Sandrik Giovannino de Provolone

Organ workshop

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About the shop

We introduce the successful organ workshop Sandrik Giovannino de Provolone established by Michal Novák, grandson of academic sculptor and restorer Alena Nováková. 

Our workshop specializes in the manufacturing of historically authentic instruments, but we can also use modern methods and produce an organ according to your requirements.

In addition to the manufacturing of organ’s pedestal, main cabinet and, of course, wooden and metal organ pipes, we can also make intricated carvings and engravings. We are also able to realize the brass hinges, lock labels or gilding some components. However, we can also utilize the leather as a basis of bellows manufacturing. 

We have a portfolio of specialized companies with which we have been working for a long time. They provide us the works we can’t realize ourselves. 


About the shop

Realized projects

To find out more about our skills, you can dive into the world of organs manufactured by Sandrik Givannino de Provolone. We have prepared for you a detailed presentation of several projects that we are proud of and which demonstrate our effort and passion for manufacturing only the best instruments in accordance with requirements of our customers.

However, our area is also the realization of repairs of instruments, which over the years lost of the original sound and functions. We can give them back its original properties and turn them into a perfectly sounding concert instrument. Our purpose is to manufacture and renovate the organ to its original historical appearance in accordance with the original manufacturer's design or customer's requirements.

For example, we have manufactured a richly decorated organ in Baroque style, a unique instrument inspired by an old French school or a modern organ intoned into the sounds of Italian music with the possibility of easy disassembly and transport.

Realized projects

Our services

Although our greatest passion is the manufacturing of new organ, or the repair of older instruments, we offer to our customers a lots of additional services related to the main subject of our specialization. You can contact us if you need to quickly hire a portable organ for a concert, transport your instrument or realize a sale or purchase of a new organ.

In addition, we offer the possibility of tuning and intonation of your instrument that could be realized both in our workshop and at your place. We can also provide a minor repairs or preventive maintenance. Our approach to each instrument is individually, this is a guarantee of high-quality results of our corrections and satisfaction of our customers. If you need to renovate your instrument and improve its sound and features, feel free to contact us.

Our services

Wood repurchase

The main raw material for the manufacturing of organ is wood. And not just any wood. We will be happy to buy the high-quality, well-matured and dried wood. Only with them we can manufacture the instruments with perfect sound and unique features that satisfy all your expectations.

But we also accept the wood from just felled trees from parks or gardens. Do not hesitate to contact us even if your trees have a various types of deformations or tumors. These are unique to us.

For well-grown and mature timber is necessary to reach certain dimensions. These differ for different tree species. In case you are not sure if the size of your trees is suitable for organ manufacturing, please contact us, we will advise you.

Wood repurchase

References

    Michal has done a great job of repairing, intonating, and tuning our one-manual church organ at the Evangelical Church in Mladá Boleslav. Whether it was the exchange of unusable whistles, shifting stiff abstracts, or endless search for the perfect color of individual tones in the registers, his honest approach to work yielded a perfect result and a flawlessly intonated instrument. His gift is a great musician's hearing and a healthy ambition to get the best out of the instrument.

    Evangelical priest Jonathan Hudec, Mladá Boleslav

    Cooperation with the workshop Sandrik Giovannino de Provolone and especially with Michal Novák suits me in all aspects. At the organ made by his workshop, I especially appreciate the noble sound of individual stop colors, the rich and unconventional layout, the original design of the construction, and above all the desire to find ever more beautiful sound and technical possibilities of the instruments. I also appreciate Michal's helpfulness, willingness and maximum reliability.

    Jiřina Dvořáková Marešová, keyboard intruments player

    We would like to thank Michal Novák for lending an organ positive for chamber concerts of the Prague Symphony Orchestra - FOK.

    The beautiful sound of a high quality instrument is a joy for our performers and listeners. Last time we could hear one of his instruments in the Church of St. Simon and St. Jude in the project HESPḔRION XXI, where the excellent Italian organist and harpsichordist Luca Guglielmi played together with the phenomenal Jordi Savall.

    Prague Symphony Orchestra - FOK

Realized projects