Quoting robertelms <[log in to unmask]>:

> Well a chorus I can't resist. I would mention the Crystal Cathedral as one.
> You don't need me to tell you of others. Yale??

Yale's Woosley Hall organ is essentially the same size, rank-wise, as the Sydney
Opera House (Woosley=195, Opera House=198). It is also a concert hall, not a
church. For reference, I believe the Town Hall Hill is 157, still a very large
organ by anyone's standards.

> However I read in these lists every day of organs with 100+ ranks of pipes
> and another 100 of digital ranks.

Where? Provide me with an example from this list.

On paper, Crystal Cathedral seems monstrous, as does the new Schoenstein in
Salt Lake City. But take a look at the airspace each one is supposed to fill, and
suddenly they don't seem nearly as extreme as they do on paper.

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