Wanamaker Organ Shop
1911
Originally Los Angeles Art Organ Co. (Opus 35, 1903-04)
John Wanamaker Store [later Macy's Center City]
The Grand Court
1300 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA, US
464 Ranks - 28,762 Pipes
Instrument ID: 130 ● Builder ID: 6503 ● Location ID: 126
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STOPLISTS
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CONSOLES
Builder: Wanamaker Organ Shop
Position: Console in Fixed Position, Left
Design: Traditional Without Cover
Pedalboard Type: Concave Radiating (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Features:
6 Manuals (61 Notes)32 Note Pedal10 Divisions471 StopsElectrical Key ActionTubular Pneumatic (Vacuum) Stop Action✓ Crescendo✓ Sostenuto✓ Pedal Divide✓ Transposer✓ Sequencer✓ MIDI✓ Record/Playback✓ Wireless Control✓ Combination Thumb Piston(s)✓ Combination Toe Piston(s)✓ Coupler Thumb Piston(s)✓ Coupler Toe Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Thumb Piston(s)✓ Sforzando Toe Piston(s)Stop Layout: Tilting/Rocking Tablets on Horizontal Curved Jambs
Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Not Meeting AGO Standards)
Combination Action: Computerized/Digital
Control System: Opus Two ICS
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DETAILS
Exhibited in the 1996, 2016 OHS convention(s)
This instrument is: Extant and Playable in this location
Stentor organ was to have additional stops including stops on 50-100 inches of wind, but was never realized.
Database Manager on August 15th, 2011:
Updated through online information from Paul Marchesano. -- 8' Centennial Tuba (61 pipes, 25" w.p.), unenclosed, installed 2010. Playable from the Stentor Division manual. Console is connected to Peterson solid state combination action. Original vacuum pneumatic and magnets still move the stop tablets. Most of the organ runs on original electric relays.
Database Manager on December 28th, 2007:
Updated through on-line information from Ray Biswanger. -- Original instrument designed by George Ashdown Audsley. Additions by the Wanamaker Organ Shop
Database Manager on July 3rd, 2007:
Updated through on-line information from Nikola Sizgorich.
Database Manager on April 2nd, 2006:
Updated through on-line information from Angela G. Saunders, DMA. -- The orchestral division is currently inoperable, awaiting restoration. Extensive renovations to the store are being carried out this summer, as part of the transition to Macy's. I do not know how much of this work involves the organ.
Database Manager on March 30th, 2006:
Updated through on-line information from Angela Saunders. -- As of this writing, the instrument has undergone considerable repair in the last 5 years. Most of it is now playable, although more work requires to be done with the Swell and Choir divisions. The console has been rebuilt using Peterson solid state switching.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
Status Note: There 1994.
Database Manager on October 30th, 2004:
"Organ began as Los Angeles Art Organ for Kansas City Convention Hall. Installed at 1904 World's Fair, St. Louis, MO. Stored, then enlarged to 6m, 451 stops by Wanamaker staff for Grand Court of Wanamaker's. Building purchased by Macy's then Hecht's."
Webpage Links: Friends of the Wanamaker Organ
Related Instrument Entries: Los Angeles Art Organ Co. (Opus 35, 1904)
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