Curtis Organ

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The Curtis Organ, named for publisher Cyrus H. K. Curtis, is one of the largest pipe organs in the world with 10,719 pipes. It was manufactured by the Austin Organ Company as its Opus 1416 in 1926 for the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Exposition. The specifications were formulated by Henry S. Fry, John McE. Ward, Rollo F. Maitland, Frederick Maxson, and S. Wesley Sears, all Philadelphia organists.[1]

Curtis acquired the instrument after the Exposition and donated it to the University of Pennsylvania, where it was incorporated into Irvine Auditorium at the time of the building's construction.

In the 1990's, the organ was connected to a customized MIDI interface, making it the world's largest MIDI-capable instrument.

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  1. ^ http://www.austinorgans.com/about-us-photogallery-content.htm Austin Organ Company webpage including the Curtis Organ

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