Which of the world’s largest pipe organs are on your bucket list to visit

On September 30, 2018 organist Michal Szostak published an article explaining ways to categorize the largest organs in the world. The article provides some scholarly tid-bits on his logic behind categorizing the behemoths of our industry.One of his lists, which appears below, is drawn from the article first published on Vox Humana, the online digital presence of the American Guild of Organists. The organ list is descending in instrument size and includes city, location, number of keyboards, stops , and ranks.

How many of these instruments have you visited, played, or are on your short list to visit?

1	Atlantic City	Boardwalk Hall	7	381	517
2	Philadelphia	Wanamaker Store	6	395	470
3	West Point	Cadet Chapel	4	382	456
4	Los Angeles	First Congregational Church	5	244	360
5	Passau	Cathedral	5	203	325
6	Garden Grove	Crystal Cathedral	5	215	280
7	Milano	Cathedral	5	186	255
8	Mexico City	Auditorio Nacional	5	181	250
9	Boston	First Church of Christ	4	156	240
10	Hanover	St. Matthew’s Lutheran	4	184	235
11	Nuremberg	St. Lorenz	5	162	232
12	New York	St. Bartholomew	5	164	229
13	Licheń Stary	Basilica	6	157	227
14	Messina	Cathedral	5	160	223
15	New York	Riverside Church	5	153	220
16	Salt Lake City	Mormon Tabernacle	5	155	206
17	Charlotte	Calvary Church	5	152	202
18	Paderborn	Cathedral	4	150	201
19	Cologne	Cathedral	4	144	200
20	Birmingham	Barry Norris Residence	5	161	200

You can learn more about Michal and his expertise as a performing organist through his website at

http://www.michalszostak.org/

or his You Tube Channel at:

https://www.youtube.com/michalszostak