PinkPantherTheme - Pipe Organ Pizza - Mesa, Arizona - 1-4-09

The Mighty 1927 Wurlitzer Theater Organ at Organ Stop Pizza, in Mesa Arizona. 6000 pipes, 78 Ranks, 17 tuned percussions, and many traps. Claimed to be the largest Wurlitzer in the world, originally built for the Denver Theater. The console has 276 keys, and 798 stops and controls. I believe the organist that night was Charlie Balogh. An awesome instrument and experience.

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• Wurlitzer
• Pipe
• Organ
• Pizza
• Theater
• Pipes
• Rank
• percussion
• traps
• console

[TheBaritoneCrooner]

My comment was more directed at (manga12) who seems to be uninformed about the largest Wurlitzer's and or pipe organs in general. Radio City's organ was the largest theater organ ever built by Wurlitzer. It is 100% Wurlitzer where as OSP's mighty theater organ, while mostly Wurlitzer, still has ranks from other builders. Organ Stop is great fun and Charlie is a cut above, without peers. I have most of his CD's and confer with him regularly on FB.

[farmall1938]

@TheBaritoneCrooner OK- Cool you actually talk to the Organist ? Thats awesome ! I went there by chance- friends asked if we wanted to go out to eat....and they suggested the place... I had totally forgotten about it being in Arizona, or I would have asked about going sooner !!!! LOL FATE !

[TheBaritoneCrooner]

1. Atlantic City Convention Hall,  7 manuals/ 450+ ranks/ 33,000 pipes

( 20% plays)

2. Wanamaker/Macy Dept. Store, PA, 6 manuals/ 460+ ranks/ 28,000 pipes. (Restored)

3. San Filippo residence, Barrington, IL, 5 manuals/ 80 theater unified ranks/

(Hybrid instrument featuring many builders)

4. Organ Stop Pizza, Mesa, AZ, 4 manual/ 76 rank theater organ ( Hybrid )

5. Radio City Music Hall, N.Y.N.Y., 4 manual/ 52 rank Wurlitzer

(Largest original theater organ built by Wurlitzer)

[farmall1938]

@TheBaritoneCrooner And you posted this why ?

[farmall1938]

Don't know- That is what was on the leaflet..... I believe the largest pipe organ in the world is the Wanamaker organ in PA.

[JL85FW]

@manga12 The page is just over 1,200 because it's unified, the last time I talked to Bill who played at the Cathedral at the time I believe he said it was around 3,500. The number changes depending on who you talk to, the 2/21 at Salem UCC is 1,238 and the page is only a few pipes more despite being 4/16.

[manga12]

well I dont know I was told the cathedral organ had just 3000 pipes in it, the page in the embassy has 1500 I belive I was told.

[manga12]

its a nice set the theater organ sounds very festive but the largest size wurlitzer is in radio city music hall according to the guiness book of records but still its bigger then even the organ in our cathedral in fort wayne, and that is a fair size organ at around 5000 pipes with some 32 foots I belive.

[videodude4001]

love the pink panther