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Midmer-Losh Inc. Opus 5550 (1932)

OHS convention: 2016

Images

2020-11-01 - Console (Photograph from Diapason November 2020 cover photo , submitted by Johann Czyron Silvallana/Johann Czyron Silvallana)

2020-2021 - Brass division (Photograph by Bill Banks, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2020-2021 - Swell low pressure blower (Photograph by Bill Banks, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2020-2021 - Swell low pressure blower (Photograph by Bill Banks, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2020-2021 - Swell low pressure blower (Photograph by Bill Banks, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2020-2021 - Swell high pressure blower (Photograph by Bill Banks, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2020-2021 - Swell high pressure blower (Photograph by Bill Banks, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2020-2021 - Blower room (Photograph by Bill Banks, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2020-2021 - Blower room (Photograph by Bill Banks, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2020-2021 - Blower room (Photograph by Bill Banks, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

2021 - Blower room (Photograph by Bill Banks, submitted by John Roper/John Roper)

November 2017 - Auditorium interior (Photograph by Sean O'Donnell, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-07-03 - Moveable console, side view (Photograph by Eric Plutz, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-07-03 - Moveable console, right stopjamb closeup (Photograph by Eric Plutz, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2019-07-03 - Moveable console, right stopjamb (Photograph by Eric Plutz, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-11-17 - Console (Photograph by Joseph Routon, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2020-11-17 - Console (Photograph by Joseph Routon, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-06-24 - Moveable console (Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-06-24 - Facing South showing beach, ocean and east front of hall (Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-06-24 - Front exterior of hall facing East (Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-06-24 - Hall interior to rear (Photograph by Gesa Graumann via https://die-orgelseite.de/Jeff Scofield)

2015-06-24 - Stage, front chambers and console from left balcony (Photograph by Gesa Graumann via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-06-24 - Hall interior (Photograph by Gesa Graumann via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-06-24 - Console in its housing (Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-06-24 - Console and right organ chamber (Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-06-24 - Right toe controls (Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-06-24 - Left toe controls (Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-06-24 - Right stopjamb (Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-06-24 - Left stopjamb (Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

2015-06-24 - Main Console (Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield/Jeff Scofield)

Before 1941 - William Jackson Atlantic City Convention Hall Organist (1933-1941) (Photograph from an archival source: williamjacksonatlanticcityorganist.com, submitted by Craig Otto/Craig Otto)

2015-02-17 - Main Console (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

2015-02-17 - Main Console (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

2015-02-17 - Moveable Console (Photograph by Len Levasseur/Database Manager)

Unknown - Console and Reginald Foort, British Organist (Photograph by Fred Hess & Son; image located in the OHS Library and Archives and courtesy of Bynum Petty/Database Manager)

1964-01-01 - Exterior and Interior of the Hall (Postcard from the collection of Jim Cook/Database Manager)

Consoles

Main

• Organ type: Horseshoe
• Console position: Console in Fixed Position, Center
• 7 manuals
• 337 stops
• 852 registers
• 20 divisions
• Key action Type: Electrical
• Stop action Type: Electrical
• Stop layout Type: Stop Keys on Angled Jambs
• Manual compass: 61 notes
• Pedal compass: 32 notes
• Pedal Type: Concave Radiating (Meeting AGO Standards)
• Expression Type: Balanced Expression Shoes/Pedals (Meeting AGO Standards)
• Has crescendo
• Combination action: Computerized/Digital
• Opus-Two
• Has sequencer
• Has combination thumb pistons
• Has combination toe pistons
• Has tutti thumb pistons
• Has tutti toe pistons

Notes

2005-09-05 - Online update from David Kinyon -- Due to ongoing renovations and repairs to the auditorium, both organs have been rendered totally unplayable. The main organ has for all intents and purposes been mostly unplayable since the late 1970s. Complete details on these instruments are available on the ACCHOS web site. -Database Manager

