The display pipes of the Wanamaker Organ. These pipes are decorative only. The pipes that sound are behind and above them. Store architect Daniel Hudson Burnham designed the organ casework.[1][2]
The Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the largest fully functioning pipe organ in the world, based on the number of playing pipes, the number of ranks and its weight.[3][4] The Wanamaker Organ is located within a spacious 7-story Grand Court at Macy's Center City (formerly Wanamaker's department store) and is played twice a day Monday through Saturday. The organ is featured at several special concerts held throughout the year, including events featuring the Friends of the Wanamaker Organ Festival Chorus and Brass Ensemble.
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violin), and the Viol. One of the most famous organs with a String Division is the WanamakerOrgan. Often, an organ will feature two similarly-voiced stops...
brass ensemble; "The Bogatyr Gates" only) Keith Chapman (1972; for the WanamakerOrgan) Isao Tomita (1966; various instruments for the Osamu Tezuka animated...
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the surrounding area Wanamaker's (now Macy's) - defined the department store and remains a landmark; features the WanamakerOrgan at 235 South 33rd Street]]...
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