Where is the largest pipe organ?

Question

Where is the largest pipe organ in the world? tell me

Answer 1

Heres the top 6

The World's Largest Pipe Organs
Ordered by number of ranks


Institution/Builder

Location

Manuals/
Ranks

Registers

Total Stops

Pipes
1a. Wanamaker Organ
Lord & Taylor Department Store Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA VI/461 396 416? 28,482
Murray M. Harris/Los Angeles Art Organ Co., 1904; Wanamaker Organ Shop, 1914-1917, 1924-1927
1b. Convention Hall Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA VII/449 337 852 33,114
Midmer-Losh, Opus 5550, 1929

World's only full-length 64' diaphone; one of only two full-length 64' reeds in the world

* The Auditorium Organ - ACCHOS/CD/CD/01 - Available from the Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ Society , the Organ Historical Society, and the Organ Literature Foundation.

Also see http://theatreorgans.com/atlcity/
3. First Congregational Church Los Angeles, California, USA V/346 233 265 over 20,000
E. M. Skinner Opus 856, 1931; Schlicker, 1969; Meunch, 1994; Robert David, 1995

Largest church organ in the world

* Bach In Los Angeles, Michael Murray - Telarc CD 80088

Notes:
1. This recording made when instrument was still a IV/214.
* 2. Selections from this album also released on An Organ Blaster Sampler and Bach Organ Blaster. Organ Spectacular, David Briggs - Delos DE 3241

4. St. Stephen's Cathedral Passau, Germany V/327 229 229 17,774
Steinmeyer, 1928; Eisenbarth, 1978-1981
Largest pipe organ outside the United States of America
5. USMA Cadet Chapel West Point, New York, USA IV/325 576 20,142
M. P. Möller, 1911, & others



* Joyce Jones plays Bach, Rheinberger, Purvis, Ives, Roberts, Elmore, Tournemire, Dupre, and improvisation - Motette CD 11491
* Philips 438 309-2
* Daniel Chorzempa plays Wagner, Rheinberger, Gigout, Vierne, & Boellmann - Philips 416 159-2
* Joan Lippincott plays Widor's Symphony No. 5 & Alain's "Trois Danses"- Gothic G 49046
* West Point Classics, Lee Dettra - Heritage Recordings HR720
* Tongues of Fire, Scott Dettra - Pro Organo CD 7063

6. Crystal Cathedral Garden Grove, California, USA V/270 218 284 15,966
Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1388, 1959 (Philharmonic Hall, NYC)/Ruffatti

Note: This organ also contains a number of digital voices that are included in some listings of the size of the organ. The totals with the digital additions are 293 pipe + digital ranks, 236 pipe + digital registers, 302 total pipe + digital stops. This page counts only the true pipe ranks to determine ordering.

* Four Masterworks for Organ, Frederick Swann - Gothic G 49049
* Hymns on the Crystal Cathedral Organ, Frederick Swann- Gothic G58519
* Organ Under Glass, Peter Baicchi [available from the Crystal Cathedral Bookstore, [phone]]

Answer 2

Atlantic City Convention Hall

Answer 3

i do not know. but i would love to play it!
it might be in notre dame in france.
does it have more then 10 ranks of pipes.
and more than 4 manuals.

that must be a sweet organ.
instead of the biggest pipe bieng 32 feet, is it like 100 feet.

Answer 4

I don't know where the largest is, but I can tell you that there are some collosaul ones in parts of European cathedrials such as Notre Dame and Sacre ceuar. My spelling might be wrong.

Answer 5

the atlantic city convention hall midmer losh pipe organ with almost 33,000 pipes.

Answer 6

It is in the most beautiful cathedral. Leon, Spain!

Answer 7

in a church
(probably)ask someone on yahoo answers

Answer 8

There isn't one. People just keep making bigger ones every day. Same with rollercoasters.

Answer 9

in a church in france

Answer 10

in my pants