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Vittuone, Italia (Milano) - Chiesa dell' Annunciazione di Maria Vergine
Forwarded from: Cambridge UK - Sidney Sussex College Chapel (1963 - 2016)
Municipal: Vittuone
Region:Lombardia
Address: Piazza Italia, 1, 20010, Vittuone
Description nr.: 2005703.
Built by: Harrison & Harrison (1963)
Short list of all locations the organ has been
Technical data
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Octave 4', Blockflute 4', Superoctave 2', Mounted Cornet 4 ranks, Mixture 4 ranks, Trumpet 8' - from Swell.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Gedeckt 8', Principal 4', Octave 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Larigot 1 1/3', Mixture 3 ranks, Fagotto 16', Trumpet 8'.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Subbass 16', Principal 8', Stopped Flute 8', Octave 4' - extension, Mixture 3 ranks, Bombarde 16', Fagotto 16' - from Swell, Trumpet 8' - from Swell.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave, Swell Unison Off, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
Vittuone, Italia (Milano) - Chiesa dell' Annunciazione di Maria Vergine
Forwarded from: Cambridge UK - Sidney Sussex College Chapel (1963 - 2016)
Municipal: Vittuone
Region:Lombardia
Address: Piazza Italia, 1, 20010, Vittuone
Description nr.: 2005703.
Built by: Harrison & Harrison (1963)
| Year | Builder | Opus | Activity | 1963 | Harrison & Harrison | new organ | 1985 | E.J. Johnson & Son | rebuild | 2019 | Pietro Como | transfer/relocate |
- In 1963 Harrison & Harrison built a new organ for the chapel of Sidney Sussex College (Sidney Street) in Cambridge. The instrument was enlarged and remodeled in 1985 by E.J. Johnson under the advice of Peter le Huray.
- In 2008 it was announced that new chapels organs would be build by the companies Flentrop and Taylor & Boody. The Flentrop organ was completed in 2016. The organ of Harrison & Harrison was removed and sold to the parish of Vittuone in Lombardia, Italy. Pietro Como overhauled the instrument and installed it in 2019 in the church.
Short list of all locations the organ has been
| 1963 | Cambridge, UK | Sidney Sussex College Chapel |
| 2019 | Vittuone | Chiesa dell' Annunciazione di Maria Vergine |
Technical data
| Number of stops per division | |
| - Great Organ | 8 (7) |
| - Swell Organ | 8 |
| - Pedal Organ | 8 (5) |
| Total number of stops | 24 (20) |
| Key action | Electropneumatic |
| Stop action | Electropneumatic |
| Windchest(s) | Slider chests |
Specification
Great Organ (C-c''''): Open Diapason 8', Stopped Diapason 8', Octave 4', Blockflute 4', Superoctave 2', Mounted Cornet 4 ranks, Mixture 4 ranks, Trumpet 8' - from Swell.
Swell Organ (C-c''''): Gedeckt 8', Principal 4', Octave 2', Tierce 1 3/5', Larigot 1 1/3', Mixture 3 ranks, Fagotto 16', Trumpet 8'.
Pedal Organ (C-g'): Subbass 16', Principal 8', Stopped Flute 8', Octave 4' - extension, Mixture 3 ranks, Bombarde 16', Fagotto 16' - from Swell, Trumpet 8' - from Swell.
Couplers: Swell to Great, Swell Octave, Swell Suboctave, Swell Unison Off, Great to Pedal, Swell to Pedal.
| Literature |
The organs of Cambridge : An illustrated guide to the organs of the University and City of Cambridge / Nicholas Thistlethwaite. - Oxford : Positif Press, 2008. |
| Links |
http://organcompendium.info/organi/italia50.html |