The Wanamaker Grand Court Organ in Philadelphia is the world's largest working instrument, and "CBS Saturday Morning" gets a special look at what keeps it going.
The Wanamaker Grand Court Organ in Philadelphia isn’t just big — it’s cathedral-level, jaw-dropping colossal. Housed in the soaring Grand Court of the former John Wanamaker department store (now Macy’s Center City), it is the world’s largest fully functioning pipe organ, boasting over 28,000 pipes, six manuals, and a sound powerful enough to rattle your soul and polish the marble floors at the same time. Built to inspire awe rather than whisper politely, the organ remains a living, breathing instrument, still played regularly — proof that grandeur, when maintained with love and obsession, never goes out of style.
