta Vigesimanona Ripieno[train] ITALIAN ORGAN BY NICOLA MANCINI, NEAPLES 1766 This restored central Italian organ has 9 stops. The sound of this colorful instrument is majestic and full of radiance. Two French doors painted with floral decoration and vines flank the sides of the instrument, which is still in its original color scheme. The keyboard, whose lower keys are covered with boxwood and sharps with ebony, has a range of 4 octaves (including a short octave). There are two inscriptions inside the instrument: inside the windchest left-handed: (possibly) In Nomine[?] Christie Amen; inside the instrument left-handed: Ernesto Nucci 1918. A special feature of this instrument is the tromba stop, in the shape of a recumbent pipe on the note C. The action of the organ is seduced with brass abstracts and metal shafts. An electric blower is present. The organ is tuned and playable. Technical data: Range of the keyboard C/D/E/F/G/A-c3 (short octave) Tuning pitch: a1=441Hz tuning: modified meantone 3-octave-span: 49.7cm Dimensions of the instrument: Height: 285cm Width: 156cm Depth: 80cm Disposition: Left-handed: Tromba Bordone (Piva) recumbent pipe on the note C (can be tuned to D, F and G) Right-handed: Principale (C-d0 stopped wood flute, inside, d#0-a1 at the organs brochure, b1-c3 inside) Ottava Voce Umana *) Decimaquinta *) lower pitch Flauto in XII Decimanona Vigesimaseconda Vigesimasesta Vigesimanona Ripieno[stop]