The F avade of the THE WANAMAKER GRAND ORGAN
A history of the world's /,argest p/,ayable musical instrument
Wanamaker Grand Organ
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RGANS AND ORGAN MUSIC
have been part of the retail-
ing tradition on this site
since 1876, when the old
Pennsylvania freight depot at 13th
and Market Streets was transformed
by John Wanamaker into Phila-
delphia's Wanamaker Store. Mr.
Wanamaker believed that the uplift
and inspiration of music should be a
part of people's daily lives and work,
as well as a form of relaxation and
entertainment. That public-spirited
commitment has been honored by
all the retail companies that have
succeeded the original Wanamaker
family business.
SOMETIME DURING 1908, when the
present Philadelphia Store building
was nearing completion, Mr. Wana-
maker's son, Rodman Wanamaker,
was making an inspection tour. He
was so impressed with the possibili-
ties of the cathedral-like Grand Court
as a music center that he exclaimed,
"I want the finest organ in the world
built up there above that gallery!"
BECAUSE IT WOULD TAKE TOO
LONG to design and install the kind
Merchant prince John Wanamaker and his son, Rodman.
of organ Rodman Wanamaker had in
mind, George W. Till of the Wana-
maker staff was sent to St. Louis to
investigate the merits of the Loui-
siana Purchase Exposition Organ,
which had been the centerpiece of
the 1904 World's Fair in the ornate
Festival Hall. This heroic instrument
had been played by Alexandre Guil-
mant, Edwin H. Lemare and virtually
every other noted organist of that
day and was heard by hundreds of
thousands of fairgoers.
THE ORGAN had been earmarked for
the Kansas City Convention Hall after
the Fair closed, but that deal fell
through. The instrument was stored in
a St. Louis warehouse, where it
remained until it was purchased in
1909 by the Wanamaker Store, load-
ed into thirteen freight cars, and
brought to Philadelphia. It was rebuilt
in the Grand Court and was heard
publicly for the first time in its new
home on June 22, 1911, at the exact
moment when England's King George
V was crowned in Westminster Abbey.
Later that year, it played a prominent
role when President William Howard
Taft dedicated the store.
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THE WANAMAKER GRAND ORGAN AT THAT TIME it was the largest
is the world's largest playable musi - organ in the world. However, splen-
cal instrument and the finest of its did as it was , Rodman Wanamaker
type of design. The artistic obligation felt that the volume was not ade -
entailed by this majestic instru - quate for the vastness of the
ment has been recognized Grand Court. Immediately fol-
and observed ever since its lowing its installation , addi-
first concert. Unlike most tions were made in the
pipe organs, which are store's own pipe-organ
played only on Sun- factory under William
days and special oc - Boone Fleming, the
casions, it has been original factory sup-
played every busi- ervisor of the organ,
ness day (except together with a staff
Sundays) since its of up to forty full-
installation in 1911. time employees. By
It has undoubtedly 1914 , 8 ,000 pipes
been heard by a had been added. In
greater number of 1917 a new five-
people than any keyboard console
other organ in exis - was completed to
tence, and is given command the nine -
constant and scrupu- ty-two new stops. Col-
lous care. or-coded rocker tablets
were introduced in the
THE GRAND ORGAN ~ new console to facili-
w_a s originally de- Organ designer t~te stop registra -
s1gned by George t1ons. The total was
Ashdown Audsley , George Ashdown Audsley now 232 stops and
celebrated author of 18 ,000 pipes . Fur - The Grand Organ at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair. Below:
The Art of Organ-Building, and was ther additions were made from 1923
built in California by the Los Angeles to 1930, when the six-keyboard con- the Los Angeles factory of Murray M. Harris (who's pictured
Art Organ Company (successors to sole and huge orchestral additions in a cameo), where the mammoth instrument was built.
the Murray M. Harris company) as were finished, bringing the total to
Opus 35. This instrument contained 451 stops and 28 ,500 pipes . Rod-
140 stops and 10,059 pipes, and so man Wanamaker never heard the
lavish was the construction and de- completed instrument as he died in
tail invested in it that costs soared to 1928, before the new sections were
$105,000, bankrupting the builder. completed. His own words had been,

Festival Hall-where the Organ was the centerpiece of the

1904 St. Louis World's Fair.
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Thirteen freight cars were required to bring the big organ

from St. Louis to Philadelphia. At right stands George
Washington Till, who shipped the organ to Wanamaker's and
became the Organ Shop's Tone and Voicing Chief
"As long as I live we will continue to
enlarge, improve and beautify it, until
it combines the grandeur of a great
organ with the tone colors and beau-
ty of a great symphony orchestra."
THE GRAND ORGAN has been the
centerpiece of nearly a century of
musical presentations . During the
lifetimes of John Wanamaker and
his son Rodman, the world's finest
musicians were brought to the store
for brilliant after-business-hours
musicales . On March 27 , 1919, an
evening concert was given that still
remains a high point in music his-
tory. Fifteen thousand music lovers
from Philadelphia, New York , Bal-
timore , Washington and other cities
gathered in the Grand Court and on
the six galleries surrounding it to
hear the organ and the Philadelphia
Orchestra, led by Leopold Stokow-
ski. This concert marked the first
American performance of Charles
Marie Widor's Sixth Symphony for
organ and orchestra . Charles M.
Courboin , the famous Belgian-Am-
e ri can virtuoso , was the organ
soloist. Stokowski praised the "in-
describable grandeur " of hearing
Courboin play the Bach Passa-
caglia. Wanamaker Stores music
director Alexander Russell noted
that the ability of this organ to
bring orchestral expressiveness to
organ music inspired Stokowski to
make his famous transcriptions of
Bach 's major organ works , includ-
ing the To cca ta and Fugu e in D
Min or, featured in the Walt Disney
film "Fantasia ."
THE FOLLOWING SEASON Cour-
boin was guest soloist in twenty-
seven evening recitals before an
aggregate audience of one hundred
and fifty thousand . In the course of
these concerts, he played 275 differ-
ent compositions from memory!
AT THE CLOSE OF 1920, before an
audience of 12 ,000 , Stokowski , the
Philadelphia Orchestra, Courboin
and organist Pietro Yon appeared to-
gether for a second musical spectac-
ular. Courboin played Saint-Saens'
Third Symphony, and Yon presented
the world premiere of his Concerto
Gregoriano for organ and orchestra.
In November 1921 , Marcel Dupre ,
then organist at Notre Dame Cathe-
dral in Paris , made his American de-
but at Wanamaker's New York Store.
A dazzling four-movement improvi-
sation given at the Philadelphia Store
on December 8 , 1921 , was later writ-
ten down as his Symphonie Passion.
