georgehifi Posted February 12, 2024 Posted February 12, 2024 (edited) Going there in July with the misses, booked tickets to listen to Saint Saens Organ Symphony This in 1969 cost ($1.2m) massive organ. It rarely gets played, as it has over 10,000 pipes it's said. Which have to be tuned by a team before it's used. Check out the pics and the many pipes and control keys/stops https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney_Opera_House_Grand_Organ#/media/File:Grand_organ.jpg WIKI: The Sydney Opera House Grand Organ is the world's largest mechanical tracker-action pipe organ.[1][2] It is located in the concert hall of Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, and was designed by Ronald Sharp, who was assisted by Mark Fisher, Myk Fairhurst and Raymond Bridge.[1][3] It is in six divisions, five manuals plus pedals, and is the largest tracker action organ ever built, with 131 speaking stops served by 200 ranks of pipes consisting of 10,244[3] pipes. It is a neo-baroque organ in style. Cheers George Edited February 12, 2024 by georgehifi 1
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