The organ of the church of San Giacomo Maggiore in Gavi was built by famous Lingiardi family workshop, active in Pavia between 1807 and 1920. Thay pursued the ideal of an organ-orchestra in which, alongside the classical pyramid of ripieno stops, the concert stops were added, often reed stops with variable air pressure. At the same time they used the most recent European techniques such as the cassa espressiva to modulate the sound dynamic. The keyboard is placed in a window under the prospectus and has 61 keys (C1-C6), while the pedalboard, flat and parallel, consists of 24 pedals (the second octave recalls the first one and the C3 inserts the Tuono). The coupling between the pedalboard anche the manual is real and mobile.
The stops are controlled by levers placed in two columns to the right of the organist for the Great Organ, on a single column on the left for the stops in cassa armonica. Behind the console, enclosed within a cassa espressiva, there is a reed stop of Voce umana soprana 16 feet tall.
Cassa Armonica | Grand'organo | |
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Bordone bassi 8 | Voce umana | Terza mano |
Bordone soprani 8 | Corni dolci nei soprani | Principale bassi 16 |
Principale soprani 8 | Flauto soprani 8 | Principale soprani 16 |
Dulciana bassi 4 | Viola bassi 4 | Principale bassi 8 |
Ottava soprano | Violetta bassi 2 | Principale soprani 8 |
Decimaquinta | Tromba soprani 8 | Ottava bassi 4 |
Violoncello bassi | Fagotto bassi | Ottava soprani 4 |
Violoncello soprani | Oboe soprani | Duodecima soprani |
Voci umane [16' in tergale] | Oboe bassi | Duodecima bassi |
Corno inglese | Decima quinta | |
Trombe 16 soprani | Decima nona | |
Ottavino soprani | Quattro file di pieno | |
Flauto armonico s. [in XII] | Quattro file di pieno | |
Cornetto 1° | Quinta e Ottava ai pedali | |
Bombarde ai pedali | Contrabbassi e rinforzi | |
Timpani | Campanelli |
After a reform introduced by the brothers Lingiardi in 1901, the instrument was restored in 2009 by Bottega Organara Dell'Orto and Lanzini of Dormelletto (NO).