2010-06-09 - Updated through online information from Gui Kirsch. -- Largest Pipe organ in the world. Most stops are extended. Contains one of two 64' stops, a 64' Diaphone-Dulzian. (has Dulzian pipes in higher octaves) Has 5 stops, reeds, standing on 100". Among them is the Grand Ophicleide, the loudest in the world. Most of the organ stands on 15" of wind. The organ has 8 chambers: Right Stage, Left Stage, Right Foward, Left Foward, Right Center, Left Center, Right Upper*, Left Upper* *(in ceiling). -- First and Second manuals have 7 octaves starting at CCC, Third manual has about 6 octaves starting at FFF -Database Manager

2012-04-18 - Updated through online information from Steven Ickes. -Database Manager

2012-07-19 - Updated through online information from Stephen D. Smith. -- I am the Honorary Curator of the Organs at Boardwalk Hall (formerly the Convention Hall), Atlantic City, and the author of two major books and numerous articles about the Hall's pipe organs. -- Choir and Great compass: 85 keys (CCC to c5). Swell compass: 73 keys (GGG to g4). -Database Manager

2016-12-21 - Updated through online information from Shawn. -Database Manager

Stoplist

Source: https://www.boardwalkorgans.org/midmer-losh-info/

Midmer-Losh Inc. (Opus 5550, 1932)
Atlantic City Convention Hall / Boardwalk Hall
Atlantic City, NJ

PEDAL RIGHT/GRAND GREAT
32'       Tibia Clausa 
16'       Diaphone Phonon 
16'       Tibia Major 
16'       Principal 
8'        Contra Viol 
12 4/5'   Gross Tierce
9 1/7'    Septieme 
32'       Contra Bombardon
16'       Grand Ophicleide 
16'       Trumpet 
64'       Dulzian Diaphone

PEDAL LEFT/GRAND CHOIR
32'       Contra Diaphone
32'       Contra Diapason 
16'       Diaphonic Diapason
16'       Bass Viol 
16'       Tibia Clausa 
VII       Stentor Sesquialtera 
32'       Contra Bombard 
32'       Contra Fagotto 
16'       Major Posaune 
16'       Major Diapason

GREAT
32'       Principal
16'       Double Diapason I
16'       Double Diapason II
16'       Double Diapason III 
10 2/3'   Sub Quint 
8'        Diapason I
8'        Diapason II
8'        Diapason III 
8'        Diapason IV
8'        Diapason V  
8'        Diapason VI 
8'        Diapason VII 
8'        Diapason VIII 
8'        Diapason IX 
8'        Diapason X 
5 1/3'    Quint
4'        Octave I
4'        Octave II 
4'        Octave III 
4'        Octave IV 
4'        Octave V 
3 1/5'    Gross Tierce 
2 2/3'    Major Twelfth 
2'        Fifteenth I 
2'        Fifteenth II
2'        Fifteenth III 
II        Rausch Quint 
II        Rausch Quint 
XI        Grand Cornet 
V         Major Sesquialtera 
V         Schulze  
VI        Fourniture 
8'        Harmonic Flute 
8'        Flute Overte 
4'        Harmonic Flute 
16'       Trumpet
8'        Harmonic Trumpet
4'        Harmonic Clarion 

SOLO
16'       Major Flute
8'        Tibia Rex
8'        Hohl Flute 
8'        Flute Overte 
4'        Wald Flute 
2'        Harmonic Piccolo 
8'        Cello Pomposa 
8'        Cello Celeste 
8'        Violin
8'        Violin Celeste 
4'        Viola Pomposa
8'        Stentor Diapason 
4'        Stentor Octave 
16'       Tuba Magna
16'       Trumpet Profunda
8'        Tuba Imperial
8'        Trumpet Royal
8'        English Post Horn 
8'        Bugle 
8'        French Horn 
IX        Grand Chorus 
8'        Diapason 
8'        Octave 
IV        Carillon 

SOLO-GREAT (ORGAN TONE)
16'       Wald Flute
16'       Geigen Principal
16'       Tibia Clausa 
8'        Diapason Phonon 
8'        Horn Diapason 
8'        Dopple Gedeckt 
8'        Gemshorn 
8'        Gemshorn Celeste 
8'        Viola d'Gamba 
8'        Viol Celeste 
6 2/5'    Gemshorn Terz  
5 1/3'    Gemshorn Quint 
4 4/7'    Gemshorn Septieme 
N/A       Xylophone

