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The largest pipe organ ever built, based on number of pipes. It weighs approximately 150 tons. Most of the organ has not functioned since 1944; a partial restoration in 1998 was largely reversed by construction damage during a renovation of the Boardwalk Hall shortly afterwards. A full restoration is currently underway to return the organ to ...
Bedient Pipe Organ Company, Lincoln, Nebraska [128] Bigelow & Company, American Fork, Utah [129] Buzard Pipe Organ Builders, LLC Champaign, IL (1985–) [130] GM Buck Pipe Organs, [131] Grand Rapids, Michigan; John Brombaugh & Associates, Eugene, Oregon; Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, Lake City, Iowa; E. and G. G. Hook & Hastings, Boston ...
The organ's wind supply is the most-powerful ever used in a pipe organ. The DC motors for the original eight blowers had a total of 394 horsepower (294 kW), pumping 36,400 cubic feet (1,030 m 3) of wind per minute. Around 1990, these were replaced by seven blowers with AC motors totaling 630 horsepower (470 kW). [3]: 69–70
C. B. Fisk was originally named Andover Organ Company and was founded in 1948 by Thomas W. Byers. Fisk partnered with Byers some years later. [3] Like Fisk, Byers was an organ builder that preferred manual organs over electric ones. [4] In 1958, Fisk became the full owner after buying out Byers's ownership interest. [4]
The Wanamaker Organ is the largest fully functioning pipe organ in the world, based on the number of playing pipes, the number of ranks and its weight. [3] [4] It is a concert organ of the American Symphonic school of design, which combines traditional organ tone with the sonic colors of the symphony orchestra.
The Hazel Wright Organ is an American pipe organ located in Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, California. It is one of the world's largest pipe organs. It is one of the world's largest pipe organs. As of 2019, it has 293 ranks and 17,106 pipes, fully playable from two 5-manual consoles.
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The current instrument, comprising both pipe and digital voices, totals 268 ranks and is controlled by two consoles. [1] The Main Organ Console, paid for by a gift from the Naval Academy Class of 1951, is one of the largest organ consoles in the world. Its specifications [2] include: The Main Console. 5 manuals; 268 ranks plus percussion and traps