 The organ was built in 1927, stood nearly two stories tall, and could play not just organ sounds, but strings, flutes, tubas, steamboats, and bird whistles. It also contained real xylophones, cymbals, and drums. The organ was sold at auction in the 1960s, then stored in thousands of pieces for four decades. Professional organist Stephen Ball has donated it to the Rochester Institute of Technology, which has finished about two-thirds of the organ's restoration.