Talk:Wanamaker Organ

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	Wanamaker Organ was one of the Arts good articles, but it has been removed from the list. There are suggestions below for improving the article to meet the good article criteria. Once these issues have been addressed, the article can be renominated. Editors may also seek a reassessment of the decision if they believe there was a mistake.
Article milestones Date Process Result September 4, 2006 Featured article candidate Not promoted November 4, 2006 Good article nominee Listed June 18, 2007 Good article reassessment Delisted Current Status: Delisted good article

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Contents 1 Electrical demands 2 Pipes and Ranks 3 the midmer losh 4 Good Article Review

[edit] Electrical demands

This is only among my recollections from a tour. But if correct, it would be interesting to include in the article: The organ is usually kept powered on 24/7, mainly because starting it up consumes so much electrical power. The on-off switch operates a relay that starts the several blowers one at a time over a period of at least 30 seconds. Even so, the process strains the electrical grid of downdown Philadelphia to the extent that the store must notify the power company in advance or risk a fine.

• I think someone is pulling your leg. JGHowes 12:16, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pipes and Ranks

I am actively involved in the maintenance and restoration of the Wanamaker Organ and have direct first hand knowledge of and experience with the instrument. We are currently in the process of manually recounting all ranks and pipes; this process is about 85% completed. Until we are finished the recount, the "official" count that we use is 28,482 pipes in 461 ranks.

This will probably go up once the recount is finished (a rank of Vox Humanas was recently added to the Orchestral). Additionally, the stoplist on the website needs to be updated because it includes duplicates on the Stentor manual designed to allow some voices to be coupled separately from their resident division. The actual Stentor division was never built.

My father, Ray Biswanger, could probably verify this, as he is also very involved with the organ. I don't actually know who you are (presumably not my dad), but I can run this info by him as well. AdamBiswanger1 19:17, 6 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] the midmer losh

The organ in convention hall/ boardwalk hall in atlantic city was fully working, but during the years it has deteriorated. THe good thing about this is that the organ is completely original in every way. as said about the wanamaker using so much power, i wouldnt agree, this however is true for the Midmer Losh. The power of its blowers are over 600hp.

[edit] Good Article Review

This article is currently at Good Article Review. LuciferMorgan 16:47, 20 May 2007 (UTC)

The result was 4-2 for this article to be delisted. Suggestions for changes to improve the article can be found here. Once the article has been brought up to standards, it is recommended that it be renominated for GA. If you do not agree with this decision, you can request a review at WP:GA/R.

Regards, LaraLove^T/_C 17:45, 18 June 2007 (UTC)