THROUGH THE YEARS of 1921,
192 2 and 1923 Dupre alternated
with Courboin in a series of recitals
on the Grand Court Organ .
IN 1924 MARCO ENRICO BOSSI ,
noted Italian organist and composer,
made his initial American appearance,
brought to America under the aus-
pices of the Wanamaker Concert
Bureau run by Alexander Russell (as
MUSICIANS ASSEMBLY of March 24, 1920
Le~ to right are Pietro Yon, Leopold Stokowski and Charles
M. Courboin, with musicians of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
were many of the European artists).
That same year brought the third
orchestra-organ concert with Sto-
kowski and the Philadelphia Orches-
tra. Courboin and Dupre were the
soloists in a Cesar Franck centennial
program. At Rodman Wanamaker's
request, Dupre and Courboin would
work with the staff of the Wanama -
ker Organ Shop during the 1920s in
planning the second enlargement of
the organ.
DURING 1925 AND 1926 , Scotland's
beloved blind organist, Alfred Hollins,
played recitals. Through the years
Louis Vierne, Nadia Boulanger and
Pierre Cochereau of France, Fernan-
do Germani of Italy , C.D. Cunning-
ham of England , Virgil Fox of the
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The 1919 Musicians Assembly
attracted 15,000 concertgoers.
United States and many other noted
artists have performed on this colos-
sal instrument. Dr. Fox , Courboin ,
and the late Wanamaker Organist
Keith Chapman have recorded on it.
DURING HIS LIFETIME, Rodman
Wanamaker amassed a large collec-
tion of rare Italian string instruments
by Stradivari and other masters. This
ensemble, known as the Wanamaker
Cappella, was often featured in con-
cert with the Grand Organ.
FROM 1922 TO 1928, Wanama-
ker ' s operated its own powerful
radio station, W-0-0 , using an
antenna running between tall masts
then on the store roof. These were
the first broadcasts of note featur-
ing the pipe organ, and were heard
not onl y in the United States and
Canada , but also in England , on the
continent of Europe and even in
Africa and Australia .
JOSEPH JONGEN'S orchestral mas-
terpiece , the Symph o nie Con ce r-
tante, was comm issioned by Rod-
man Wa namaker for a gala concert
to be held when the 1920s enlarge-
ments were completed , but Mr .
Wanamake r's death brought an end
to regula rly s c heduled after-busi-
ness -ho urs conc erts , and the work
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Chance meeting of four famous organists at Wanamaker's on
January 7, 1925: Marco Enrico Bossi, Nadia Boulanger,
Charles M. Courboin and Marcel Dupre.
has yet to be performed in the grand
setting for which it was intended.
THE AFTER-HOURS concert tradi-
tion was revived in 1986 when
Wanamaker Organist Keith Chap-
man marked the instrument's 75th
anniversary in the store with a recital
that attracted a huge audience with
representatives from all parts of the
United States.
ORGANISTS AND ORGAN BUIL-
DERS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
have made special pilgrimages to
see, hear, and, in many instances,
play this noble instrument.
THE WANAMAKER ORGAN has
never ceased to dominate the Grand
Court with its beautiful music. On
countless occasions it has comple-
mented cultural and civic events as
planned by John Wanamaker and
continued by subsequent owners.
Choirs, bands , choral groups and
soloists of note have appeared. The
300-voice Mormon Tabernacle Choir
A TOUR THROUGH THE ORGAN-A VIRTUAL
SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA IN ORGAN PIPES
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ur tour begins at the console The manuals (ivory keyboards that
on the east side of the Grand are played by the hands) from bot-
Court, middle bay, on floor tom to top are the Choir, Great,
two. As the command center Swell, Solo, Ethereal and Stentor.
of the Wanamaker Organ the console The String, Orchestral, Echo, Chorus
controls approximately 28,500 and Percussion sections are floating,
pipes. It is an elaborate and beauti- and can be played on any keyboard .
fully executed piece of workmanship The stop controls activating the
weighing two and one-half tons . It different sets of pipes in each divi-
was built from raw materials in the sion take the form of tilting tablets ,
store to the unique design of William and the divisions are color coded: the
Boone Fleming. Choir organ, green; the Great, white ;
Just as the store is divided into the Swell, pale blue; the Solo, purple;
departments, the organ itself is divid- the Ethereal , brown ; the String, gray;
ed into specific divisions or sub- with the Orchestral, dark blue; the
organs, each with a specific musical Echo , yellow; and the Pedal , black.
purpose. The pedal keyboard is gen- The reeds are indicated by red bor-
erally used for playing the bass ders, and the couplers (which allow
notes. Other sections have special stops from one keyboard to be
pipes designed to play melodies, for hooked up to another) display the
accompaniment, for blending to colors of both divisions being joined.
simulate orchestral textures , or for All the guest artists have been
producing traditional organ sounds . impressed by the beauty, complete-
has performed; dignitaries, royalty
and explorers, as well as artists,
authors, actors, and hundreds of the
world's celebrities have made and
continue to make Grand Court
appearances . The Wanamaker
Organ provides the background for
all of these events.
NOW A NATIONAL HISTORIC
LANDMARK and valued in excess of
$50 million, the Grand Organ is of the
American Symphonic design, and can
accommodate the great organ mas-
terworks as well as the entire range of
orchestral literature. The pipework
encompasses the resources of three
symphony orchestras; its String
Organ alone has 7 ,000 pipes. Lavish
construction and elegant work-
manship have made the Wanamaker
Organ both a tonal wonder and a
monument to superb craftsmanship.
The largest pipe is over thirty-two feet
long-and large enough that a Master organ-builder William Boone Fleming in 1927, with
Shetland Pony was once posed inside
for publicity photos. The smallest pipe the console he designed and built in the Wanamaker Organ
is a mere quarter-inch in length. Shop on the twelfth floor of the Philadelphia Store.
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ness and accessibility of the console.
It is mounted on a platform and may
be revolved on a pivot and track for
ease in observing a conductor.
Everything is within the organist's
reach. There 4 7 4 stops and 964 con-
trols. All combination pistons are ad-
justable at the keyboard , with eight
levels of memory, allowing the sound
of the organ to be changed instantly
through push buttons . The console
boasts forty-two accessories for the
feet and 729 tilting tablets operated by
remote control from 168 pistons under
the manual keys, including forty mas-
ters and twenty-three reversibles.
The ten expression shoes, resem-
bling car accelerator pedals, are
directly above the pedal keyboard.
