The Wanamaker at Macy's

January 4, 2008

Macy”s in Philadelphia is in the former John Wanamaker store, a National Historic Landmark. Housed within is the Wanamaker Organ, the largest operational pipe organ in the world. Famed for the delicate, orchestra-like beauty of its tone as well as for its power, the instrument is valued in excess of $50 million. The Grand Organ was first heard in the store”s seven-story atrium on June 22, 1911, at the exact moment when England”s King George V was crowned. A tourist captured this recent performance on video: