THE LARGEST ORGAN
Sir,-Your correspondent, W. Gaisford, of Christchurch, claimed that the largest organ was situated in Wanamaker Store, Philadelphia. This organ has 5 manuals, 227 speaking stops, 34 couplers, 102 combination pistons, and 17,954 pipes. I have always understood that the biggest organ in the world is that which stands in the Convention Hall at Atlantic City, New Jersey. It has 7 manuals, consisting of 487 keys, 32 pedal keys, 1,233 stop-tongues and
right jambs operating the pipes. There are 32,882 pipes. The bellows are operated by 7 electric blowers which total 404 horse-power. The hall in which it stands is so large that it could house a 13-story building, and it can seat an audience of 41,000 people,
V. W.
HOSKEN
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 124, 7 November 1941, Page 4
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123THE LARGEST ORGAN New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 124, 7 November 1941, Page 4
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