 The instruments would typically have two or more manuals, a pedalboard and a wide range of stops; this contributed to the style cultivated across the region as the majority of large-scale works require considerable pedal skills and benefit from larger, more versatile organs.The tradition of the south was shaped by composers who travelled to Italy or studied under Italian masters.The first important southerner was Johann Jakob Froberger, who visited Italy and France and cultivated Italian idioms in his toccatas (influenced by Girolamo Frescobaldi and Giovanni de Macque) and the French lutenists' "style brisé" in his harpsichord suites – he was also the first to establish the standard model for the suite, which was later used by both south and north German composers.