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Pipe Organs of Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City

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    Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ - Wikipedia

    • The Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ, also known as the Midmer-Losh and the Poseidon, is the pipe organ in the Main Auditorium of the landmark Boardwalk Hall (formerly known as Convention Hall) in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The musically versatile instrument was built by the Midmer-Losh Organ Company during 1929–1932. It is the largest organ in the w… See more

    Construction and layout

    Construction of the organ took place from May 1929 through December 1932, shortly after the hall was built. The organ … See more

    Console

    The organ's main console is the largest in the world. It has 1,235 stoptabs (many unified, "borrowing" from the same pipe ranks) including 587 flue stoptabs, 265 reed stoptabs, 35 melodic percussions, 46 non-melodic per… See more

    ClassificationAerophone: Pipe organ
    Developed1929–1932, in Atlantic City, New Jersey
    Volumehigh
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    Stops

    Stephen D. Smith, president of the former Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ Society, comprehensively reviewed the Main Auditorium's organ stops in his 2002/2010 book and subsequent web updates, including "c… See more

    Records and distinctions

    The organ has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the largest musical instrument, the loudest musical instrument, and the largest pipe organ ever constructed, although debate exists about the selectio… See more

    Damage and restoration

    The Auditorium Organ has not been fully functional since the 1944 Great Atlantic Hurricane, when the subterranean floors of the oceanfront Boardwalk Hall were flooded for days with seawater from storm surge. … See more

    External links

    • Historic Organ Restoration Committee (official website), with concert livestreams and many photographs
    • Organ Historical Society Database information, with many photographs… See more

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    Construction and layout
    Console
    Quick Facts
    Stops
    Records and distinctions
    Damage and restoration
    External links