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Roma, Italia (Città Metropolitana di Roma Capitale) - Chiesa di Santa Maria del Popolo
Municipal: Roma Capitale
Region:Lazio
Address: Piazza del Popolo, 12, 00187, Roma

Description nr.: 2023061.

Built by: Giuseppe Testa (1658)

Year	Builder	Opus	Activity
1658	Giuseppe Testa		new organ
1814	Builder unknown		rebuild

• The Chiesa di Santa Maria del Popolo in Rome is an old Augustinian church from the fifteenth century. In the years after 1655, the interior of the church was redecorated in Baroque style, according to a design by Gian Lorenzo Bernini. Bernini also designed the organ case for the new organ, with the front pipes placed behind an oak tree sculpture. The old organ is no longer in use, only the prospect and a wind chest are still present.
  
• The specification mentioned is the one after a conversion from 1814.
  

Technical data

Number of stops per division
- Manuale	16
Total number of stops	16
Key action	Mechanical
Stop action	Mechanical
Windchest(s)	Springchests

Specification
Manuale: Principale 16' (B/D), Principale 8' (B/D), Voce Umana 8' (Discant), Violino 8' (Discant), Ottava 4', Flauto in Ottava 4' (B/D), Duodecima 2 2/3', Flauto in Quinta 2 2/3' (B/D), Decimaquinta 2', Terzino 1 3/5' (Discant), Decimanona 1 1/3', Vigesimaseconda 1', Vigesimasesta 2/3', Vigesimanona 1/2', Corno Inglese 16' (Discant), Trombe Reali 8' (Bass), Clarino 8' (Discant).

Literature

Organi di Roma : Gli organi delle quattro basiliche maggiori (con CD-ROM contenente un'ampia documentazione sugli organi romani) / Graziana Fronzuto. - Firenze : Leo S. Olschki Editore, 2008. - (Historiae Musicae Cultores ; CXV). Roma (IT) : Basilica di Santa Maria del Popolo. - In: Calender Organa Europæ 2015, Strasbourg : Editions Oberlin, 2014.

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Photo: Michiel van 't Einde

Photo: Piet Bron

Photo: Piet Bron