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Bologna, Italia (Bologna) - Museo di Cassa di Risparmio (Chiesa di San Giorgio in Poggiale)
Municipal: Bologna
Region:Emilia-Romagna
Address: Via Nazario Sauro, 20/2, 40121, Bologna-Poggiale

Description nr.: 2009964.

Built by: Petronio Giovagnoni (ca. 1750)

Year	Builder	Opus	Activity
ca. 1750	Petronio Giovagnoni		new organ
1984	Pier-Paulo Donati		restoration

The museum of Cassa di Risparmio in Bologna, located in the former Chiesa di San Giorgio in Poggiale, houses a small historic organ, built around 1750 by Petronio Giovagnoni. It was built for a church in Bologna. In 1983 it was bought for the museum. Pier Paulo Donati carried out a restoration in 1983-1984.

Technical data

Number of stops per division
- Manuale	6
- Pedale	aangehangen
Total number of stops	6
Key action	Mechanical
Stop action	Mechanical
Windchest(s)	Slider chests

Specification
Manuale (CDEFGA-c'''): Principale 8', Voce Umana 8' (from c'), Ottava 4', Flauto in XII 2 2/3', Quincena 2', Decimanona 1 1/3'.
Pedale (CDEFGA-c°): Aangehangen.

Literature	Organo Antiqua Italica : Bologna. Historische Orgels in Noord-Italië : Een overzicht van 4 eeuwen orgelcultuur aan de hand van orgels, composities en registratie-aanwijzingen / Peter van Dijk. - Hilversum : Katholieke Radio Omroep, 1988.
Recordings	Italiaanse orgelmuziek vanaf de 15de tot het midden van de 19de eeuw / Liuwe Taminga, Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Robert Kohnen, Peter van Dijk. - KK CD 8903 (CD). - 1989. - Uitgave n.a.v. radioserie 'Historische orgels in Noord-Italië'.