Talk:Great Stalacpipe Organ

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I made the last round of changes today -- sorry about not signing in first. I need to figure out how to request that the name of this page be changed. From my research I feel confident that the instrument may have always been known as The Great Stalacpipe Organ and it's definitely the predominant name in use. --Markkidd 14:28, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

I have made the change. --Markkidd 14:29, 28 April 2006 (UTC)

Midmer losh organ
The worlds largest musical instrument is the Midmer Losh organ in atlantic city convention hall/ boardwalk hall. it has 33114 pipes and 1235 stops. It was designed to fill the 41000 seat hall with sound. It is recognised as the largest musical instrument by sevaral organisations. The guiness book of records also recognise`s it as the largest and loudest musical instrument in the world.Its website is at www.acchos.org — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.145.240.60 (talk) 19:35, 23 May 2007 (UTC)

When (if ever) did it stop being playable?
The article says that work on the organ in 2011 made it playable “again”, implying that it was rendered unplayable at some point, but without ever stating so (as far as I can see), which seems a pretty glaring omission. Was it out of action, and if so, from when, and for how long? Does it also mean that the creation of recordings using samples, rather than from the console, was by necessity, rather than a free choice(which is sort of how it reads at the moment)? Jock123 (talk) 14:41, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

I interviewed the staff of Luray Caverns in the mid-2000s when the organ was in good working order, and they described the upcoming project as a combination of regular maintenance (the high humidity of the cave means there are predicable issues with corrosion) along with some upgrades. I agree that the current wording is incorrect and will make a chance to that effect. MarkWKidd (talk) 23:58, 18 January 2014 (UTC)

John Shaffer, cavern historian
PBS on 6/21/2017 interviewed John Shaffer, whom they terms 'a cavern historian', and also Otto Pebworth, who has played the stalacpipe for decades. MaynardClark (talk) 22:54, 21 June 2017 (UTC)