Guys,

I am rebuilding the original Gentry Twin Calliope in Peru, Indiana.
It came off the Gentry Bros. Circus.  I intend to have it playing at
the 1999 Circus City Festival in July.  You can see our web site at

        http://www.perucircus.com/

This is a classic steamer and we'll have at least two more in our
parade and playing in concert afterwards.  I would say we have more
steamers than anywhere else in the world on a given day. Send me e-mail
about calliopes you know about and I'll share what I know.

Jason Hahn

 [ Jason,  Its great to see the Internet Search Engines are doing
 [ their job!  I'm glad you found us.
 [
 [ There are pictures of two steam calliopes on the MMD Website on
 [ the "Pictures" page.  The Getz's calliope, built in 1962:
 [
 [     http://mmd.foxtail.com/Pictures/getz_calliope.html
 [
 [ (which is for sale at this time) and a picture of Arthur Davis'
 [ (Davis Calliope Works) personal calliope photographed by myself
 [ in 1983 near Seattle:
 [
 [    http://mmd.foxtail.com/Pictures/davis01.html
 [    http://mmd.foxtail.com/Pictures/davis02.html
 [ 
 [ Additional information can be found in the MMD Archives using
 [ the search keywords "calliope", "calliopes", and "Tangley":
 [
 [    http://mmd.foxtail.com/archives/KWIC/C/calliope.html
 [    http://mmd.foxtail.com/archives/KWIC/C/calliopes.html
 [    http://mmd.foxtail.com/archives/KWIC/T/tangley.html
 [
 [ I'm very much hoping that subscriber Don Elbers will write to
 [ us about the steam calliopes on the New Orleans based steamboats.
 [
 [ I will invite Jason to become a subscriber.  In the meantime,
 [ please respond both directly to Jason and to the MMD.
 [ Thanks  -- Jody