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ORGANO
GIOACCHINO CONCONE

BUSSOLENO
CPARISH CHURCH OF SANTA MARIA ASSUNTA
Phonic Disposal

Author
Gioacchino Concone
Year of Construction
1790-1791
Intervention of Restoration and Adjustment
Carlo Serratrice, 1920
Italo Marzi, 2003
Location
opposite the façade, on a coeval wooden gallery
Case
three spans with lateral towers, painted in blue, beige and pink with sculptural elements of golden floral garlands and of a cherub’s head in central position
Schedule
formed by 37 tin’s pipes, placed on a unique order of 3 spans; the central one of 27 pipes in spire with wings. The 5 lateral each in spire, with flat section, openings in line, upper lip in shield, belonging to the register Principale 8’ in the range of C1-E4 with first short octave

Keyboards
individual in window, reconstructed with 50 keys and a range of C1-C5, with first short octave, diatonic keys covered in ebony, chromatic keys in bone
Pedal Keyboard
music stand, permanently linked with the keyboard, with 19 keys plus 2 accessories (kettledrums in 2 tones); range of C1-G sharp 2 with first short octave
Registers
operated through hand lever in lateral shift placed in a unique columns on the right of the keyboard, reconstructed; handwritten inscriptions on recent cards
Accessories
pedals for Kettledrums on D and on A
Set of Bellows
3 bellows in wedge placed on the base of the case; manual working in ropes with pulleys or with electroventilation

Wind-chests
in number of 3; master wind-chest in walnut with 50 channels, 16 sticks and sieve placed under the openings of the pipes; secondary wind-chest for Bourdon 16’ and Kettledrums (divided in 2 symmetrical parts, placed on the backwall)
Transmissions
mechanicals, suspended type, hanging with iron bolts for the keyboard. Pressure 45 mm in a column of water
Chorister
440 Hz in 20 degrees
Temperament
mesotonic
Bibliography
SILVIO SORRENTINO, Note di storia organaria segusina,Parte II: l’organo di Bussoleno in “Chiesa parrocchiale di Santa Maria Assunta. Bussoleno”, 2005, Borgone di Susa, pp. 16-24

Report by Silvio Sorrentino from 100 Province of Turin’s Organs, Torino, 2009