Giovanni Pradella

Giovanni Pradella (born September 18, 1971 in Sondrio ) is an Italian organ builder from Valtellina , whose workshop is in Caiolo .

Pradella specializes in the restoration of historic Italian organs and the construction of new organs with mechanical sliding chests, with all production steps being carried out in its own workshop. Copies of historical old Italian organ registers are already being made for other organ workshops. In cooperation with the Göteborg Organ Art Center of the University of Gothenburg, historical tin casting processes for pipe construction have been redeveloped.

List of works (selection)

year	place	building	image	Manuals	register	Remarks
	Sondrio	St. Rochus
	Sondrio	Parish Church (Mossini)
	Viboldone ( Province of Milan )	Benedictine Abbey
	Parish Church Somaggia ( Province of Sondrio )
	Valle di Colorina (Province of Sondrio)	Divin Prigionero
	Peglio ( Province of Como )	Parish church				Antegnati organ, restoration
	Caspano	Parish church				Prati 1683 - Colombo 1862, restoration
	Colorina	Parish church				Rejna 1696, restoration
	Gerola	Parish church				Serassi 1837, restoration
	Cavernago	Parish church				Serassi 1781, restoration
	Bergamo	Madonna del Giglio				Anonymous 17th century, restoration
	Vigorso di Budrio	Physical therapy centre				Malamini 16th century - Franchini 1861, restoration
	Pilsen - Litice	Parish church				Gebr. Müller 1833, restoration

Publications and literature

• Aspetti tecnici nell'opera di Carlo Prati: tradizione ed evoluzione di un organo in simbiosi con diverse culture ("Technical aspects in the work of Carlo Pratis: tradition and further development of an organ in the context of different cultures"), contribution to the symposium Machina di Meraviglia et Artificio - L'organo, bene Culturale europeo (Wonder machine and work of art - The organ as a European cultural asset) of the Academy of Smarano, Trentin 2002
• Sessantini, Gilberto : Fughe al convento. Il nuovo organo Giovanni Pradella 2004 dell'Abbazia di Viboldone (Milano). In: Arte Organaria e Organistica, 13, 2006, No. 61, pp. 22-27.
• The organ builder from Sondrio. In: Alpen-Donau-Adria Magazin on July 8, 2007 on Bayerischer Rundfunk
• Analisi delle caratteristiche costruttive dell'organo di Primolo ("Technical description and analysis of the Primolo organ"), in collaboration with Tognolatti, Roberto In: Il santuario della Madonna delle Grazie di Primolo ("The pilgrimage church of St. Maria delle Grazie"), Parish of Primolo (Prov. Sondrio) 2007.

Web links

• Website of the Pradella organ building workshop
• Film report ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )