Famous Organs in America

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Ranks
Pipes

Crystal Cathedral Garden Grove, California V/293 17,106
Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1388, 1959 (Philharmonic Hall, NYC)/Ruffatti

First Congregational Church Los Angeles, California V/320 16,000+
E.M. Skinner Opus 856, 1931/Schlicker/others

Cadet Chapel
USAF Academy
Colorado Springs, Colorado IV/83 4,334
Möller
info

Woolsey Hall
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut IV/197 12,646
E.M. Skinner Opus 722, 1928; retained much from previous Steere (1915) and Hutchings-Votey (1902)

Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church Fort Lauderdale, Florida V/117 ~7,000
Ruffatti

The Fox Theater Atlanta, Georgia IV/42 3,622
Möller Opus 5566, 1929
info

Rockefeller Chapel
University of Chicago
Chicago, Illinois IV/110 12,000+
E. M. Skinner, 1928
Official info

First Church of Christ, Scientist Boston, Massachusetts IV/238 13,483
Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1203, 1952

Methuen Memorial Music Hall Methuen, Massachusetts IV/115 6,027
E. F. Walcker and Company, Opus 200, 1863; Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company, Inc., Opus 1103, 1947

First Baptist Church Jackson, Mississippi V/231 12,877
E.M.Skinner/Casavant/Keates-Geissler, 1990
info

Convention Hall Atlantic City, New Jersey VII/449 32,000+
Midmer-Losh, Opus 5550, 1929
World's largest organ; World's only full-length 64' diaphone
Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ Society, TheatreOrgans.com

Ocean Grove Auditorium Ocean Grove, New Jersey V/152 9,000+
Hope-Jones

St. Peter's Episcopal Church Morristown, New Jersey IV/63 4,207
1930 E. M. Skinner, Opus 836

The Riverside Church New York City, New York V/216 12,406
Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1118, 1953; Pearson 1995-1996

St. Bartholomew's New York City, New York V/225 12,422
E. M. Skinner Opus 275, 1917/Opus 651, 1927/Opus 832, 1930/Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1405, 1959

Cathedral of St. John the Divine New York City, New York IV/144 8,035
 E.M. Skinner, 1911; Aeolian-Skinner, 1954

St. Thomas Church New York City, New York IV/138 9,050
E. M. Skinner, 1913; Aeolian-Skinner, 1956; Adams, ?

USMA Cadet Chapel West Point, New York IV/346 23,500+
Möller
World's largest church organ

Calvary Church Charlotte, North Carolina V/205 11,499
Möller Opus 11739, 1990

First Baptist Church Winston-Salem, North Carolina IV/134 7,631
M. P. Möller, 1969

The Cleveland Convention Center Cleveland, Ohio V/168 ?
E. M. Skinner, 1921, opus 328

St. Matthew Lutheran Church Hanover, Pennsylvania IV/231 14,341
Austin Opus 1215

Longwood Gardens Kennett Square, Pennsylvania IV/147? 10,010
Aeolian, 1930; M.P. Möller, 1958

Wanamaker Organ
Lord & Taylor Department Store
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania VI/458 28,500+
Los Angeles Art Organ Co./Wanamaker's
TheatreOrgans.com

Curtis Sesquicentennial Organ
Irvine Auditorium, University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania IV/168 10,731
Austin Opus 1416, 1926

Girard College Chapel Organ
Girard College
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania IV/106 6,829
Skinner Opus 872, 1930

Heinz Chapel Organ
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania

Broadway Baptist Church Fort Worth, Texas V/191 10,650
Casavant, 1996

The Mormon Tabernacle Salt Lake City, Utah V/206 11,623
Aeolian-Skinner Opus 1075, 1945

Washington National Cathedral Washington, D.C. IV/197? 10,450
E. M. Skinner Opus 510, 1937/Aeolian-Skinner Opus 883, 1958-1964

Based on an original page by Michael Laird. Trimmed, reordered, and expanded by Keith Wannamaker. Email Keith with corrections or additions.