Atlantic City Convention Hall / Boardwalk Hall
2301 Boardwalk
Atlantic City,
NJ
08401 US
Main Auditorium
Organ ID: 14488
Updated through online information from Shawn.
Updated through online information from Stephen D. Smith. -- I am the Honorary Curator of the Organs at Boardwalk Hall (formerly the Convention Hall), Atlantic City, and the author of two major books and numerous articles about the Hall's pipe organs. -- Choir and Great compass: 85 keys (CCC to c5). Swell compass: 73 keys (GGG to g4).
Updated through online information from Steven Ickes.
Updated through online information from Gui Kirsch. -- Largest Pipe organ in the world. Most stops are extended. Contains one of two 64' stops, a 64' Diaphone-Dulzian. (has Dulzian pipes in higher octaves) Has 5 stops, reeds, standing on 100". Among them is the Grand Ophicleide, the loudest in the world. Most of the organ stands on 15" of wind. The organ has 8 chambers: Right Stage, Left Stage, Right Foward, Left Foward, Right Center, Left Center, Right Upper, Left Upper *(in ceiling). -- First and Second manuals have 7 octaves starting at CCC, Third manual has about 6 octaves starting at FFF
Online update from David Kinyon -- Due to ongoing renovations and repairs to the auditorium, both organs have been rendered totally unplayable. The main organ has for all intents and purposes been mostly unplayable since the late 1970s. Complete details on these instruments are available on the ACCHOS web site.
Exterior and Interior of the Hall: Postcard from the collection of Jim Cook. Taken on 1964-01-01
Console and Reginald Foort, British Organist: Photograph by Fred Hess & Son; image located in the OHS Library and Archives and courtesy of Bynum Petty.
Main Console: Photograph by Len Levasseur. Taken on 2015-02-17
Main Console: Photograph by Len Levasseur. Taken on 2015-02-17
Moveable Console: Photograph by Len Levasseur. Taken on 2015-02-17
William Jackson Atlantic City Convention Hall Organist (1933-1941): Photograph from an archival source: williamjacksonatlanticcityorganist.com, submitted by Craig Otto. Taken approx. Before 1941
Main Console: Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2015-06-24
Left stopjamb: Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2015-06-24
Right stopjamb: Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2015-06-24
Left toe controls: Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2015-06-24
Right toe controls: Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2015-06-24
Console and right organ chamber: Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2015-06-24
Console in its housing: Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2015-06-24
Hall interior: Photograph by Gesa Graumann via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2015-06-24
Stage, front chambers and console from left balcony: Photograph by Gesa Graumann via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2015-06-24
Hall interior to rear: Photograph by Gesa Graumann via https://die-orgelseite.de. Taken on 2015-06-24
Front exterior of hall facing East: Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2015-06-24
Facing South showing beach, ocean and east front of hall: Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2015-06-24
Moveable console: Photograph by Martin Doering via https://die-orgelseite.de, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2015-06-24
Console: Photograph by Joseph Routon, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2020-11-17
Console: Photograph by Joseph Routon, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2020-11-17
Moveable console, right stopjamb: Photograph by Eric Plutz, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2019-07-03
Moveable console, right stopjamb closeup: Photograph by Eric Plutz, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2019-07-03
Moveable console, side view: Photograph by Eric Plutz, via Facebook, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken on 2019-07-03
Auditorium interior: Photograph by Sean O'Donnell, submitted by Jeff Scofield. Taken approx. November 2017
Blower room: Photograph by Bill Banks, submitted by John Roper. Taken approx. 2021
Blower room: Photograph by Bill Banks, submitted by John Roper. Taken approx. 2020-2021
Blower room: Photograph by Bill Banks, submitted by John Roper. Taken approx. 2020-2021
Blower room: Photograph by Bill Banks, submitted by John Roper. Taken approx. 2020-2021
Swell high pressure blower: Photograph by Bill Banks, submitted by John Roper. Taken approx. 2020-2021
Swell high pressure blower: Photograph by Bill Banks, submitted by John Roper. Taken approx. 2020-2021
Swell low pressure blower: Photograph by Bill Banks, submitted by John Roper. Taken approx. 2020-2021
Swell low pressure blower: Photograph by Bill Banks, submitted by John Roper. Taken approx. 2020-2021
Swell low pressure blower: Photograph by Bill Banks, submitted by John Roper. Taken approx. 2020-2021
Brass division: Photograph by Bill Banks, submitted by John Roper. Taken approx. 2020-2021
Console: Photograph from Diapason November 2020 cover photo , submitted by Johann Czyron Silvallana. Taken on 2020-11-01