SOLO-GREAT (ORCHESTRAL)
16'      Oboe Horn
16'      Saxophone 
16'      English Horn
16'      French Horn 
16'      Vox Baryton
16'      Krummhorn
8'       Clarinet
8'       Orchestral Saxophone
8'       Orchestral Oboe 
8'       Vox Humana 
8'       Kinura 
2 2/3'   Flute Twelfth 
N/A      Harp 
N/A      Chimes 

BRASS CHORUS
16'      Trombone 
8'       Trombone I 
8'       Trombone II 
5 1/3'   Tromba Quint
4'       Trombone 
2 2/3'   Trombone Twelfth 
2'       Trombone 
III      Tierce Mixture  

SWELL
16'      Double Diapason 
8'       Diapason I 
8'       Diapason II
8'       Waldhorn 
4'       Octave 
2'       Fifteenth
V        Fourniture 
8'       Tibia Plena 
8'       Hohl Flute 
8'       Gross Gedeckt 
8'       Harmonic Flute 
8'       Harmonic Flute Celeste 
4'       Ocarina 
4'       Traverse Flute 
4'       Silver Flute 
2'       Orchestral Piccolo 
16'      Contra Gamba 
8'       Violin 
8'II     Violin Celeste I 
8'II     Violin Celeste II 
8'       Gamba 
8'       Gamba Celeste 
4'       Gambette
16'      Double Trumpet 
8'       Harmonic Trumpet 
8'       Field Trumpet
4'       Trumpet Clarion
16'      Double Horn
8'       Posaune 
8'       Cornopean 
8'       Flugel Horn 
8'       Muted Trumpet 
8'       Krummhorn 
8'       Vox Humana 
VII      Plein Jeu 
VIII     Cymbal

SWELL-CHOIR
16'      Gross Dopple Gedeckt 
16'      Cone Gamba 
16'      Stopped Diapason 
8'       Clarabella 
8'       Dopple Spitz Flute 
4'       Zauber Flute 
8'       Gemshorn
8'       Gemshorn Celeste I 
8'       Gemshorn Celeste II 
6 1/5'   Third
5 1/3'   Fifth 
4 4/7'   Seventh 
3 5/9'   Ninth 
2 20/11' Eleventh 
16'      Contra Oboe
16'      Bass Clarinet 
16'      Vox Humana 
N/A      Marimba 
N/A      Glockenspiel

UNENCLOSED CHOIR
16'      Quintaton
8'       Diapason 
8'       Holz Flute
4'       Octave 
2'       Fifteenth 
IV       Rausch Quint 

CHOIR
16'      Double Dulciana 
8'       Diapason I
8'       Diapason II 
8'       Dulciana Celeste
4'       Dolce
16'      Melodia 
8'       Philomela 
8'       Concert Flute
8'       Unda Maris
8'       Nachthorn 
4'       Spindle Flute 
4'       Flute Overte 
2'       Flageolet
III      Flute Mixture
8'       Gemshorn 
8'       Gemshorn Celeste
8'       Viola Pomposa
8'       Viola Celeste 
8'II     Voix Celeste
4'       Fugara 
16'      Contra Tromba 
8'       Tromba Real
8'       Brass Cornet 
8'       French Horn
8'       Clarinet 
8'       Bassett Horn 
8'       Cor Anglais 
8'       Kinura 
VI       Acuta

FANFARE
16'      Major Flute 
8'       Stentor Flute
8'       Stentorphone 
8'       Pileata Magna 
4'       Flute Octaviante 
2 2/3'   Recorder Twelfth 
2'       Fife Fifteenth 
V        Cymbal 
8'       Gamba Tuba 
8'       Gamba Tuba Celeste 
4'       Gamba Clarion 
VI       Harmonic Mixture 
32'      Contra Trombone 
16'      Contra Posaune 
16'      Contra Bombardon 
8'       Harmonic Tuba
8'       Ophicleide 
10 2/3'  Tromba Quint
6 2/5'   Tromba Tierce 
4'       Major Clarion 
VI       Stentor Mixture 
8'       Stentor Diapason 
4'       Stentor Octave

