I have enjoyed very much the recent discussions of the various types of
band organs.  When I lived in Berkeley, CA I would regularly make a
Sunday pilgrimage up to Tilden Park to watch the merry-go-round and
listen to the organ.  There are two in the pavilion.  The smaller one
(runs on Saturdays) is in the middle of the carousel and is, I believe,
a North Tonawanda unit.  The larger one is outside the carousel.  The
facade is about 14 ft wide and eight ft high.  The pipes are contained
in a shuttered swell chamber, with percussion on top.  All of the pipes
are wooden.  It runs off of a double-roll tracker bar frame, appears as
though O-rolls are used, although this installation does not look
original.  It sounds great (when it is in tune, not easy in that humid
climate).  Does anyone know what this is?  I asked the folks that
worked there from time to time and the only authoritative replies (in
that the words sounded right) were that it was a "B & B" from Brooklyn
or a Gavioli or a Gavioli reworked by B & B or some combination of
those alternatives.

                                A. B. Bonds