These devices open Venetian blind-
like louvers (swell shades) on the
various organ chambers to control
the volume of sound emitted from
each chamber. Six of the pedals are
duplicated by long thumb slides on
the key slips for hand operation of
these expression shades . The ex-
pression pedals can be coupled
together the same as the inter-manu-
al couplers , and are c ontrolled by
tilting tablets and the combination
pistons. A crescendo pedal (center)
smoothly adds or subtracts stops for
rapid dynamic changes.
e now proceed to the
W Organ itself, which is main-
ly on the south wall of the
Grand Court running from
the second to seventh floor. (For the
layout, see the center spread of this
booklet.) Entering the ornate doorway
into the main chamber on the store's
second floor, one finds behind the
organ casework a room fifty feet high
by thirty feet deep and sixty feet long.
This room contains the nucleus of the
organ , and is a five-story forest of
wood and metal pipes nearly 18,000
in number, all of them hand-crafted.
Inside, the visitor first sees the
immense pipes of the 32-foot wood
Open Diapason and the Bombardes
and the Diaphones of the Pedal divi-
sion . More than 1, 000 feet of
three-inch sugar pine were required in
the building of the largest of these
pipes, the Diapason's low C. It is thir-
ty-two feet long , weighs 1,735 pounds
and its notes can be felt through the
skin more than heard. The rest of this
level is taken up by the ten wind regu-
lators supplying various divisions with
steady wind . These regulators are
made of substantial sugar pine , and
are equipped with heavy spiral steel
springs . Also located here are the
chests for some of the 16-foot
octaves of the manual stops.
Generous passage-boards thread
their way through the maze of pipes
and timber work. Convenient stair-
ways lead to the upper stories, and
are arranged so that most of the
pipes can be reached without dis-
turbing the others . On ascending to
the second level of the room one
finds the Main Pedal division , a huge
chest work , measuring twelve by
twenty-five feet, which supplies air to
the heavy foundation work. Here are
most of the large bass stops of the
Main Pedal organ.
Towering at the extreme left are the
resonators of the lower notes of the
32-foot Open Diapason and the 32-
foot Bombarde , which are mounted
on the first level to accommodate
their extreme length. On the right are
resonators of the twelve lowest notes
of the floor-shaking 32-foot Diaphone.
The diapasons are actually giant
whistles; the bombardes are known as
reed pipes and
produce musical
t~mes from vibra-
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tmg tongues , as
do the diaphones.
Proceeding a
little ~o the right,
one finds an en-
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j·~· /,
Y
ormous swell box
twenty feet high. 1
This contains the I
first section of the "'-,wm·.·illlll!mrr"·-Y-ll
Swell , and lou -
vers on the front
of the box open An idea of the size of the main organ chamber may be obtained
and close to reg- from this 1904 photograph of the original organ in the Murray
ulate the loud-
ness of the pipes M. Harris factory. Most pipes are in boxes that have louvers on
sounding within . the front so that the volume of sound emitted can be controlled.
As with many
divisions of the ond Swell section. These two chambers companiment from other sections of
organ, special contain seventy-one ranks of pipes. the organ . At level five , directly
keyboards within We come next to the fourth level of behind the angel atop the casework,
facilitate tuning. the room, where the Solo organ - a is the Great Chorus organ , a setting
The next stop of brilliantly voiced division of fifty-one of unusual pipes and tone col o rs .
our tour, directly Bottom of the largest ranks - is housed. These pipes are This section of the organ , added
above, is the sec- pipe in the organ. often used to play melodies with ac- about 1927 , was meant to suggest
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The Upper Swell, with tuning passage boards (center).
the spirit of an English cathedral. Most stupendous foundational ten-rank
notable is a set of powerful Double mixture. Unlike most organs of the
Languid Diapason pipes , the first such Symphonic type, the Wanamaker
stop in the United States. It is backed Organ abounds in mixture work, in
by a battery of wood and metal diapa- accord with the views of its original
sons. Alongside the Great Chorus is designer, Dr. Audsley. These special
another Pedal section, including a stops give the symphonic ensemble
an unusual harmonic richness, with
many of the mixtures deliberately de-
signed to enhance the orchestral tex-
ture by becoming increasingly softer
in the higher notes.
The next point of interest is the
Orchestral organ, another 1920s
addition, which replicates the tone
colors of the woodwind and brass
sections of a symphony orchestra.
Thirty-nine ranks of pipes are found
here, among them a family of seven
Vox Humanas including a 16-foot
rank. Vox Humana pipes give an
eerie suggestion of the human voice.
On the way downward we first
pass the soft Choir organ with twen-
ty-four ranks of pipes. Its swell box is
the largest in the main chamber and
High-speed blowers installed the division is usually used to
accompany melodies . This chamber
in 1990 furnish wind for the also houses thirteen stops from the
Ethereal and String. Great (it contains thirty-two stops in
String organ chest of 8-foot viols and 4-foot dulcianas with
huge Diaphones mounted horizontally in the background.
total) and measures fifteen feet wide ,
twenty-four feet deep, ten feet high in
the rear and sixteen feet high in the
front. The combined wind-chests
measure twelve feet six inches by
nineteen feet six inches. As with all
the instrument's winding mecha-
nisms, this scale of construction is
truly phenomenal in organ building
and must be seen to be appreciated.
To the left of the Choir is the Great
Tibia Chest, containing two stops of
the tibia family and two stops of the
diapason family. Below the Choir we
pass the open section of the fifty-
eight-rank Great organ, with the
eight-rank Great/Pedal Mixture
immediately behind the organ case.
The organ case was designed by
store architect Daniel Hudson Burn-
ham, whose motto was "make no little
plans." Appropriately, it cost $10,000
when installed in 1911 and featured
pipework gilded in 22-karat gold. The
percussion platform directly behind
the case houses the minor chimes, a
metalophone, a genuine Mustel celes-
ta and the first piano ever placed in a
pipe organ. Also visible immediately
behind the case are the lowest twenty-
five notes of the 32-foot metal Great
Sub Principal. Included in this towering
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set-which weighs six tons-is th e
largest metal pipe in the organ, mea-
suring thirty-seven feet , nine inches in
length by seventeen inches in diame-
ter. It weighs 850 pounds.
After leaving the main chamber, a
store escalator is next taken to the
fourth floor , to the famous String
division of the Wanamaker Organ. In
a room adjacent to the entrance are
new, high-speed blowers for the
String and Ethereal divisions. The
String itself is housed a walled -off
former sales area that is the world 's
largest organ expression chambe r.
