Symphonic organ

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The symphonic organ is a style of pipe organ which flourished during the first third of the twentieth century in town halls and other secular public venues (particularly in the United States and the UK). It is a variation of the classical pipe organ intended for the performance of orchestral transcriptions, which are serious orchestral classical musical works scored for pipe organ. The concert organ has seen a revival in the US, Europe and Japan in the latter part of the 20th and 21st century.

Ernest M. Skinner was a well-known American builder of symphonic organs. British builders included Henry Willis & Sons. The most extreme example is probably the [Wanamaker Organ], installed in 1911 after having been exhibited as the largest organ in the world at the St. Louis World's Fair with six manuals, ten divisions, over 400 stops, and over 25,000 pipes, all powered by 36 regulators and fans totalling 168hp.

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