List of great organs

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The list of major organs listed organs with more than 100 registers worldwide.

List according to registers

This list contains the largest existing organs in the world, sorted by the number of sounding stops . Transmission registers are not taken into account.

place Building Organ builder year image ma
nuale
re-
gister
Rows of
pipes
Pipes 32 ′
register
Remarks link
Philadelphia Macy's Wanamaker Store Harris (LA Organ), Fleming & Till (Wanamaker) 1904 6th 376 464 28,750 7th in a department store, several extensions organ
Atlantic City, New Jersey Boardwalk Hall Midmer Losh 1932
OrgueAtlanticCityConventionAll.jpg
7th 314 449 33.114 9 Only 96 registers can be played organ
West Point (New York) Military Academy Cadet Chapel (West Point) Möller 1911 4th 305 375 23,500 7th Several extensions organ
los Angeles First Congregational Church (Los Angeles) Skinner 1931 5 242 354 20,417 8th Several extensions, enlargement to 267 registers planned organ
Passau St. Stephen's Cathedral Steinmeyer , Eisenbarth Organ Builders 1928, 1993
Passau st stephan organ.jpg
5 229 326 17,974 3 5 organs Organs
Mainz Mainz Cathedral Johannes Klais organ builder , Emanuel Kemper 1928, 1960 6th 198 268 14,526 5 3 organs, new construction by Goll & Rieger since 2018 Organs
Garden Grove, California Crystal Cathedral , renamed Christ Cathedral Fratelli Ruffatti 1982; 2014–2017 renovation in Padova Crystal Cathedral organ.jpg 5 196 269 16,058 7th 2014–2017 restoration in Padova, 8 more stops planned organ
Milan Milan Cathedral Tambourini 1937 Duomo di Milano interior 5.jpg 5 186 255 15,350 3 organ
Mexico city Auditorio Nacional (Mexico City) Tambourini 1958 5 181 250 15,633 organ
Hanover, Pennsylvania St. Matthew Lutheran Church (Hanover) Austin Organs 1925, 1988 4th 178 236 14,341 2 organ
Washington, DC Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Möller, Goulding & Wood 1965, 2001 Basilica National Shrine Immaculate Conception DC 58.JPG 162 210 11,474 4th organ
Birmingham, Alabama Barry Norris Residence Wicks Organ Company ? 5 161 200 11,200 6th Private property organ
New York City St. Bartholomew's Church Æolian-Skinner 1972
NYC St. Bartholomew's 10.jpg
5 160 228 12,422 5 in organ by Hutchings 1893, partly smoke damage organ
Vienna Stephansdom Johann M. Kauffmann 1960
Vienna - St. Stephen's Cathedral, Kauffmann organ.JPG
4th 125 ? 10,000 was shut down for a long time, extensive renovation by Rieger until Easter 2020 organ

List by state

This list includes existing and former organs sorted by current states. Organs that no longer exist or have been rebuilt are marked in italics. If there are several gaming tables , the one with a higher number of manuals is given. In the number of registers are extensions considered transmissions not and digital register it.