Within is a fascinating collection of
6,992 pipes that replicate the sounds
of the string section of an orchestra
with astonishing fidelity. Included are
exquisite Muted and Orchestral
Violins , an array of soft Dulcianas ,
Double Basses and pungent Cellos,
together with a matching pedal sec -
tion containing a 32-foot Gamba , a
32-foot Diaphone, Violas and Violins ,
underpinned by a twelve rank String
Mixture. Also visible are two 16-foot
Vox Humanas of unusually large
scale, played as part of the Orches-
tral Pedal section . The String and Or-
chestral divisions were added to the
organ during the late 1920s.
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PHOTO
FEATURE
SECTION

Pictured above: The

1911 Wanamaker Store
The Main Blower Room, showing the Chorus and High- dedication by President
Taft. Left: Virtuoso
Pressure blowers supplying wind to various divisions. Alexandre Guilmant at
Moving to the gallery above the sec- I' ~~,.,.,,. ·"' ,, 'iii· 'I the1904World'sFair.
ond floor, just behind the main organ
chamber, is the Main Blower Room.
There are three great blowers here,
one of sixty horsepower and two of
twenty horsepower. They are of the
Spencer "Orgoblo" type. There are
also two motor generators for supply-
ing the organ with 12-volt DC current
to open the pipe valves. The curators'
workshop is also on this level.
The visitor moves next to the sev-
enth floor, and enters the soundproof
room directly above the main organ-
housing the Ethereal organ, 144 feet
above the street and at the very top of
the Grand Court. Its chamber is twen-
ty-four feet, six inches long by nine-
teen feet, eight inches wide and is fif-
teen feet, five inches high. The
Ethereal division does not contain a
single soft stop. All the stops are of
tremendous power, voiced on twenty-
five inches of wind. Most notable is the
Clear Flute built by the Wanamaker
Organ Shop and said to be the most
16-foot Double Trumpet in thebeautiful solo flute stop in any organ.
''Wanamaker Field" employee athletic facilities on the roof.
Echo organ, floor seven (noteWhen the Ethereal is played with the
Radio masts carried organ concerts around the world. The
the Echo blower at bottom). Text continues on Page 21 Organ Shop was located under the far skylight.
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Above: The Belgian-American virtuoso Charles M. Courboin

at the old 5-manual console. Below: The crowd for the March
1920 Musicians Assembly featuring Courboin, Pietro Yon
and Leopold Stokowski and the Philadelphia Orchestra.
Above: longtime Wanamaker Organist Mary Vogt, whose
tenure lasted from 1917 through 1966. Below: The famous
blind organist Louis Vierne plays the Wanamaker
Auditorium Organ in New York City, 1927.
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P1n1·] aue p ia s . is one
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Above: French vi.rtuoso Marcel Dupre at the six-manual console

in 1948. His Symphonie Passion began as a Wanamaker improvi.-
sation. Below: The 15-ton Founder's Bell, commissioned by
Rodman Wanamaker in 1926, was originally part of the Grand
Court music center. It now rings from atop a nearby bank.
Above: Virgil Fox at the 6-manual console in 1964, the year
he recorded on the instrument. Below: Present Court Organ-
ist Peter Richard Conte.
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Thanks for the memories: Store P.R. director Reeves Wetherill
gives Bob Hope the Key to the Store. Below: john R. Wanama-
ker welcomes Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco.
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full main organ the result is a gor-
geous array of tone. Flanking this divi-
sion on either side are the Major
Chimes, a set of steel cylindrical bars
struck by pneumatic hammers and
weighing nearly 5,000 pounds.
At the opposite end of the Court, on
the north side, across from the Ethe-
real organ, stands the beautiful Echo
organ of thirty-five ranks. This section
gives an effect much like that of a
massed, hushed choir singing from the
rear balcony of an auditorium. Be-
cause the Wanamaker Organ is elec-
trically operated and does not rely on
a mechanical linkage between the
keyboards and pipes, the builders had
the luxury of arranging its divisions
spatially to take advantage of the dra-
matic effects afforded by the archi- The Major Chimes, floor seven.
tecture of the Grand Court. Among the
novel stops in this room is the Duo- and Samuel Whitcraft are the present
phone, which emits two distinct tones restoration supervisors. When top
from each pipe. There is also a two- floors of the Wanamaker Building were
rank Vox Humana that contributes a converted to luxury offices in the
pleasant undulation of tone. The Ethe- 1980s, two blowers from the eighth
real and Echo organs are attached to floor, feeding the String and Ethereal,
the console by cables 600 feet long. were removed and replaced with new
The blending of all the stops in the wind machinery in a new blower room
organ is little short of marvelous, and behind the String organ. Work also
every part of the work has been car- began on restoring the Ethereal and
ried out with rare skill, no expense or Echo divisions, which sustained water
effort having been spared. The tone is damage during building renovations.
beautiful, from the softest stops in the In 1992 the Friends of the Wana-
Echo, Swell or Choir, which are closed maker Organ was founded to assist the
are almost inaudible when the boxes Store in preserving and promoting the
are closed, to the majesty of the full instrument, and to present special
organ, which crashes into every nook music programs. Details on receiving
and cranny. The immense power of the Friends newsletter can be obtained
the main organ on the lower pressures by writing them care of 224 Lee Circle,
of wind is all-pervading and massive; Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-3726.
and, when music with sustained
chords is played, the effect is indeed
magnificent. But it is when the full
power of the Solo and Ethereal organs TONAL RESOURCES
is drawn on in combination with the
full main organ that one realizes what
a wonderful instrument this is. It then THE MAIN PEDAL DIVISION is
seems as if a thunderbolt of sound unexpressive. It has forty-four stops
crashes through the building from and wind pressures of five to
ethereal heights, yet with all this terrif- twenty-five inches.
ic power it is still smooth and musical.
THE CHOIR is on five inches of wind
THE RESTORATION pressure.
In 1990 the Organ Staff, which has
always retained a minimum of two full- THE GREAT DIVISION is on wind
time technicians, began restoration of pressures of five to sixteen inches,
the instrument to add an electronic and consists of unenclosed stops as
combination action to the six-manual well as a section enclosed with the
Fleming console. Peter van der Spek Choir division.
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The Orchestral organ, a 1920s addition designed to represent
the tone colors of the woodwind and brass section of a sym-
phony orchestra. The keyboard is used for tuning.
IN TWO EXPRESSION CHAMBERS,
THE SWELL is on wind pressures of
five to twenty-two and a half inches.
All are under express ion. One of
these expression chambers houses
the Original String division designed
by George Ashdown Audsley-the
first independent String organ ever
found in a pipe organ.
THE ENTIRE SOLO DIVISION is un-
der expression, on a wind pressure of
fifteen inches.
THE ETHEREAL ORGAN IS POWER-
FUL, rich and full in tone, entirely ex-
pressive. It has twenty-one stops, and
a wind pressure of twenty-five inches.
