"L'Art du Facteur d'Orgue"  - Tables and Real Examples

The Italian Organ Builder Bartolomeo Formentelli has a deep knowledge of the encyclopedic volume "Dom Bedos de Celles (1765)". It describes with accuracy  all the steps required to assembly a  acient pipe organ. On this page, we propose some abstracts from the famous volume. Methods of today artisan Formentelli  are strictly related with ancient working methods. Tools, tradition, styles are the same as 3 centuries ago.

Great Organ "Buffet" Rear View . Near, a real buffet view from great Jubilee Organ in  S.M Angeli  Church, Rome	"Positivo Tergale" and "console" view. The console (keyboard place) is usually posed in the great ancient organs, back the organist. So, the Organist is hidden respect church visitors. della console. On the real example, the "positivo" on the great   Formentelli Organ in  Carcassone (France)	Dom Bedos Stops Table  - On the right side, a Stops table  from great Jubilee Organ in  S.M Angeli  Church, Rome
a moulds used to create Reeds; a real example: Formentelli rebuilding of loss Reed by teh "Mozart" Organ in San Tomaso Cantuariense (Verona, Italy)	Tools : plane, , saws, workbenches, tuning pipe tools	Windchest inside details, with air channels; on the right side, a section of S.Domenico Organ in Rieti windchest
How to create the "suspended mechanics" : this is the "feeling core" when you touch the keyboard. On the right side, a mechanic particular of  III keyboard,   S.M. Angeli Organ in Rome	Tools for pipes  cutting & desing - masks used to cut different plane sections of the stain pipes.	A intersting ancient tecnique to obtain the stain pipe  plane section : a ancient frame is used by Formentelli to obtain the pipes; tool used by italian organ builder is a authentic "Fedeli", found in Umbria
Hard and Strong Pipe working: the stain part must be finished with hand-plane and hand-beating, with dedicated tools	Windchest Internal details d	Stops mechanical
Lateral section of the keyboards. The knobs are used to move back and forward the keyboard, activating the keyboard coupling. Only few millimeters are required to couple two keyboard	Keyboard details from the Great Jubilee Organ in  S.M Angeli  Church, Rome. A finest quality work ! See the arcs under the key.	Keybard building art. On the right side: Dom Bedos Rieti keyboards under construction
One of  Rieti's Organ great hood under construction. in real kidskin.	Stops buttons by  S.M. Angeli Organ in Rome, with hand maded  write over parchment	Some great quinte (5 1/3) pipes under construction. Please, see the finest hand-finished  stain beating.