17 - Organ At the front of the choir loft is the organ console, custom made exclusively for the basilica. The organ contains over 3,330 pipes ranging in size from thirty two feet to the size of a small pencil. On both sides of the choir two large balconied openings provide the setting in which the exposed pipework is displayed. The organ's pipes rise up in perfect symmetry, small and thinner at the outside rising to a peak with the taller and broader pipes at the center.
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