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Ocean View Park (Norfolk, Va.) Organ Identified
By Will Eley

In the 2004.06.19 Digest, Barbara Williams wrote:

"Searching for the make and present whereabouts of the carousel band
organ from Ocean View Amusement Park, Ocean View, Virginia.  The
carousel was with Philadelphia Toboggan Company #48.  The park closed
in the 1980s and the carousel was sold off in parts."

After a long search through the wonderful database of Wurlitzer Band
Organ Ledgers compiled by Mike Schoeppner, Jack Conway, and Matthew
Caulfield, I finally tracked it down.  Shipped in January of 1925 as a
Wurlitzer model 146 band organ (golden oak case), this instrument
presumably remained with the carousel until the tragic fire of 1958,
which completely destroyed the carousel (PTC#48) and significantly
damaged the nearby roller coaster.

Will Eley, Carousel Operator
Buckroe Beach PTC #50

  [ The Band Organ Ledger database of which Will speaks is one of the
  [ many registries and rollographies posted on the Mechanical Music
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