The Top 20  -  The World's Largest Pipe Organs          

by total number of pipes, verified as of - compiled by Sacred Classics

             ORGAN LOCATION     BUILDER and YEAR *   CITY - COUNTRY MANUALS - RANKS - NUMBER OF PIPES *

(1)  Macy's Department Store

John D. Wanamaker, 1911

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania USA

6 manuals - 466 ranks - 28,765 pipes

(2)  Cadet Chapel, U.S. Military Academy

M. P. Möeller, 1911

West Point, NY  USA

4 manuals - 380 ranks - 23,236 pipes

(3)  First Congregational Church

E. M. Skinner, 1932

Los Angeles, California USA

5 manuals - 346 ranks - 20,417 pipes

(4)  Cathedral of St. Stephen

Steinmeyer, 1928

Passau, Germany

5 manuals - 333 ranks - 17,974 pipes

(5)  Crystal Cathedral

Æolian-Skinner/ Ruffati, 1980

Garden Grove, California USA

5 manuals - 273 ranks - 15,948 pipes

(6)  National Auditorium

Tamburini, 1957

Mexico City, Mexico

5 manuals - 250 ranks - 15,633 pipes

(7)  Milan Cathedral

Tamburini, 1937

Milan, Italy

5 manuals - 255 ranks - 15,350 pipes

(8)  St. Matthew Lutheran Church

Austin, 1925

Hanover, Pennsylvania USA

4 manuals - 231 ranks - 14,341 pipes

(9)  First Church of Christ,  Scientist

Æolian-Skinner, 1952

Boston, Mass. USA

4 manuals - 238 ranks - 13,290 pipes

(10)  Woolsey Hall,  Yale University

E. M. Skinner, 1928

New Haven, Conn. USA

4 manuals - 197 ranks - 12,617 pipes

(11)  St. Bartholomew's Church

E. M. Skinner, 1917

New York, NY  USA

5 manuals - 225 ranks - 12,422 pipes

(12)  St. Giovanni Bosco Church

Tamburini, 1948

Bologna, Italy

5 manuals - 216 ranks - 12,278 pipes

(13)  St. Lorenz Church

Steinmeyer, 1937

Nüremberg, Germany

5 manuals - 227 ranks - 12,184 pipes

(14)  Riverside Church

Hook & Hastings, 1930

New York, NY  USA

5 manuals - 208 ranks - 12,076 pipes

(15)  Mormon Tabernacle

Æolian-Skinner, 1945

Salt Lake City, Utah USA

5 manuals - 206 ranks - 11,623 pipes

(16)  Calvary Church

M. P. Möeller, 1990

Charlotte, N. Carolina USA

5 manuals - 205 ranks - 11,499 pipes

(17) Cathedral of Sts. Peter & Mary

Klais, 1948

Cologne, Germany

4 manuals - 197 ranks - 10,952 pipes

(18)  Cathedral of St. Liborius

Sauer, 1981

Paderborn, Germany

4 manuals - 201 ranks - 10,885 pipes

(19) National Cathedral of Sts. Peter & Paul

E. M. Skinner, 1938

Washington, DC USA

4 manuals - 189 ranks - 10,650 pipes

(20)  Broadway Baptist Church

Casavant Frères, 1996

Ft. Worth, Texas USA

5 manuals - 191 ranks - 10,615 pipes

    *Notes:

  •  Only genuine speaking pipes are counted.
  •  Some ranks may be of small compass (i.e., having fewer than 61 pipes per rank).
  •  "Digital" (i.e., electronic) "ranks" are not counted.
  •  Many organs have been rebuilt and enlarged by different builders since first constructed --- the original builder is shown here.
  •  The largest pipe organ in history was at Atlantic City (NJ) Boardwalk Hall, having 7-manuals, 33,112 pipes, and 447 ranks when built by Midmer-Losh in 1929. It is no longer playable.

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