It is located on the seventh floor.
THE STRING ORGAN is entirely
expressive, has eighty-seven manual
stops and a wind pressure of fifteen
to twenty-seven inches . It has a
matching pedal of twenty-seven
stops. Its tone is unusually rich and
beautiful, producing at full volume a
velvety carpet of lush string tone sug-
gestive of hundreds of stringed instru-
ments . Individual tablets enable the
organist to reduce the sound to a gor-
geous hush with a sweep of the stops.
This division, with metal pipework by
the famed Kimball company, occu -
pies the largest space of any single
organ chamber ever constructed. It
is approximately sixty-seven feet
long , twenty-six feet deep and six -
teen feet high.
THE ORCHESTRAL, also with
Kimball metal pipes, has pressures
of fifteen and twenty inches and is
entirely expressive. It has forty stops.
THE ECHO DIVISION is located
opposite the main organ, on the sev-
enth floor. Entirely expressive, it has
a wind pressure of five inches.
THE PERCUSSION DIVISION is
expressive and operates on pneu-
matic, vacuum and electric action.
THE MAJOR CHIMES are usually re-
ferred to as "tower chimes" because
they were especially made for outdoor
tower-chime playing . The largest
chime of this set, Note C, is twelve
feet long, five inches in diameter, and
weighs 600 pounds. It is struck by a
leather-topped hammer four inches in
diameter, the stroke of which is nine
inches. It weighs eighteen pounds and
has an impact of seventy-two pounds
of pneumatic pressure.
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PULSATIONS OF THE TREMU- 11-IE WANAMAKER ORGAN
LANTS, two for each division , are
controllable in ten stages by means PHIIADEIPHIA, PENNS¥LVANIA
of tremolo pulsation levers to the
right and left of the music rack on MAIN PEDAL ORGAN (5"-20") 54 ranks; 1685 pipes
the console. This device was invent- 64 Grav iss ima (resulta nc) (wood) 25 pi pes
ed and patented in the Wanamaker 32 Concra D iaphone (wood) 32 p ipes
Shop. It enables the organist to 16 Diap hone (wood) 12 pipes
adjust the speed of an individual 8 Scenrorphone (meral) 12 pi pes
tremolo or of all the tremolos to suit 32 Firs c Contra Open Diapason (wood) 32 pipes
the performer's taste. 32 Second Contra Open Diapason (metal) (Greac)
32 Contra Bourdon (wood) 32 p ipes
THIRTY - SIX regulators furnish 16 F irsc Open Diapason (wood) 32 pipes
steady wind pressure from five to 16 Seco nd Open Diapason (me ral) 32 p ipes
twenty-seven inches. The organ is 16 Th ird Ope n Diapason (wood) 32 p ipes
electro-pneumatic throughout , 16 Violone (wood) 32 pipes
requiring seven blowers , totaling 16 Gamba (meta l) 32 pipes
168 horsepower. 16 Dulc iana (meral) (Choi r)
16 Bou rdo n' (wood) 32 pipes
THE RANKS AND PIPES are dis - 16 Soft Bou rdon (wood) (Swe ll )
tributed over the various following 16 Open F luce (wood) 32 pipes
divisions: 8 Second T ibia (wood) 12 pipes
SccomJ Tibia (wou<l) 12 p ipes
PEDAL, 75 ranks, 89 stops 2,540 pipes*
CHOIR , 24 ranks, 19 stops , 1,452 pipes
I 0 2/3 Open Quint (metal)
10 2/3 Stopped Quint (wood)
32 p ipes
32 pipes
GREAT, 58 ranks , 43 stops , 3,634 pipes Fi rsc Tib ia (wood) 32 p ipes
SWELL, 71 ranks, 51 stops, 4,422 pipes Open Diapason (wood) 32 p ipes
SOLO, 51 ranks, 35 stops 3,640 pipes Occowe Sofc Bourdon (wood) 32 p ipes
ETHEREAL, 24 ranks, 21stops, 1,670 pipes** Occa,·c (mecal) 32 pipes
STRING, 88 ranks, 87 stops , 6,340 pipes
STENTOR, 3 ranks, 9 stops , 243 pipes* **
OROIESffiAL, 39 ranks, 40 stnps, 2,811 ~·•••
ECHO, 33 ranks , 22 stops , 2,013 pipes
*Includes twelve pipes from pro-
posed bass octave extending the
Swell Contra Fagotto into a Pedal
32-foot stop.
**Includes planned return of Quint
Flute to the Ethereal on an offset
chest. Rank was relocated when the
the Orchestral English Horn was
moved to the Ethereal about 1980.
***Proposed addition based on
existing pipework removed from
Swell (original 1904 Solo) in 1959.
****Includes planned addition of
five ranks to take the place pipe-
work relocated elsewhere in the
organ from 1959- 1980.
Other proposed changes include
bor rowing the Swell Contra Fa - Drawing of the bottom of the
gotto and making it available in largest metal pipe, in the Harris
the Pedal at 16' and creating a six-
stop Stentor Pedal division through factory. It is thirty-seven feet,
borrowing. nine inches in length.
