Wanamaker Organ
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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. The Wanamaker Organ is located within a spacious 7-story Grand Court at Macy's Center City 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.
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.
The Wanamaker Organ centennial plaque
The organ in its original home, the 1904 World's Fair. This facade was formerly installed at Macy's, it used to be behind the current facade.
The organ's six-manual console
Wanamaker's
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Wanamaker's, originally known as John Wanamaker Department Store, was one of the first department stores in the United States. Founded by John Wanamaker in Philadelphia in 1861, it was influential in the development of the retail industry including as the first store to use price tags.
The grand court at the original Wanamaker's at 1300 Market Street in Philadelphia in May 2017
The logo, patterned after John Wanamaker's signature
John Wanamaker's on Market Street in 1876
The Grand Court in the Wanamaker Store in Philadelphia, showing the organ façade at the south end in 1917