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The Hazel Wright Organ Located in Christ Cathedral is one of the world's largest pipe organs. It is in the Crystal Cathedral now known as Christ Cathedral in Garden Grove, California. As of 2008, it had 270 ranks and 16,061 pipes, fully playable from two 5-manual consoles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=TheatreOrgans.com )〕 Funded by a $2 million gift from Hazel Wright, a viewer of the church's ''Hour of Power'' telecast, the organ was constructed by Fratelli Ruffatti, based on specifications by Virgil Fox and expanded by Frederick Swann. It incorporates the large Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ originally built in 1962 for New York's Avery Fisher Hall, and the Ruffatti organ which had been installed in the church's previous sanctuary in 1977.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=ShepherdsGrove.org )〕 Beginning in 1982, the year of the present organ's dedication, Frederick Swann was organist and music director at the cathedral. During his 16-year tenure (1982–1998), he was widely regarded as the most visible organist in the world as people in more than 165 countries worldwide saw and heard him playing this organ on the weekly ''Hour of Power'' televised episodes. Following the Crystal Cathedral's final ''Hour of Power'' in June 2013, the organ was scheduled to be dismantled for a $2 million refurbishing, led by Fratelli Ruffatti, and then to be re-installed for the building's planned re-opening as Christ Cathedral in 2015. After three decades of use and exposure to heat, sunlight and water damage, the organ is in need of a total restoration. The organ was removed in February 2014 over the course of a week and shipped to Padua, Italy for restoration, at least for two years. ==Stoplist== The organ has the following pipe ranks:〔''E.M.Skinner/Aeolian-Skinner Opus List'', Compiled by Allen Kinzey and Sand Lawn, published: Organ Historical Society, Richmond, VA. 1st Edition, 1992, page 124.〕 | style="vertical-align:top" | | style="vertical-align:top" | | style="vertical-align:top" | |} 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Crystal Cathedral organ」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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