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Soft Flute (wood) 32 pipes Viol (metal; tuned slighcly sharp) 12 pipes Enclosed Grear (Under Expression in Choir) 19 ranks; First Oboe (metal) 61 pipes
Soft Flute (wood) 32 pipes 32 Mixture XII (mecal) 1159 pipes. Fagotto (metal) 61 pipes
Soft Dulciana (mecal) 32 pipes (32' Contra Diaphone plus the following) Covered Tibia (wood) 61 pipes Oboe (metal) 61 pipes
First Tibia (wood) 32 pipes 16 Mucation Diaphone (metal) 32 pipes Harmonic Flute (metal) 61 pipes Trumpet (metal) 61 pipes
Firsc 'Cello (metal) 32 pipes 16 Mucation Viol (metal) 32 pipes 5 1/3 Quint (metal) 61 pipes Horn (metal) 61 pipes
Second 'Cello (mccal) 32 pipes 10 2/3 Mutation Viol (metal) 32 pipes Principal (mecal) 61 pipes Bassecc Horn (mecal) 61 pipes
Principal (metal) 32 pipes 8 Mutation Viol (metal) 32 pipes 4 Harmonic Flute (metal) 61 pipes Clarinet II (mecal) 61 pipes
Occavc (metal) 32 pipes 5 1/3 Mutation Viol (metal) 32 pipes 3 1/5 Tierce (metal) 61 pipes Clarinet (metal) 122 pipes
32 Grand rvt uracion X (mecal) 4 Mutation Viol (metal) 32 pipes 2 2/3 Octave Quint (metal) 61 pipes Vox Humana TI (mecal) 122 pipes
( 1,5,8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19,22,24)
320 pipes 2 2/3 Mutation Viol (metal) 32 pipes Super Octave (metal) 61 pipes 4 Harmonic Clarion (metal) 61 pipes
32 Mixture VIII (metal) (Great: 1,5,10,12,15,17,19) Mucation Vio l (metal) 32 pipes Mixture VII 4 Museccc (metal) 80 pipes
16 ~fixture VI (metal) (Great): this is the same I 3/5 Mucation Viol (metal) 32 pipes (metal; 12, 15, 19,22,24,26,29) 427 pipes
mixture as above, less the 16' Open 1 1/3 Mutation Viol (metal) 32 pipes 16 Double Trumpet (metal) 61 pipes ORIGINAL STRING 19 ranks; 1279 pipes
Diapason and che 10 2/3 Quint) 4/5 Mucation Viol (metal) 32 pipes 8 Tuba (mecal) 61 pipes 16 Contra Bass (wood) 61 pipes
1\1 ixture VI I (meta l) 16 First Vox Humana (metal) 32 pipes Trumpet (mecal) 61 pipes 8 Violoncello (metal) 61 pipes
( 10, 12, 15, 17, 19,22,24) 224 pipes 16 Second Vox Humana (metal) 32 pipes Harmonic C larion (metal) 61 pipes Viol (metal) 61 pipes
32 Contra Bombarde (wood) 32 pipes Viol (mecal: tuned slightly sharp) 61 pipes
16 Bombarde (wood/metal) 12 pipes CHOIR ORGAN (5") 24 ranks; 1452 pipes Great Chorus (Unenclosed) (13"-16") 11 ranks; 779 pipes. Viola (metal) 61 pipes
8 Bombarde (metal) 12 pipes 16 Double Dulciana (metal) 61 pipes 8 Chorus Diapason Magna (mecal) 61 pipes 5 1/3 Quine Viol (metal) 61 pipes
16 Trombone (metal) 32 pipes 8 Dulciana (meta l) 61 pipes Chorus Stentorphone (wood/metal) 73 pipes Occave Viol (mecal) 61 pipes
16 Tuba (metal) 32 pipes Open Diapason (metal) 61 pipes Chorus First Diapason (wood/metal) 73 pipes Violina (metal) 61 pipes
16 Euphonium (mccal) 32 pipes Vio lin Diapason (metal) 61 pipes Chorus Second Diapaso n (wood/metal) 73 pipes
16 Contra Fagotto (metal) 32 pipes Stopped Diapason (wood) 61 pipes Chorus Third Diapason (wood) 73 pipes
8 Octave Fagotto (metal) 32 pipes Concert Fluce (wood) 61 pipes Chorus Major Flute (wood) 73 pipes
Tromba (metal) 32 pipes Salicional (metal) 61 pipes Chorus Double Fluce (wood) 73 pipes
Clarion (metal) 32 pipes Quincadcna (meta l) 61 pipes Chorus Gamba (mecal) 73 pipes
Vox Angelica (metal) 61 pipes Chorus Occave (metal) 73 pipes
Each of the following pedal divisions is played on rhe Vox Celeste (metal) 49 pipes 4 Chorus Flute (wood) 73 pipes
pedal keyboard of the console, grouped with the Keraulophone (metal) 61 pipes 2 2/3 Chorus Naza rd (metal) 73 pipes
~lain Pedal organ stop cablccs, but enclosed in the Forest Fluce (wood) 61 pipes
chamber with its respective manual organ. Salicet (metal) 61 pipes SWELL ORGAN (5"-22") 53 ranks; 3312 pipes
Piccolo (metal) 61 pipes 16 Double Diapason (metal) 61 pipes
ETHEREAL PEDAL ORGAN 4 ranks; 128 pipes 16 Soft Cornet VI 16 Safe Bourdon (wood) 61 pipes
32 Acoustic Bass (wood) (meta l; 22,15, 17,19,22,26) 366 pipes 8 Scentorphone (mecal) 61 pipes
( 16 Diapason below plus independent 16 Saxophone (metal) 61 pipes 8 Horn Diapason (wood/mecal) 6 t pipes
10 2/3) 32 pipes 8 Saxophone (metal) 61 pipes Violin Diapason (meca l) 61 pipes
16 Diapason (wood) 32 pipes English Horn (meta l) 61 pipes Bell Flute (meta l) 61 pipes
16 Bombardc (metal) 32 pipes Clarinet (metal) 61 pipes Orchestral Fluce (wood) 61 pipes
8 Bombardc (mecal) 32 pipes Harmonic Flute (metal) 61 pipes
GREAT ORGAN (5"-16") Grand Flute II (wood) 122 pipes
ECllO PEDAL ORGAN 2 ranks; 64 pipes Unenclosed Grear 28 ranks; 1708 pipes Double Flute (wood) 61 pipes
16 Open Diapason (wood) 32 pipes 32 Sub Principal (metal) 61 pipes Tibia Dura (wood) 61 pipes
16 Stopped Diapason (wood) 32 pipes 16 Contra Gamba (metal) 61 pipes Clarabella (wood) 61 pipes
16 Double Diapason (meta l) 61 pipes Melodia (wood) 61 pipes
ORCllESTRAL/STRING PEDAL ORGAN 19 ranks; 10 2/3 Sub Quint (wood) 61 pipes Soft Dulciana (mecal) 61 pipes
716 pipes 8 Diapaso n Phonon (meta l) 61 pipes Gamba Ce leste II (metal) t 22 pipes
32 Contra Diaphonc (wood) (24") 32 pipes 8 Diapason l\fajor (meta l) 61 pipes Gamba (metal) 61 pipes
16 Diaphone (wood) 12 pipes First Diapason (metal) 61 pipes 5 1/3 Quint Bourdon (wood) 61 pipes
8 Diaphone (wood) 12 pipes Second Diapason (metal) 61 pipes Harmonic Fluce (mecal) 61 pipes
32 Contra Gamba (meta l) (24") 32 pipes Third Diapason (metal) 61 pipes First Octave (mecal) 61 pipes
16 Gamba (metal) 12 pipes Fourth Diapason (wood) 61 pipes 4 Second Octave (metal) 61 pipes
8 Gamba (metal) 12 pipes Gamba II (metal) 122 pipes 2 2/3 Nazard (metal) 61 pipes
16 First Violone (wood) 32 pipes l\fajor Tibia (wood) 61 pipes Piccolo (metal) 61 pipes
First Violonc (wood) I 2 pipes l\fezzo Tibia (wood) 61 pipes Viol Cornet IV (metal; 12, 15, 17,22) 305 pipes
16 Second Violone (metal) 32 pipes l\ fin or Tibia (wood) 61 pipes Mixture VI (metal; 12, 15, 17, 19,22,26) 366 pipes
8 Second Violone (metal) 12 pipes Double Fluce (wood) 61 pipes 16 Bassoon (metal) 61 pipes
Violone (metal) 12 pipes Nazard Flute II (metal) 122 pipes 16 Contra Fagotco (meta l) 61 pipes
16 Viol (metal) 32 pipes Octave (metal) 61 pipes 16 Double Oboe Horn (metal) 61 pipes The Wanamaker Organ~ with
16
Viol (metal)
Viol (meta l; tuned slightly sharp)
12 pipes
32 pipes
l\lucacion VIII (32' series)
Harmonic Trumpet (metal)
476 pipes
61 pipes
8 Bassoon (metal)
Trombone (metal)
61 pipes
61 pipes
the Ethereal and Major
Chimes in the arches at top.
