ISOLA BELLA.
IN THE CHURCH (not in the Chapel of the Palace), in a gallery at the west end, stands an organ, in a white painted case, picked out with colour, consisting of merely two pilasters, supporting a low pediment. The pipes, which looked quite new, are bright tin, the tallest standing in the centre, and the smallest half-way between the centre and the sides of the case, against which stand tall pipes, so that the arrangement is somewhat like a W. The pipes show their real heights, their tops all being below the top of the case, without any bad effect from want of symmetry; if anything, the effect is good. Some wood bourdons, standing outside the instrument on each side, show that at some time or other additions have been made to it. I may mention that it is common in Italy for the pipes to show their real heights, and for the montre to be covered with curtains or blinds, or sometimes with pictures, when the instrument is not in use. 1869.