The Wanamaker Organ
Lord & Taylor Department Store
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
6 manuals, 461 ranks, 28,482 pipes
Murray M. Harris/Los Angeles Art Organ Co., 1904; Wanamaker Organ Shop,
1914-1917, 1924-1927
Source: Ray Biswanger, President of the Friends of the Wanamaker
Organ,
author of Music in the Marketplace: The Story of Philadelphia's
Historic Wanamaker Organ
Available Recordings
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Virgil Fox Plays the John Wanamaker Organ - Bainbridge BCD2501 (out
of print)
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Chapman/Wanamaker - The Memorial Release - Vantage VCD 6304
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The Complete Chapman/Wanamaker Recordings - Vantage V2CD 69-694-001
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Keith Chapman - The "Lost Radio Broadcasts" - Vantage V2CD-698-002
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Keith Chapman - The "Lost Radio Broadcasts, Vol. 2" - Vantage
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Magic - Peter Richard Conte plays transcriptions of Mussourgsky,
Wagner, Dukas, Elgar. - Dorian (2001)
Related Links
Friends of the Wanamaker Organ
- a non-profit association of people interested in the preservation and
celebration of the Wanamaker Organ. All of the above recordings that
are still in print are available from the Friends of the Wanamaker Organ,
as are several books (including Ray Biswanger's book cited above), photos,
pamphlets, and other interesting items.
http://theatreorgans.com/pa/philly/WANN/index.HTM
- a collection of interesting amateur photos of the instrument
Organ Historical Society
- sells several of the above recordings, as well as many more