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Originally Posted by NN5I
I've always liked that one too. Here are a couple more Hallelejah Chorus flashmobs. You can tell I collect these things.
with the world's largest pipe organ (the Wanamaker organ)
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WoW! That Wanamaker organ in Macy's, and the flash-mob, is unbelievable! What a great Random Act of Culture, indeed! Thank you Carl. That just went into the keeper-bin!
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Originally Posted by Radio
Yeah I put the Wanamaker/Macy's video up on facebook every Christmas.
I'm glad the Wanamaker's are wealthy. I'd hate to be poor with a handle like that. And the organ has an interesting history as well.
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You're right, Radio!
I just Wiki'ed up the Wanamaker organ. Amazing machine. Slowly built up over decades. Many famous "long-hairs" have written music pieces specifically for it, or arrangements specifically for it. When you see names like Leopold Stokowski being impressed enough to write a special orchestra / organ transcription of a Bach piece for the Wanamaker and "his" orchestra, ya' just gotta know that this is something very special indeed. Thank goodness it has been preserved through its various owners for about 100 years and has a "Friends" society to watch over its upkeep.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wanamaker_Organ
I don't think "impressive" is a big enough word to describe it. It is almost like they built the store around the organ... Then they kept adding to it!