Spreckels Organ retakes world record! Concert celebrates!
The historic 1915 Spreckels Organ in Balboa Park has regained the title of largest outdoor pipe organ in the world!
There’s a special concert going on right now in San Diego, celebrating the breaking of a world record. The Spreckels Organ in Balboa Park, after a drive to 5000 pipes, has regained the title of largest outdoor pipe organ in the world! (For several years, the Heroes’ Organ at Kufstein Fortress in Austria held the record.)
Here are some photos from about an hour before the celebration concert. Congrats to the Spreckels Organ Society for their fine achievement!
Before the celebration concert, a photographer gets ready and organ enthusiasts have a special dinner in the Spreckels Organ Pavilion.A special program! Taking the Title: The Celebration Concert for the World’s Largest Outdoor Pipe Organ. Sponsored by Point Loma Nazarene University.Friendly Spreckels Organ Society volunteer confirms that Balboa Park’s amazing outdoor organ has regained the world record with 5017 pipes!Spreckels Organ Society tent welcomes new members at the very special event.Getting the famous Spreckels Organ ready. San Diego Civic Organist Dr. Carol Williams looks on.A crowd slowly gathers. About an hour to go before the evening concert!The House of Scotland Pipe Band will take part in a grand procession into the Spreckels Organ Pavilion as the evening concert begins. They wear the official San Diego tartan!I paused to listen for a few minutes as concert organist Dr. Carol Williams and singer Diane Alexander, a soprano, practiced. It was beautiful music. Congratulations to the world-record Spreckels Organ!
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9 thoughts on “Spreckels Organ retakes world record! Concert celebrates!”
Congratulations on regaining the world’s title of largest outdoor pipe organ. It is indeed a proud moment.
There’s a free concert every Sunday at 2 o’clock, plus special concerts during the summer on Monday evenings featuring many of the world’s top organists. It’s a versatile organ that sounds amazing playing play jazz, Bach, Sousa–just about anything!
Congratulations on regaining the world’s title of largest outdoor pipe organ. It is indeed a proud moment.
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The organ sounds really good, too!
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Congratulations, that was a great Organ.
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For a hundred year old organ, it sounds great! They stream the concerts live over the web each Sunday, and lots of people around the world listen!
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Thats awesome!
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That’s some organ! –Curt
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It’s a big one! You can hear it at quite a distance!
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We saw this organ when we visited Balboa Park last fall. Unfortunately for us, there was no one there to play it when we were there.
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There’s a free concert every Sunday at 2 o’clock, plus special concerts during the summer on Monday evenings featuring many of the world’s top organists. It’s a versatile organ that sounds amazing playing play jazz, Bach, Sousa–just about anything!
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