ECHO
32'      Violone
16'      Gamba 
16'      Spire Flute 
8'       Diapason
8'       Spitz Flute 
8'       Flute Celeste I 
8'       Flute Celeste II 
8'       Waldhorn 
16'      Clarabella 
8'       Tibia Mollis 
8'       Flute Sylvestre 
8'       Flute Celeste 
8'       Violone Celeste 
4'       Rohr Flute 
VI       Mixture Aetheria 
16'      Bassoon
16'      Clarinet 
8'       Trumpet Minor
8'       Vox Humana I
8'       Cor d'Amour
16'      Vox Humana II 
16'      Tuba d'Amour 
N/A      Chimes 

GALLERY 1
16'      Diaphone 
VII      Mixture Mirabilis 
8'       Diapason 
4'       Octave 
8'       Tuba Maxima 
16'      Trumpet Mirabilis 

GALLERY 2
16'      Flauto Maggiore
8'       Jubal Flute
8'       Harmonic Flute
4'       Harmonic Flute 
2 2/3'   Harmonic Twelfth 
2'       Harmonic Piccolo 
N/A      Harmonic Mixture 

GALLERY 3
16'      Contra Diapason
8'       Diapason I 
8'       Diapason II 
4'       Octave 
2'       Fifteenth 
IV       Mixture 

GALLERY 4
16'      Saxophone 
8'       Major Oboe
8'       Musette Mirabilis 
8'       Cor d'Orchestre 
8'       Major Clarinet 
8'       Brass Trumpet 
8'       Euphone 
8'       Egyptian Horn 

STRING 1
16'      Contra Basso 
8'       Cello
8'II     Cello Celeste I
8'II     Cello Celeste II 
8'II     Violins I 
8'II     Violins II 
8'II     Violins III
8'II     Violins IV
8'II     Violins Secundo I 
8'II     Violins Secundo II 
4'II     Violins Secundo

STRING 2 
16'      Double Bass 
16'      Contra Bass 
16'      Contra Viol 
8'       Viola Diapason 
8'       Violin Cello 
8'       Cello Phonon 
8'       Cello 
8'II     Cello Celeste 
8'       Viola Phonon 
8'II     Viola Celeste 
8'       Violin Phonon
8'       Violin 
8'II     Viol Celeste I
8'II     Viol Celeste II 
8'II     Viol Celeste III 
8'II     Viol Celeste IV 
8'II     Viol Celeste V 
4'II     Violin
4'II     Viola 
4'       Viol Principal
V        String Mixture 
8'       Tromba d'Amour 
5 1/3'   Quint Flute 
2 2/3'   Flute Twelfth 

STRING 3
8'II     Cello Celeste I
8'II     Cello Celeste II 
8'II     Cello Celeste III 
8'II     Viol Celeste I 
8'II     Viol Celeste II 
8'II     Viol Celeste III 
8'II     Viol Celeste IV 
8'II     Viol Celeste V
8'       Cor Anglais 

PERCUSSIONS 
16',8',4'Grand Piano 
N/A      Contra Bass Brum
N/A      Bass Drum
N/A      Bass Drum
N/A      Snare Drum
N/A      Snare Drum
N/A      Snare Drum
N/A      Cymbal
N/A      Chinese Gong
N/A      Persian Cymbal
N/A      Persian Cymbal
N/A      Tambours
N/A      Castanets
N/A      Triangle
N/A      Wood Block
N/A      Tom Tom

Documents

• Specification Detail specification listing the original voice numbering system. -Paul R. Marchesano

Websites

• Midmer-Losh | Boardwalk Hall - History and Description (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)
• Historic Organ Restoration Committee, Inc. - Historic Organ Restoration Committee is the non-profit restoring the pipe organs of Historic Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall including the world’s largest pipe organ, Midmer-Losh Opus 5550 with 33,114 pipes. (Check Internet Archive, archive.is)

Other Links

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