The World's Largest Musical Instrument: The Wanamaker Organ - Pt.1

In Part One, Scott Kip takes me inside the Wanamaker Organ to see the amazing mechanical wonders within. The Wanamaker Organ is the largest functioning musical instrument in the World, containing over 28,000 individual pipes in 444 ranks. Originally created for the 1904 St. Louis Exposition by the Los Angeles Art Organ Company, it was exhibited in the Kansas City Convention Hall until 1906 when it was dismantled and put into storage. The organ was purchased by John Wanamaker in 1909, and it was transported in pieces and installed in the current location in Philadelphia in 1910 in its first incarnation. The organ has since undergone several major renovations, restorations, and upgrades over the last century - much of which will be the subject of part two - where I will get into the rich history and technical complexity of the organ and how it functions.

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