Talk:Boardwalk Hall Auditorium Organ

Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ references

Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ Society is used in a lot of the references. That site (www.acchos.org) is now an ecig site. According to the Wayback Machine, the last update as the Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ Society was Feb 7 2012. After that there is a large gap and the next Wayback entry is in March of 2014 and at that time it's the ecig site. I've done some searching but haven't found where the Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ site is currently. I did find Boardwalk Pipes that seems indicates things were done to improve the organ in 2013 and possibly 2014 as well. It doesn't cite where it gets the info from. TakingUpSpace (talk) 14:18, 11 August 2014 (UTC)

The erstwhile A.C.C.H.O.S. filed for dissolution along with its 2011 EO 990 (filed 2012/12) tax filing. As of the date of this writing, several sources cite the "boardwalkpipes" site in its stead. All of the www.acchos.com.org links default to the e-cigarette home page. Rt3368 (talk) 01:56, 14 November 2014 (UTC)

During 2012–2015, BoardwalkPipes.com was a personal website of Stephen D. Smith, president of the former ACCHOS. He re-posted much of his 1998–2012 ACCHOS.org material, and in late 2014 he posted the 2010 edition of his book, Atlantic City's Musical Masterpiece, which remains the principal source about the instrument's history. Since 2015, BoardwalkOrgans.org has been the official website of the Historic Organ Restoration Committee that oversees the instrument. As of 2024, these three websites (or their archived copies) provide most of the references for this Wikipedia article. —173.56.111.206 (talk) 21:22, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

More pictures

https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=Convention%20Hall%20Organ%20Society%20Tour ~Kvng (talk) 02:27, 31 August 2015 (UTC)

https://web.archive.org/web/20121114175300/http://www.flickr.com/photos/rossmcneillie/sets/72157602455998626/ —173.56.111.206 (talk) 21:31, 19 November 2024 (UTC)

Rewrite needed 2016; clarify obscure jargon

My deep thanks to whomever person(s) who wrote this article. My request is that you re-write certain sections which are quite difficult to understand by a non-specialist in thie field. For example the article says:

Also, some divisions are playable on two manuals. For example, the Choir-Swell division is usually played from the Choir manual, but it has been duplexed stop key for stop key to the Swell manual, so that all the stops can also be played from there as the Swell-Choir, no matter what stops are drawn on the Choir manual. The same is true for the Great-Solo, which is usually played from the Great manual, but can also be played as the Solo-Great from the Solo manual.[8]

Although the four Gallery divisions can be played from any manual, their "home" is the Bombard manual. Not only are they the only divisions playable from it, but its keyslip contains the pistons for the Gallery organ.[9]

Twas Brillig & the slithy toves did gyre & gimbol in the wabe. (PeacePeace (talk) 19:30, 4 September 2016 (UTC))

Belated thanks – you make a fair point. I just revised these paragraphs to be more understandable for typical organists. It's probably not realistic to make every sentence of this article 100% understandable to non-organists. —173.56.111.206 (talk) 16:55, 20 November 2024 (UTC)

The world's 3rd 64': Real Untersatz 64'

In 2022, real stopped 64' pipes were built by Skrabl for their organ in St. Moritz, (Olomouc, Switzerland): https://skrabl.com/untersatz-64/ These pipes are stopped but neither digital nor resultant, and they produce 64' fundamental, as a bourdon, subbass, or quintaton of that pitch might. This is a cool triumph for the organ world!!! Could we modify the article to say one of 3-full compass 64s instead of one of 2 full-compass 64s? 128.187.116.11 (talk) 06:14, 27 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks, but this article cites Boardwalk Hall and Sydney Town Hall for the distinction of an "open" pipe that's approximately 64' long. The Swiss organ produces the same pitch with a "stopped" 32' pipe, which is certainly impressive but only half the length of a 64' pipe. —173.56.111.206 (talk) 00:57, 19 November 2024 (UTC)