Gothic organ

Source: Hugo Van der Goes, 1480
(portrait of Sir Edward Bounil)
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Project and building: Walter Chinaglia, 2012
Compass: Si , Do2- Fa4 (32 pipes)
Pitch: La=440 Hz Pythagorean
Keyboard: 26 keys, arcade shape. Diatonics according to the clavicytherium in Royal College of London
Pipes: pure hammered lead; bishop mitria shaped
Bellows: 2 bellows made of lamb leather and oak. They can be folded and recovered inside the organ
Case: oak wood
Size: height: 163 cm; width: 65 cm; depth: 50 cm
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One of the two Gothic organs built by Walter Chinaglia belongs to the Alamire Foundation, Leuven, Belgium