country place Building Organ builder year image ma
nuale
re-
gister
Rows of
pipes
Pipes 32 ′
register
link
Australia Melbourne Melbourne Town Hall William Hill & Son , Norman & Beard Ltd 1929 4th 110 6,494 4th organ
Australia Melbourne Melbourne Town Hall Schantz Organ Company 2001 4th 147 9,568 6th organ
Australia Sydney Sydney Opera House Ronald Sharp / Gregor Hradetzky 1979 Grand organ.jpg 5 131 200 10.154 2 organ
Australia Sydney Sydney Town Hall William Hill & Son 1890 Sydney Town Hall Grand Organ.jpg 5 126 8,700 organ
Brazil São Paulo Catedral da Sé Balbiani & Rossi 1954 112 12,000 organ
Brazil Niterói Basílica Nossa Senhora Auxiliadora Virginio Fistarol 1956 5 134 11,130 organ
Germany Berlin Berlin Cathedral W. Sauer organ building 1905
Berlin Cathedral - organ.jpg
4th 113 7,269 3 organ
Germany Flensburg Nikolaikirche Gerald Woehl 2009
FlensburgNikolaikircheOrgelempore.jpg
4th 104 (62 + 42) 1 Organs
Germany Frankfurt am Main Imperial Cathedral of St. Bartholomew Johannes Klais organ building 1994 OrganKaiserdomSt.Bartholomäus-2.jpg 4th 115 8,801 2 organ
Germany Freiburg Freiburg Minster Rieger Organ
Builders Marcussen & Son
Metzler Organ Builders
Fischer & Krämer Organ Builders
Johannes Klais Organ Builders
1964-2013
Freiburg Minster, Marienorgel.jpg
4th 144 2 Organs
Germany Hamburg Main Church of St. Michaelis (Hamburg) EF Walcker & Cie. 1912 5 163 6,697 5 Organs
Germany Hamburg Main Church of St. Michaelis (Hamburg) Johannes Klais organ building , Freiburg organ building 2010
St. Michaelis ('Michel') (Hamburg) .jpg
5 145 11,539 2 Organs
Germany Kevelaer Marienbasilika (Kevelaer) Ernst Seifert 1907 Kevelaer, Marienbasilika Organ 2011.jpg 4th 135 organ
Germany Cologne Cologne cathedral Johannes Klais organ building The organ system consists of the older transept main organ and the nave organ from 2006
KölnerDomOrgel.jpg
4th 141 11,135 4th Organs
Germany Cologne St. Peter Art Station Organ builder Willi Peter 2004 Cologne St. Peter main organ.jpg 4th 112 2 Organs
Germany Leipzig Nikolaikirche (Leipzig) Hermann Eule organ building 1862 Ladegast, 1902/03 conversion + extension W. Sauer 2002/03 conversion + extension to 103 registers Hermann Eule OrganNikolaikirche.JPG 5 103 6,804 3 organ
Germany Lübeck Marienkirche (Lübeck) Emanuel Kemper 1968 Large organ Marienkirche Lübeck.jpg 5 101 160 8,512 2 organ
Germany Mainz Mainz Cathedral Johannes Klais organ builder , Emanuel Kemper 1928/1960 6th 114 7,984 organ
Germany Munich Frauenkirche (Munich) Thomas Jann organ building 1994
Main pipe organ - Frauenkirche - Munich - Germany 2017.jpg
4th 131 9,833 3 Organs
Germany Nuremberg Luitpoldhalle EF Walcker & Cie. 1936 5 220 16,013 6th organ
Germany Nuremberg St. Lorenz (Nuremberg) Johannes Klais organ building 2003
Lorenzkirche nave.jpg
5 165 227 12.184 3 Organs
Germany Paderborn Paderborn Cathedral Siegfried Sauer 1981 Paderborn, cathedral, tower organ.JPG 4th 151 (+ 1 miscellaneous) 201 10,885 2 organ
Germany Passau St. Stephen's Cathedral GF Steinmeyer & Co. 1924 5 206 288 16,105 3 Organs
Germany Passau St. Stephen's Cathedral Organ building Eisenbarth 1978 5 216 3 Organs
Germany Passau St. Stephen's Cathedral Organ building Eisenbarth 1993
Passau st stephan organ.jpg
5 233 333 17,974 3 Organs
Germany Speyer Speyer Cathedral Seifert organ building 2010 2011.09.16.153503 Organ cathedral Speyer.jpg 4th 126 (87 + 39) 8,000 3 organ
