Salt Lake Tabernacle organ

See also: Pipe Organs of Temple Square

The Salt Lake Tabernacle organ is one of the accompanying organs of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, and is commonly featured in the Music and the Spoken Word broadcast.

Original organ case

Original built in 1870, the images of this section display the works of organ builders who have worked on the organ before 1915, before the case was enlarged.

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  Photo of Salt Lake Tabernacle interior taken by H. S. Poley in 1897.

Current organ case

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  Picture taken during a organ recital. These recitals are held daily in either the Tabernacle or Conference Center.
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  The angels above each of the Organ's tallest towers are crafted after the Boston Music Hall's Organ's angels in the same location above the tallest towers.
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  Taken in 2004 before the remodel of the Tabernacle, the balcony of the Tabernacle was built as a solution to acoustical problems.
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Inside the organ

This instruments contains 11,623 individual pipes, this section showcases some of those.

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  32' Contre Bombarde, in the Pedal division
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  Open Diapason
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  16' Flute

Mormon Tabernacle Choir

The Tabernacle organ is a significant part of the Tabernacle Choir's sound.

Organ console

Commanding any organ is its console, the Tabernacle organ is commanded by a large 5 manual organ.

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  The Tabernacle organ has 5 manuals and pedal board
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  Æolian-Skinner Organ Company Logo. Installed on the Tabernacle organ console in 1947, when the organ was rebuilt by famed organ builder G. Donald Harrison.
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  This huge organ console commands the 206r, 130s, 11623p organ.

Organists at the Tabernacle

Fourteen organists have been in charge of this famed instrument. Their duties are to accompany the Mormon Tabernacle Choir on its weekly broadcast of Music and the Spoken Word, give organ recitals (which is now daily on Temple Square), and provide organ accompaniment during the semi-annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon Church).

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  Alexander Schreiner, this poster hangs in the back of the organ case
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  Frank Asper, former organist at the Salt Lake Tabernacle
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  Richard Elliott, Principal Organist at the Salt Lake Tabernacle
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  Clay Christiansen, Organist at the Salt Lake Tabernacle
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  Andrew Unsworth, Organist at the Salt Lake Tabernacle
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  Bonne Goodliffe, Temple Square Organist
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  Linda Margetts, Temple Square Organist