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 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The musically
Console with 7 manuals and 1,235 stoptabs
The 1964 Democratic National Convention took place in the Main Auditorium. In this photo, several of the organ's pipe chamber openings are visible to the left and right of the stage, and along the left wall at the bottom of the first giant arch from the front, at the bottom of the fourth arch, and in the ceiling of the fourth arch. The organ's main console is visible to the right of the stage, in front of the flag banner. Click for enlargements.
Atlantic City Boardwalk in ruins after the 1944 Great Atlantic Hurricane
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An organ stop is a component of a pipe organ that admits pressurized air to a set of organ pipes. Its name comes from the fact that stops can be used selectively by the organist; each can be "on", or
Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ
…before the Great Depression, equivalent to $6,510,000 in 2025. The organ's main console is one of 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 percussions, 164 couplers…
The choir division of the organ at St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque, Iowa. Shown here are several ranks of pipes, each of which would be controlled from one of the stops on the console.
The organ at the Naval Academy Chapel has 522 stops.