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At Long Last the Spreckels Organ Regains Its Title Among Really Big Organs

By Ken Herman | April 26, 2016 |

On Saturday (April 23) the Spreckels Organ Society’s concert with Civic Organist Carol Williams celebrated the addition of the four new ranks (i.e., rows that now allow Balboa Park’s treasured Spreckels Organ to rightfully claim the title of the world’s largest outdoor pipe organ

Centennial Organ Gala Rocks Balboa Park

By Ken Herman | January 1, 2015 |

Civic Organist Carol Williams and her cohorts at the Spreckels Organ Society made Wednesday’s (Dec. 31) Spreckels Organ Centennial Concert a gala party, a fast-paced variety show that included whimsy, humor, flashy new compositions, brass, bagpipes, a 150-voice chorus, and a partridge in a pear tree . . .