World's largest theater organ is being restored in Franklin

[@johnnyjames7139]

I have 5 ranks playing in my home. I feel in love with these as a early teen. Now at 73, I thank goodness that I can play. Thank you for what you have done.

[@johnferguson4089]

Great to see and hear!

[@2Hearts3]

Wow! I wonder where it will eventually land... It would require a very large, multilevel building. Congratulations to Carmex, all the builders and tuners and technicians and musicians, and to the very blessed community who gets to hear it! ✨🎹👏

[@mikejacklin7265]

This was a wonderful tribute to Paul and what He has done for the American Theatre Organ. The next concert will be on Sunday October 16, 2022 at 2 pm!

[@PhilVerryChannel]

That is so awesome I would love to go to one of the concerts there but I don't live in near there. 😞 So amazing and so worthwhile to continue. A true, true American legacy that carries with it all of our cinema. That is John Williams before there was a John Williams, think of that.

[@WINCHANDLE]

Thank you for doing this. My hair stands on end also.

[@nc4tn]

He pursued my dream! 👏

[@user-ve1zf6fh4d]

Beuatiful instrument

[@johanbrand8601]

Wonderful news!!

[@allanweseman5433]

You need to take a trip to Organ Stop Pizza in Mesa Arizona to see the Mighty Wurlitzer Organ they have expanded to 80 ranks of pipes and converted the relay system to electronic. At the very least you could find out people to help you with your restoration.

[@johngault7013]

I grew up enjoying the Mighty Wurlitzer @ Paramount Pizza Palace in Indianapolis. I was pleasantly surprised to find Whistle Stop Pizza in Mesa, AZ a few years ago. There is nothing like the sound of this beautiful instrument! Thanks for publishing this wonderful piece of reclaimed history!

[@wmk0100]

It's not the largest, although a beautiful instrument, the one on the boardwalk in New Jersey has 33,112 pipes, 449 ranks and 7 manuals. So it's 5 times smaller than the largest, I would say.

[@WINCHANDLE]

Perhaps the qualification is that it is the largest THEATRE ORGAN. The Wanamaker and Boardwalk organs would be described as orchestral organs.

[@8546Ken]

How can I find out when the next public concert is?

[@ET2carbon]

Does it have MIDI? Isit MIDI synchronous with the player piano?

[@steamrocks]

I'd just like to play it!

[@jfarr77107]

"World's largest theater organ?" The Wannamaker organ in Philadelphia, PA has almost 39,000 pipes and almost twice as many keyboards.

[@Tadfafty]

The Wannamaker is not a theater organ.

[@richardharrold9736]

@@Tadfafty and it's only about 28,600 anyway, not 39k.

[@megelizabeth9492]

The Wannamaker is like a symphonic organ, that has both classical and theatre ranks, I think.

[@davidc1450]

The largest organ in the world is “Midmer-Losh Pipe Organ” in Boardwalk Hall Auditorium in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The pipes are embedded into the walls of the Auditorium. The organ has 7 manuals, 449 ranks, 337 registers and 33,114 pipes

[@richardharrold9736]

@@davidc1450 yes, but a large part of it remains unusable. Wanamaker is still the largest playable organ in the world.

[@silverpairaducks]

Pull out all the stops

[@almeisam]

How many ranks?

[@richardharrold9736]

Ninety. And I'm not sure that even includes celestes.

[@JamesIII]

Plays Finlandia 🥲 2:10

[@ET2carbon]

Yo, when the wind basses hit, my ATMOS system LFE shook my house......and its a concrete foundation

[@friedrichkertoja]

Did I hear a tiny piece of Sibelius music...😊

[@user-lx3th5on8l]

Be still my soul

[@erikbarrett8523]

Everybody thinks they have the biggest organ.

[@kegginstructure]

The Wanamaker organ in Philly and the organ in Atlantic City might have a voice in that particular composition. (Organists will recognize the pun.)

[@musicisitall]

ever heard of the pizza stop?

[@musicisitall]

i doubt if it is te biggest .. i know them bigger.