Introduction

Welcome to the ACCHOS website — an area of cyberspace devoted to the two magnificent pipe organs housed in Boardwalk Hall (formerly Convention Hall), Atlantic City, New Jersey. If you're planning a trip to the area, click here for directions to Boardwalk Hall.

In the building's 500-foot long main auditorium is the world's largest pipe organ and in its ballroom is one of the largest theatre-style organs ever built. Although the instruments are famous for the quantity of their stops, they also possess excellent tone quality, incredible workmanship, and mutually superb acoustic settings. They are therefore well deserving of a special organization dedicated to them.

The material on this site is designed to serve as an introduction to the instruments, and we hope you will find it interesting. A comprehensive study and history of the organs is being written and will be published in the near future.

The Atlantic City Convention Hall Organ Society, Inc. was formed in 1997 and exists to:

• Create a greater awareness of, and interest in, the Boardwalk Hall's Midmer-Losh and Kimball organs.
• Promote both instruments through newsletters, magazine articles, a website, and recordings, both audio and video.
• Arrange periodic organ recitals and organize meetings of ACCHOS members.
• Encourage ongoing maintenance of the instruments and seek funding for their restoration at private, local, state, federal, and international levels.

This site contains details about ACCHOS Membership and Merchandise — including a 1998 CD recording, mugs, and T-shirts. Musical selections (MP3 sound files) are provided in the Gallery. For further information, please contact us at info@acchos.org

Sincerely,

Stephen D. Smith
President