Germany Waldsassen Waldsassen Collegiate Basilica Georg Jann 1989 Waldsassen Monastery interior 3.jpg 6th 103 7,720 Organs
Germany Wurzburg Wurzburg Cathedral Johannes Klais organ building 1969
WÜ StKilian main organ.jpg
5 107 8,050 2 organ
France Paris Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral Jean-Loup Boisseau 1992 Grandes-Orgues, Notre-Dame de Paris.jpg 5 110 3 organ
France Paris St-Eustache JL van den Heuvel Orgelbouw 1989 (new organ in the historical case)
Eustach organ.jpg
5 101 5 organ
France Paris St-Sulpice A. Cavaillé-Coll Fils & Cie 1862 Paris 06 - St Sulpice organ 01.jpg 5 102 2 organ
Great Britain Liverpool Liverpool Cathedral Dean Justin 2007 Liverpool Anglican Cathedral Altar.jpg 5 150 194 10,268 6th organ
Great Britain Liverpool St. George's Hall Henry Willis 1979 120 7,737 3 organ
Great Britain London Royal Albert Hall Henry Willis 1871 Organ-Albert-hall-1871.jpg 4th 111 organ
Great Britain London Royal Albert Hall Harrison & Harrison 1933 146 organ
Great Britain London Royal Albert Hall Mander organ 2004 Grand Organ at The Royal Albert Hall-geograph-3257274.jpg 4th 129 177 9,997 organ
Great Britain London St Paul's Cathedral Mander organ 1977 5 107 136 7,189 4th organ
Italy Bologna San Giovanni Bosco (Bologna) 5 216 12,278 organ
Italy Milan Milan Cathedral Tambourini 1937 Duomo di Milano interior 5.jpg 5 186 255 15,350 3 organ
Italy Messina Messina Cathedral Tambourini 1948 Messina Cathedral @ Organ 20171018.jpg 5 154 217 15,350 3 organ
Italy Monreale Monreale Cathedral Fratelli Ruffatti 1957/1967 Pipe organ - Cathedral of Monreale - Italy 2015.JPG 6th 109 137 1 organ
Canada Toronto Metropolitan United Church Casavant Frères 1998 5 116 138 8.233 2 organ
Latvia Liepāja Trinity Church (Liepāja) Barnim Gruneberg 1885 4th 131 152 7,000 3 organ
Latvia Riga Riga Cathedral EF Walcker & Cie. 1884 Rīgas Doma ērģeļu prospekts.jpg 4th 124 6.178 2 organ
Mexico Mexico city Auditorio Nacional (Mexico City) Tambourini 1958 5 189 260 15,633 organ
Mexico Mexico city Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe Casavant Frères 1976 Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe (interior) .JPG 5 116 187 3 organ
Norway Trondheim Nidaros Cathedral GF Steinmeyer & Co. 1930 Trondheim, Steinmeyer organ.jpg 125 10,600 organ
Norway Trondheim Nidaros Cathedral GF Steinmeyer & Co. , Kuhn Organ Builders 1962, 2014 Trondheim, Steinmeyer organ.jpg 4th 123 162 3 organ
Austria St. Florian (Linz-Land) St. Florian Monastery Helmut Kögler 1996 Austria stift stflorian brucknerorgel.jpg 4th 103 7,343 3 organ
Austria Vienna Wiener Musikverein Organ building Walcker-Mayer 1968 (replaced in 2011 by Rieger organ IV / 81 using the historical prospectus) Wiener Musikverein 3.jpg 4th 100 145 2 organ
Austria Vienna Wiener Konzerthaus Rieger organ building 1913 Wiener Konzerthaus Grosser Saal.jpg 5 116 8,696 organ
Austria Vienna Stephansdom Johann M. Kauffmann 1960, currently expanded and under repair at Rieger Orgelbau. Planned recommissioning in 2020.
Vienna - St. Stephen's Cathedral, Kauffmann organ.JPG
4th 125 10,000 organ
Germany, now Poland Wroclaw (Breslau) Centennial Hall (Breslau) W. Sauer 1913, dismantled in 1946 OrganCentury Hall.JPG 5 200 (187 + 13) 15,133 4th organ
