Organ Stop Pizza

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Organ Stop Pizza is a restaurant located in Mesa, Arizona. Its primary attraction is as the home of the what it claims is the largest Wurlitzer pipe organ in the world <ref>Organ Stop Pizza Organ, Mesa, AZ. Retrieved on July 19, 2006.</ref>, although larger Wurlitzer pipe organs exist<ref>American Theatre Organ Society. Retrieved on October 10, 2006.</ref>. Powered by three turbine blowers (with a fourth as a standby) it has more than 5,500 pipes. The original organ was built for the Denver Theater and was installed in 1927. It saw service there until the 1930s. Rebuilt in 1975, including pieces from other Wurlitzers, it eventually ended up as a 78 rank organ.