Pipe Organs of Temple Square

Temple Square has had Pipe Organs almost from the beginning. Organs that currently do not exist have ended up in other organs (some which have been demolished) with about half of those old organ pipes still somewhere on Temple Square. Some of the pipes were put into storage and some were put into another organ. This page is dedicated to those pipe organs.

Salt Lake Tabernacle organ

This organ was built first by Australian native Joseph Ridges in 1867 as the building went up around him. The organ as seen here is the product of 1948 rebuilding and expansion by famed organ builder G. Donald Harrison of the Æolian-Skinner Organ Company, which by many is called Harrison's masterpiece. The organ has 206r, 130s, 11623p.

1897 photo of Salt Lake Tabernacle interior showing the original Tabernacle organ
The angels above each of the Organ's tallest towers are crafted after the Boston Music Hall organ's angels in the same location above the tallest towers.
The Tabernacle organ console has 5 manuals and pedal board
Another photo of the console which commands the gigantic organ.
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Salt Lake Assembly Hall

There are four organs that are in this building, three of which are used for practicing.

Assembly Hall Concert organ

This organ was built by Robert L. Sipe and Co. It has 3m, 65r, and 3,489p. The organ speaks in a German "accent." Click here^{[dead link]} for the specification.

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Southwest Practice Studio organ

This organ was built by the Austin Organ Company of Hartford, Connecticut. It has 3m, 12r, 727p. The console was built in 1963, while the chests and pipework were redone in 1982.

Console with pipes in background.
Console

Southeast Practice Studio organ

This organ was built by the Kenneth Coulter Organ Company of Eugene, Oregon in 1985, the Bach tricentennial year, and was designed specifically to imitate features of German Late Baroque organs. It has 3m, 7r, 410p.

Northeast Practice Studio organ

This organ was built in 1979 by the Casavant Frères organ company of Saint-Hyacinthe, Quebec. It is a mechanical action instrument and features interchangeable pedalboards, allowing for the use of either a modern concave design or the older flat European style. It has 2m, 7r, 452p.

LDS Conference Center organ

This organ was built by Schoenstein & Co. of San Fransisco, California with 5m, 130r, and 7,667 pipes.

The organ and stage in a orchestrated performance configuration
The Conference Center organ is one of the two organs now commonly used during the weekly Music and the Spoken Word broadcast, the Tabernacle organ being the other.
The organ and stage in the General Conference configuration
Console in relation to the rostrum and stand, with organ in the background, with the Conference Canter in the General Conference configuration
The Conference Center organ is now the main instrument used to accompany choirs during General Conference.
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