Monday, September 15, 2008

Convention Hall Auditorium Organ



The photo shown I grabbed from the net is Convention Hall Auditorium Organ. It is the pipe organ in the Main Auditorium (which can seat 41,000 people in the main auditorium) of the Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, built by the Midmer-Losh Organ Company. The great hall is part of the world's largest pipe organ. The organ has 33,112 pipes in 455 ranks, including a full-length 64 foot Diaphone Profunda, ten 32 foot ranks, and manual and pedal reeds that are under 100 inches of wind pressure, while most organs never exceed 10 inches of pressure. It is said that it takes 4 1/2 hours to tour the entire organ. What a bizarre instrument!

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