The first step in building a new organ is the design concept for the phonics and architecture of the instrument.  This is based on a study of several elements: the acoustics of the ambient (which affect the richness of its sound), the organist’s needs, and the architecture of the space in which it will be located.

From the study of these elements, the registers are developed; not just as a list of names, but an evaluation of their sounds in all respects.  This is the fundamental first step for the design and technical layout of all the other parts of the instrument and the sizing of the pipes.

The specifications and operational designs developed are assigned to the workshop’s technicians who construct the various parts.

Piece-by-piece the organ is built in the workshop, and then all its components are assembled and tested.

 Then it is disassembled and carefully transported to where it will be located.  It is then painstakingly re-assembled, to guarantee complete mechanical and structural reliability.

Only then can the voicing of the pipes begin.  This is a delicate operation, and must be conscientiously carried out to obtain the best acoustical interaction between the voices of the organ and their surroundings, searching for the colour and beauty of sound, by adjusting the attack, volumes and blends of the registers.

For these reasons, every Pradella organ is always tuned in the location it will be played.  Thus, it is musically united perfectly with its new home, with scrupulous precision, pipe-by-pipe.