The original Salt Lake Tabernacle organ was built by Joseph H. Ridges as the Tabernacle neared completion in 1867. As much as possible, Ridges used native materials in the organ, including pine for the large 32-foot pipes that form the organ's largest towers and its lowest notes. The organ originally contained some 700 pipes was was rebuilt and enlarged several times, most recently in 1948 by the Aeolian-Skinner Organ Company. The five-manual console now controls 206 ranks, totaling 11,623 pipes.