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ORGAN
FRANCESCO VEGEZZI BOSSI

SANTENA
PARISH CHURCH
OF SANTI PIETRO E PAOLO

Phonic Disposal

Author
Francesco Vegezzi Bossi.
Year of Construction
1929.
Intervention of Restoration and Adjustment
Brondino Vegezzi Bossi, 1997.
Existing instruments
Giovanni Battista and Francesco
Maria Concone, 1757; Gioacchino and Giovanni Battista Concone, 1847.
Inscriptions
“Cav. Francesco Vegezzi Bossi e Figlio / Centallo (Piemonte), plate on the console
Location
opposite the façade, on a coeval gallery
Case
five spans with central towers, surmounted with a cymatium and a couple of trumpeter angels, painted in beige
Schedule
formed by 43 tin’s pipes, placed on a unique order of 5 spans in spire, with flat section, openings not in line, upper lip in mitre, belonging to the register Bourdon 16’ in the range of A1-G2, Principale 8’ in the range of C1-C flat 2 and Dulciana 8’ in the range of C1-F2

Keyboards
two on an indipendent console, with 58 keys each in the range of C1-A5; diatonic keys covered in synthetic material, chromatic keys in ebony
Pedal Keyboard
concave with 27 keys in the range of C1-D3
Registers
operated through small plates in balance, placed upon the second keyboard; inscriptions on small plates
Accessories
Unioni II-I, I-pedal keyboard, II-pedal keyboard, low octave II-I, high octave I, high octave II-I; Tremolo to second keyboard, brackets for Crescendo and Espressione second keyboard, fixed conjunctions with piston or small pedal, free conjunction, tubular chimes

Set of Bellows
4 bellows in lantern, placed on the base of the case; manual working in tuning slide with a starting handle or with electroventilation
Wind-chests
in number of 9; master wind-chest for the first keyboard divided in two parts, master wind-chest for the second keyboard and six secondary wind-chest
Transmissions
tubular pneumatic
Bibliography
GASPARE BOSIO, Santena e suoi dintorni. Notizie storiche raccolte dal teologo Gaspare Bosio, Asti, 1884, p.191
Date of inspection
December 30th, 2008

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