Poland Wroclaw (Breslau) Wroclaw Cathedral W. Sauer , Wacław Biernacki 1956, from the Organ of the Centennial Hall
Org podczerw.jpg
5 151 197 13.207 2 organ
Poland Częstochowa (Czestochowa) Arch-Cathedral Holy Family Wacław Biernacki 1949 Częstochowa 4IX05 09.JPG 4th 117 161 2 organ
Poland Gdańsk-Oliwa (Danzig-Oliva) Oliva Monastery Friedrich Wilhelm Wulff , Friedrich Rudolf Dalitz , a. a. 1763-2010
Kościół Oliwa Organy.jpg
5 111 (85 + 17 + 9) 2 organ
Poland Gdynia Sacred Heart Church Zygmund Kamiński 1980 4th 102 2 organ
Poland Licheń Stary Basilica of Our Lady of Licheń ZYCH Zakłady Organowe 2004
-27-III-Licheń3.jpg
6th 154 222 3 organ
Portugal Fatima Basílica de Nossa Senhora do Rosario Fratelli Ruffatti 1952 5 112 12,000 3 organ
Russia Kaliningrad Koenigsberg Cathedral Alexander Schuke 2008 Königsberg Cathedral 02.jpg 4th 122 (90 + 32) 2 organ
Sweden Gothenburg Gothenburg Concert Hall organ
Sweden Lund Lund Cathedral Marcussen & Søn 1934 Lunds domkyrka, snabbinventering mot väster.jpg 4th 102 7,074 2 organ
Sweden Stockholm Stockholm's stadshus EF Walcker & Cie. 1925 5 135 10,271 2 organ
Switzerland Engelberg Engelberg Monastery Organ building Goll 1926 Engelberg-Klosterkirche-031936.JPG 4th 137 9.097 2 organ
Switzerland Lucerne St. Leodegar in the courtyard Johann Geisler, Friedrich Haas , Kuhn Organ Builders 1650, 1862, 2001, 2015 Hofkirche Hoforgel 1359.jpg 5 106 7,374 3 Organs
Spain San Lorenzo de El Escorial Basílica de El Escorial 1965 12,000 organ
Spain Donostia-San Sebastian Buen Pastor Cathedral Ramón González de Amezua 1953 5 8,174 2 organ
Czech Republic (Moravia) Olomouc (Olomouc) St. Mauritius Church Michael Engler , Rieger-Kloss 1745, 1959-1971 Kostel svateho Morice varhany.jpg 5 135 10,400 organ
Hungary Budapest Matthias Church Rieger 1909 A Mátyás-templom orgonája.jpg 5 101 (88 + 23) 150 7,000 2 organ
Hungary Szeged cathedral Emil and Oskar Angster 1930 5 127 (91 + 22 + 11) 182 9,040 2 organ
United States Atlantic City, New Jersey Boardwalk Hall Midmer Losh 1932
OrgueAtlanticCityConventionAll.jpg
7th 314 449 33.114 9 organ
United States Birmingham, Alabama Barry Norris Residence Wicks Organ Company 5 161 200 11,200 6th organ
United States Boston First Church of Christ, Scientist (Boston, Massachusetts) Aeolian Skinner 1952 4th 166 241 13,389 organ
United States Boston First Church of Christ, Scientist (Boston, Massachusetts) Foley-Baker 1999 4th 238 13,483 organ
United States Buffalo Holy Trinity Lutheran Church Kegg 1996 Organ Console, Holy Trinity, Buffalo.jpeg 5 152 10,000 organ
United States Charlotte, North Carolina Calvary Church (Charlotte) MP Moller 1990 5 205 11,499 organ
United States Cleveland Convention Center (Cleveland) Ernest Martin Skinner 1921 5 168 4th organ
United States Fort Worth Broadway Baptist Church (Fort Worth) Frères Casavant 1996 5 129 191 10615 5 organ
United States Garden Grove, California Crystal Cathedral , renamed Christ Cathedral , Diocese of Orange Fratelli Ruffatti 1982; 2014–2017 renovation in Padova Crystal Cathedral organ.jpg 5 200 278 15,948 7th organ
United States Grand Rapids, Michigan Fountain Street Church Allen Organ Company 2003
FountainStChurchOrgan.jpg
138 8,000 3 organ
United States Gloucester, Massachusetts Hammond Castle 144 8,600 2 organ
United States Hanover, Pennsylvania St. Matthew Lutheran Church (Hanover) Austin Organs 1988 4th 231 14,341 2 organ