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Mixture VI (metal; 12,15,19,22,24,26) 438 pipes
Mixture V (metal; 8,12,15,17,19) 365 pipes
16 Double Trumpet (metal) 73 pipes
16 Tuba (metal) 73 pipes
8 Trumpet {metal) 73 pipes
8 Soft Tuba (metal) 73 pipes
.Cornopean (metal) 73 pipes
Ophicleide (metal) 73 pipes
Musette (metal) 73 pipes
4 Ophicleide (metal) 73 pipes
4 Tuba (me tal) 73 pipes
ETHEREAL ORGAN (25") Fifth Manual 24 ranks,
1670 pipes
16 Bourdon (wood) 73 pipes
8 Firsc Open Diapason (mecal) 73 pipes
Second Open Diapason (metal) 73 pipes
Clear Flute (wood) 73 pipes
Harmonic Fluce (metal) 73 pipes
Double Flute (wood) 73 pipes
Grand Gamba (metal) 73 pipes
Gamba (metal; cuned slighcly sharp) 64 pipes
5 1/3 Quint Flute (wood) 73 pipes
4 Octave (mecal) 73 pipes
4 Harmonic Fluce (metal) 73 pipes
2 Z/3 Twelfth Harmonic (metal) 73 pipes
Harmonic Piccolo (metal) 73 pipes
The organ case and angel. Mixture IV (metal; 5,8,12,15) 292 pipes
16 Tuba Profunda (metal) 73 pipes The lovely, soft Echo organ, and the expression shades (rear).
3 1/5 Tierce (metal) 61 pipes 8 Tuba Mirabilis (mecal) 73 pipes
Corroborating Mixture V (metal; French Trumpet (metal) 73 pipes ORCHESTRAL ORGAN (15"-20") 16 Vox I lumana (mct:.tl) 73 pipes
15,17, 19,22,26) 365 pipes English Horn (metal) 73 pipes The Orchestral division is an ancillary organ, and may 8 First Vox I lumana (mct:.d) 73 pipcs
Sering Mixcure V Grand Clarinet (metal) 73 pipes be played on any manual. 34 ranks, 2446 pipes. 15" Second Vox llumrna (mct~tl) 73 pipes
(metal; 15, 19,22,26, 29) 365 pipes Pose Horn (mecal; 20") 73 pipes flues; 20'' reeds. Third Vox I luman::J. (metal) 73 pipcs
Tuba Clarion (mecal) 73 pipes 16 Contra Quintadena (wood/metal) 73 pipes Founh Vox 1lumana (metal) 73 pipes
SOLO ORGAN (15") 51 ranks; 3640 pipes 8 Duophone (wood) 73 pipes Fifth Vox I lumana (metal) 73 pipes
16 Double Open Diapason (metal) 73 pipes ECHO ORGAN (5") Tibia (wood) 73 pipes Six ch Vox I lumana (metal) 61 pipes
16 Grand Viol (metal) 73 pipes The Echo is an ancillary organ, and may be played on Covered Tibia (wood) 73 pipes
8 First Diapason (wood/metal) 73 pipes any manual.. 33 ranks; 2013 pipes Concerc Flute (wood) 73 pipes -..,,..-- ~-"<·

Second Diapason (wood/metal)

Third Diapason (wood/metal)
Violin Diapason (metal)
73 pipes
73 pipes
73 pipes
16
8
Bourdon (wood)
Open Diapason (metal)
Violin Diapason (metal)
61 pipes
61 pipes
61 pipes
Harmonic Flute (metal)
Mellow Flute (wood)
String Flute (wood)
73 pipes
73 pipes
73 pipes
\
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Viol (metal) 73 pipes Scopped Diapason (wood) 61 pipes Double Flute (wood) 73 pipes
Viol (metal; tuned slightly sharp) 63 pipes Night Horn (metal) 61 pipes Hollow Flute (wood) 73 pipes
Harmonic Flute (metal) 73 pipes Clarabella (wood) 61 pipes Octave (metal) 73 pipes
Tierce Flute II (metal) 146 pipes Melodia (wood) 61 pipes Harmonic Flute (metal) 73 pipes
Chimney Flute (metal) 73 pipes Orchescral Viol (metal) 61 pipes Orchestral Fluce (metal) 61 pipes
Harmonic Flute (metal) 73 pipes Soft Viol (metal) 61 pipes Co\"ered Flute (wood/metal) 73 pipes
Clarabella (wood) 73 pipes Sofc Viol (metal; tuned slightly sharp) 61 pipes Harmonic Piccolo (metal) 61 pipes
Gemshorn (metal) 73 pipes Unda Maris II (wood/metal) 110 pipes 16 English Horn (metal) 73 pipes
Nazard Gamba II (metal) 146 pipes 5 1/3 Open Quint (metal) 61 pipes 16 Bass C larinet (metal) 73 pipes
Grand Gamba (metal) 73 pipes 4 Occave (metal) 61 pipes 16 Bass Saxophone (metal) 73 pipes
Grand Gamba (metal; sharp) 73 pipes 4 Harmonic Flute (metal) 61 pipes 8 Bassett Horn (metal) 73 pipes
Quincaphone (metal) 73 pipes 4 Mellow Flute (wood) 61 pipes Orchestral C larin et (metal) 73 pipes
5 1/3 Quint Diapason (metal) 73 pipes Mixture VI (metal; 5,8,12,15,17,19) 366 pipes Saxophone: (metal) 73 pipes
4 Octave (metal) 73 pipes Cornet Mixture V (metal; 12,15,17,19,22) 305 pipes Orchestral Oboe (metal) 73 pipes
3 1/5 Harmonic Tierce (metal) 73 pipes 16 Double Trumpet (metal) 61 pipes First French Horn (metal) 73 pipes
2 2/3 Twelfch Harmonic (metal) 73 pipes 8 Trumpet (metal) 61 pipes Second French Horn (metal) 73 pipes The pipe screen of the Echo
Third French Horn (metal)
Piccolo (metal)
Grand rvlixcure VJ
73 pipes 8 Capped Oboe (metal)
Euphone (metal)
61 pipes
73 pipes Kinura (metal)
73 pipes
73 pipes
organ, at the top of the Court
(metal; 5,8, 12, 15, 19,22) 438 pipes Vox Humana II (metal) 122 pipes ~luted Cornet (meta l) 73 pipes opposite the main organ.
