Construction and Layout
Construction of the organ took place between May, 1929 and December, 1932. The organ was designed by state senator Emerson L. Richards, and was built by the Midmer-Losh Organ Company of Merrick, New York. Most of the pipes were built by Midmer-Losh. Anton Gottfried made some of the reed pipes including the Brass Trumpet, Egyptian Horn, Euphone and Musette Mirabilis. The German firm Welte-Mignon provided the Bassoon with papier-mâché resonators and wooden Tuba d'Amour for the Echo division.
The organ is built around the Main Auditorium of the Boardwalk Hall. The organs divisions are divided across 8 organ chambers, as follows:
| Left Stage Pedal Left, Unenclosed Choir Swell, String I Swell-Choir |
Stage | Right Stage Pedal Right, Perc- ussion, Great, Solo Great-Solo (Flues) Great-Solo (Reeds) |
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| Left Forward Choir |
Right Forward Brass Chorus String II |
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| Left Center Gallery III (Diap's) Gallery II (Orch) |
Left Upper Fanfare String III |
The Upper chambers are located above the Center chambers | Right Upper Echo |
Right Center Gallery I (Reeds) Gallery II (Flutes) |
The current layout of the organ was Emerson Richards' third design. The first design was to house 43,000 pipes in six chambers (all mentioned above without the two Forward chambers), but the quoted cost greatly exceeded the allocated $300,000, and there just wasn't enough space to house all the pipes. The numbers of pipes was then reduced to 29,000. Later, when the Forward Chambers were also used, some stops from the original plan were reinstated, raising the numbers of pipes to the present official number of 33,114 (see also below). The contract price was $347,200.
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