United States Hartford, Connecticut Cathedral of St. Joseph (Hartford) Austin Organs 1962 4th 137 8,000 3 organ
United States Houston Second Baptist Church (Houston) Rodgers 1987 5 192 organ
United States Houston St. John the Divine (Houston) Létourneau 2005 5 113 143 8,356 4th organ
United States Jackson (Mississippi) First Baptist Church (Jackson) Keates-Geissler 1990 5 231 12,877 organ
United States Kennett Square, Pennsylvania Longwood Gardens Aeolian 1929 4th 237 146 10,010 5 organ
United States los Angeles First Congregational Church (Los Angeles) 1911 5 242 354 20,417 8th organ
United States New Haven (Connecticut) Woolsey Hall Ernest Martin Skinner 1928 4th 197 4th organ
United States New York City St. Bartholomew's Church Ernest Martin Skinner 1917
NYC St. Bartholomew's 01.jpg
4th 117 115 7,587 5 organ
United States New York City St. Bartholomew's Church Æolian-Skinner 1972
NYC St. Bartholomew's 10.jpg
5 168 225 12,422 organ
United States New York City Church of the Heavenly Rest Guilbault-Thérien Organ Company 1994
NY Church of the Heavenly Rest 01.jpg
5 137 138 8,000 2 organ
United States New York City St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York) Peragallo 1993 NY St. Patrick's Cathedral 01.JPG 5 135 9,000 organ
United States New York City Saint Thomas Church (New York City) Mann & Trupiano 1982 4th 158 9,050 organ
United States New York City Riverside Church Robert Pearson 1995 Riverside Narthex.jpg 5 204 5 organ
United States Newark (New Jersey) Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart Schantz Organ Company 1954 154 9,513 1 organ
United States Ocean Grove Great Auditorium (Ocean Grove) AR Schopps' Sons 2008 176 10,823 organ
United States Philadelphia Irvine Auditorium Austin Organs 1926 4th 162 10,719 4th organ
United States Philadelphia Macy's 6th 374 463 28,522 7th organ
United States Salt Lake City Salt Lake Tabernacle TabernacleOrgan.2.jpg 5 147 206 11,623 5 organ
United States Salt Lake City LDS conference center Schoenstein & Co. 2003 Auditorium organ conference center slc.jpg 5 103 130 7,667 8th organ
United States St. Louis Louisiana Purchase Exposition Los Angeles Art Organ Company 1904 Wanamaker Organ 1904.jpg 140 10,000 organ
United States Washington, DC Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception Goulding & Wood 2001 Basilica National Shrine Immaculate Conception DC 58.JPG 197 10,748 organ
United States Washington, DC Washington National Cathedral Ernest Martin Skinner 1938 4th 8,400 organ
United States Washington, DC Washington National Cathedral Ernest Martin Skinner 1975 4th 189 10,647 4th organ
United States West Point (New York) Military Academy Cadet Chapel (West Point) 4th 303 380 23,500 7th organ

See also

Individual evidence

  1. As of 2019, according to the organ page with comments and given links
  2. ^ Wicks organ at the Barry Norris Residence , as seen September 22, 2010.
  3. Gottfried Allmer: The Austrian organ building abroad. In: The Organ Forum. No. 12, 2009, p. 46.
  4. Szeged, Cathedral of Our Lady Organ Index
  5. ^ Wicks organ at the Barry Norris Residence , as seen September 22, 2010.
  6. ^ Pipe Organ Database | Casavant Frères (1996) Broadway Baptist Church. Retrieved July 24, 2020 .
  7. Organ of St. Bartholomew's Church , seen September 22, 2010.