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STRING ORGAN (15") 88 ranks; 6340 pipes Fourth Muced Violin (sharp) 73 pipes J\ fctalophonc: 49 metal bars, tenor c to c2
The Sering diYision is an ancillary organ, and may be Fourth Muted Violin (flat) 73 pipes C eleste: 49 metal bars, tenor C to c2 (This is a genuine
played on any manual. All mcrnl pipes. Fifch Muted Violin (natural) 73 pipes i\fuscel Celcsce.)
16 Violone 73 pipes Fifth Muted Violin (sharp) 73 pipes Piano II: 88 notes. Yacuum action (This is a real upright
16 First Contra Gamba 73 pipes Fifth Muted Violin (flat) 73 pipes piano, with a player-piano-like accion attached.)
16 Second Contra Gamba 73 pipes Sixth M uced Violin (natural) 73 pipes Gongs: 49 metal bars, tenor C to c2 pneumatic action
16 First Contra Viol 73 pipes Sixth M uced Violin (sharp) 73 pipes
16 Second Contra Viol 73 pipes Sixth Muted Violin (flat) 73 pipes Piano I (Prepared for)
16 First Viol 73 pipes First Orchestral Violina (natura l) 73 pipes Harp I (Prepared for)
16 Second Viol 73 pipes First Orchestral Violina (sharp) 73 pipes Harp ll (Prepared for)
8 Violin Di~pason 73 pipes Second Orchestral Violina (natural) 73 pipes
Gamba 73 pipes 4 Second Orchestral Violina (sharp) 73 pipes STENTOR ORGAN (15"-100") (Sixth, or top, manual)
Nazard Gamba II 146 pipes 5 1/3 Quint Violina (natural) 73 pipes This division has noc been installed. The Scentor manual
Nazard Gamba II (sharp) 146 pipes 5 1/3 Quint Violina (sharp) 73 pipes is in operation, so that any of the ancillary divisions
First 'Cello (natural) 73 pipes 3 1/5 Tierce Violina (natural) 73 pipes may be played from ic.
First 'Cello (sharp) 73 pipes 3 1/5 Tierce Violina (sharp) 73 pipes
First 'Cello (flat) 73 pipes 2 2/3 Nazard Violina (natural) 73 pipes
Second 'Cello (nacural) 73 pipes 2 2/3 Nazard Violina (sharp) 73 pipes
Second 'Cello (sharp) 73 pipes Super Violina (natural) 61 pipes
Second 'Cello (flat) 73 pipes Super Violina (sharp) 61 pipes
First Orchestral Violin (natural) 73 pipes First Dulciana {natural) 73 pipes
First Orchestral Violin (sharp) 73 pipes First Dulciana (sharp) 73 pipes
First Orchestral Violin (flat) 73 pipes Second Dulciana (natural) 73 pipes
Second Orchestral Violin (narnral) 73 pipes Second Dulciana (sharp) 73 pipes
Second Orchestral Violin (sharp) 73 pipes Third Dulciana (natural) 73 pipes
Second OrchcS(ral Violin (flat) 73 pipes Third Dulciana (sharp) 73 pipes
Third Orchestral Violin (natural) 73 pipes Fourch Dulciana (natural) 73 pipes
Third Orchestral Violin (sh:.1.rp) 73 pipes Fourth Dulciana (sharp) 73 pipes Gold medal awarded to Keith Chapman, Grand Court
Third Orchestral Violin (flat) 73 pipes Fifth Dulciana (natural) 73 pipes the original organ in 1904 Organist from 1966 to '89.
Fourch Orchestral Violin (natural) 73 pipes Fifth Dulciana (sharp) 73 pipes
Fourrh Orchescr:.1.l Violin (sh:.1.rp) 73 pipes Sixch Dulciana (nacural) 73 pipes
Fourch Orchestral Violin (nae) 73 pipes Sixth Dulciana (sharp) 73 pipes
Fifth Orchesrr:.1.l Violin (natural) 73 pipes First Octave Dulciana (narnral) 73 pipes
Fifth Orchestral Violin (sharp) 73 pipes First Octave Dulciana (sharp) 73 pipes
Fifth Orchestral Violin (flat) 73 pipes 4 Second Occavc Dulciana (narnral) 73 pipes
Sixth Orchescral Violin (natural) 73 pipes 4 Second Octave Dulciana (sharp) 73 pipes
Sixth Orchestral Violin (sharp) 73 pipes Dulciana Mutation V (seleccive:
Sixth Orchestral Violin (flat) 73 pipes 12, I 5, 19,22,26) 365 pipes
First Muted Violin (natural) 73 pipes
First l\luccd Violin (sharp) 73 pipes PERCUSSION ORGAN
First \ ·l ured Violin (fl:.1.r) 73 pipes In che ancillary Percussion division, each stop may be
Second i\1futed Violin (natural) 73 pipes coupled individually co any manual wichout affect-
Second !\luted Violin (sharp) 73 pipes ing the other scops in the division.
Second Muted Violin (flat) 73 pipes
Third !\luted Violin (n:.1.tural) 73 pipes J\fajor Chimes: 37 tubular chimes, tenor C co c 1
Third l\luccd Violin (sharp) 73 pipes J\finor Chimes: 25 rnbular chimes, Tenor G cog
Third l\lmed Violin (flat) 73 pipes (J.C. Deagan chimes replaced " plunky ,. Beech
Fourch !\luted Violin (natural) 73 pipes chimes in 1959.)

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Above: The former Egyptian Hall Au.ditorium, floor three, as it
looked just before World War I. Below: The Great Crystal Tea
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Rare view of the private Wanamaker pipe-organ factory known

THE FRIENDS OF THE WANAMAKER ORGAN
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manual console is shown under constmction in a rear view.
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Above: the Wanamaker Audi-
torium in New York City,
which housed another insttu-
ment built by the Wanamaker
Organ Shop. It was placed
behind the grillework around
the stage. Lefr: the Daniel H.
Burnham Organ Case in the
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