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The symphonic organ is a style
Design

Design is used both as a noun and a verb. The term is often tied to the various applied arts and engineering . As a verb, "to design" refers to the process of originating and planning for a product, structure, system, or component with intention....
 of pipe organ
Pipe organ

The pipe organ is a keyboard musical instrument that produces sound by venting mechanically compressed air through resonant Organ pipe. Each pipe produces sound at one fixed pitch, so they are provided in sets or "ranks" with one pipe or more per note, each rank having a common timbre and loudness throughout....
 which flourished during the first third of the twentieth century in town halls and other secular public venues (particularly in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 and the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
). It is a variation of the classical pipe organ intended for the performance of orchestral transcriptions, which are serious orchestral classical musical works scored for pipe organ. The concert organ has seen a revival in the US, Europe and Japan in the latter part of the 20th and 21st century.

Ernest M. Skinner
Ernest M. Skinner

Ernest M. Skinner was one of the most successful American Pipe organ builders of the early 20th century....
 was a well-known American builder of symphonic organs.






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The symphonic organ is a style
Design

Design is used both as a noun and a verb. The term is often tied to the various applied arts and engineering . As a verb, "to design" refers to the process of originating and planning for a product, structure, system, or component with intention....
 of pipe organ
Pipe organ

The pipe organ is a keyboard musical instrument that produces sound by venting mechanically compressed air through resonant Organ pipe. Each pipe produces sound at one fixed pitch, so they are provided in sets or "ranks" with one pipe or more per note, each rank having a common timbre and loudness throughout....
 which flourished during the first third of the twentieth century in town halls and other secular public venues (particularly in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 and the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
). It is a variation of the classical pipe organ intended for the performance of orchestral transcriptions, which are serious orchestral classical musical works scored for pipe organ. The concert organ has seen a revival in the US, Europe and Japan in the latter part of the 20th and 21st century.

Ernest M. Skinner
Ernest M. Skinner

Ernest M. Skinner was one of the most successful American Pipe organ builders of the early 20th century....
 was a well-known American builder of symphonic organs. British builders included Henry Willis & Sons
Henry Willis & Sons

Henry Willis & Sons is a firm of pipe organ builders founded in 1845 in the United Kingdom, examples of whose work can also be found in other countries....
. The best and largest example is the Wanamaker Organ
Wanamaker Organ

The Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the largest operational pipe organ in the world, located within a spacious 7-story court at Macys Center City ....
, installed in 1911 after having been exhibited at the St. Louis World's Fair. After being expanded, it currently has six manuals, ten divisions, 461 ranks, and 28,482 pipes, all powered by 36 regulators and fans totalling 168hp.

An excellent example of a functional "syphonic organ" can be seen and heard at the Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Auditorium in Chattanooga, Tn. The Opus 1206, a magnificent Austin Pipe Organ with 5261 pipes, 81 ranks and 114 stops was first played on Feb. 12, 1925. The first city organist was the world renowned Edwin H Lemare. Led by the Chattanooga Music Club, the citizens of Chattanooga began the organs restoration in 1987 and 20 years later, on July 2, 2007 it was rededicated at a concert performed by Peter Richard Conte.