2 GiB file limit and pipes

[E. Wiliam Horne]

Thanks for reading this: I've another question about the 2 GiB file size
limit in ext2.

I'm copying files from one ("old") disk to a new volume, and I'd like to
use TAR to do it, but I've run into the 2 GiB file limit.

Jerry Feldman showed me a method to use TAR with a pipe (thanks,
Jerry!), and I need to know if it would be subject to the same limit.

In other words, if I do 

tar cf - <old_volume_root> | tar xf - <new_volume_root>, would that
avoid the 2 GiB barrier?

TIA.

Bill Horne