The historic Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, is the citys most important convention center.
All big events in Atlantic City are held there.
Building the hall was an incredible feat of engineering.
The main console featuring seven manuals.
In those times, an average theater could accommodate 2,000 to 3,000 people.
But Boardwalk Halls original seating capacity was 42,000.
The enclosed space was almost 5.5 million cubic feet.
To fill this immense volume of air with music represented an immense engineering and musical challenge.
The task of building the organ was given to Midmer-Losh Inc. of Merrick, Long Island, New York.
The tallest pipe measures 64 feet.
It would have been impossible to construct the pipes elsewhere and move them into the building.
Extended years of disuse had deteriorated the organ so much that only 15-20% of the instrument was playable.
The organ is now undergoing restoration.
The restoration work is expected to take another 8 years at least.
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British Organist Reginald Foort at the console.
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Gallery IV pipe ranks (left).
A thoughtful tech among the pipes (right).
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An offset chest (left).
The 64-foot tall boys (right).
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Pipes of the organ.
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This room operates under pressure when the organ is operating.
It is one of the vast relay rooms.
all the electrical signals from the console come to these rooms.
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Sources:www.boardwalkhall.com/Wikipedia
