•-- No Joy at Joyland Park -- Joyland Amusement Park in Wichita, Kansas, has a Wurlitzer Mammoth band organ. I have enjoyed it for years but they didn't use it for a couple years. Now the park is closed until next spring -- no more good music this year. The park was sold in May 2003 and the new oper...

•Stanley and Margaret Nelson, the couple who owned and operated Joyland for nearly 30 years, sold the park in May 2003 to David Rohr, a former general manager of the park. But payments on the mortgage held by the Nelsons were not received and so on February 11, 2004, the Nelsons filed an action to f...

•Joyland Park, in Wichita, Kansas, is to be sold at a Sheriff's auction at 10 A.M. December 15th. Hopefully someone will buy the park that can afford to fix it up and then be able to keep it open. Then maybe we can enjoy the Wurlitzer Mammoth organ again. The park has been closed much of this season...

•Joyland Park, Wichita, Kan., hasn't opened yet this year. It usually opens about on the Easter holiday. There hasn't been any word as to when, or if, they will open this year. Most people probably won't miss Joyland, since a new park has just opened. A western-themed park is to open in the near fut...

•It would take deep pockets to bring Joyland Park back. We drove around there recently, and saw that extensive repair and upgrading would be necessary. Plus the land is now likely to be more valuable for housing development. The two new parks are the final straw, as Wichita can't support three parks...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to send and MMD -- This message is for Damian K. Mayes, regarding the old Wurlitzer band organ that used to be (still is?) at Joyland Amusement Park in Wichita, Kan. In a 2000.12.13 MMD message, you mentioned that the organ was all disassembled, and that it may be he...

•Joyland Park is for sale on eBay! Who would have thought? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=3D15825&item=3D43 8=7711556&rd=3D1&ssPageName=3DWDVW If you have a lot of money to spare ($1,650,000 to be exact), you could own the park and its Wurlitzer Mammoth organ. Probably someon...

•Wichita's Joyland Park is [still] being auctioned on eBay. "Buy it now" for $1,650,000 (shipping not included): http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=15825&item=4387711556&rd=1 Their account of having the "World's only working Wurlitzer Band Organ" is overstated, in reference to th...

•Joyland park in Wichita, Kansas, has been sold. The people who bought the park hope to do some renovation and possibly reopen the park next Spring. This is great news, it means we won't lose that great Wurlitzer Mammoth Band Organ and we can enjoy it's music again. I would hate to see the organ go ...

•Joyland Park reopened today after a couple years of being closed and for sale. Some of the rides aren't open yet, they will be open in June. If the park makes money and is a success they may add new rides, but if the park doesn't make money they plan to tear it down and build apartments on the site...

•Hello all, I thought I would write and let everyone know that the Wurlitzer band organ located at Joyland Park in Wichita, Kansas, has a new owner. Stan Nelson, owner of the amusement park since the 1970s, passed away a month ago. His family came to me and asked if I would like to purchase the orga...

•As I mentioned in another note posted to today's MMD, I was on the phone to Durrell Armstrong, at his Player Piano Company in Wichita, Kansas. While I had Durrell's ear I asked him about the band organ at Joyland Park in Wichita -- whether it was still there and operating, and whether it did, as I ...

•Matthew Caulfield asked about the band organ at Joyland Park in Wichita. Their address and phone are: Joyland Amusement Park 2801 S. Hillside Wichita, KS 67216 (316) 684-0179 Maybe if they're inundated with letters and phone calls, you'll see some action. Joyce Brite brite@ksu.edu http://www-person...

•-- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD -- I just found your site and have been reading the Archives and found mention of Joyland Park in Wichita, Kansas. Someone asked for more information back in 1997 about our Wurlitzer organ and who is maintaining it at this point in time. My name ...

•I just read Damian Mayes' posting to the 03-12-00 MMD about Joyland Louie, of which he is the proud caretaker. The last issue of the Carousel Organ Association of America's publication, "Carousel Organ," contained an article I wrote about Joyland Louie, based on information received from Nancy Stra...

•Well, it appears that the end might be near for the Wurlitzer organ at Joyland park in Wichita, Kansas. David Rohr, the new owner, is short on finances and won't approve the winter projects that Damian Mayes has proposed. Each year the organ is completely torn down and stored in another building so...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- The organ was reassembled in 2002 and was playing from June through the end of the season. Former organ repairman Gordon Ramsey is currently responsible for maintenance. Many small repairs are still needed, but the organ will continue to delight ...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- Joyland Park in Wichita, Kansas, is normally open from one or two weeks before Easter to the end of September. During the weeks that public school is in session, they are open on Friday evening and Saturday and Sunday from 2 PM to 10 PM. They boo...

•Thank you to Bill Black for the nice photo and web page of Joyland Louie. I have another photo posted at my web site that I took a couple years ago. It's more close-up and you can see the expression on Louie's face in the mirror: http://mmd.foxtail.com/Exchange/louie3.jpg Cheers, Joyce Brite Player...

•[ D. L. Bullock wrote: > I really don't get this one. I am told it is Joyland Louie, > an institution in Wichita: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YwXTQHcuuA This is about the scariest thing I have ever seen on a computer screen! I've gotta find somewhere to use it. From the Wikipedia entry 'Joyla...