Robbie, this web-site is worth a visit.  It has lots of info: fairs,
carousels, galopers, organs, recordings (downloadable samples), and so
on.  It's one of my favourite sites!

    http://www.carousel.org

Jan Kijlstra

 [ Editors note:
 [
 [ It seems that most of the _categories_ of mechanical musical instru-
 [ ments developed to meet a need in a commercial ("money making")
 [ activity: atmosphere at a street festival, entertainment in a
 [ restaurant, music in the dance hall, ballyhoo at the annual fair, and
 [ -- probably the most beloved and glorious of all uses -- to accompany
 [ the horses of the Merry-Go-Round!
 [
 [ The carousel simply isn't complete if it doesn't have an organ
 [ playing.  When people first hear the jolly sound of the fair- or
 [ band-organ, it's no surprise that they say, "There must be a carousel
 [ nearby!"  We hope that the sound comes from a _real_ organ!
 [
 [ Robbie Rhodes