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Wurlitzer 155 CD "Music for Carousel Lovers"
By John Merchant

I should note that tune 3 on the CD, "The Waltz of the Zebras,"
was identified as "Smarty" on YouTube by Andrew Park (wurlitzer165).
I only passed it on to the rest of the community via the MMD.

John Merchant

 [ Tune 11, "The Royal Lion's March", reminds me of "Lights Out!"
 [ by E. E. McCoy, 1906.  Maybe they're related.
 [
 [ Art Reblitz pointed out to me why the rather unique scale of the
 [ Wurlitzer 155 "Monster" is so well suited to perform Sousa's
 [ "The Stars and Stripes Forever" (tune 7): (1) The brass trombone
 [ and brass trumpet divisions taken together make a rank of brass
 [ reed pipes which can play all the notes of Sousa's countermelody,
 [ and (2) the piccolo division is 1-1/2 octaves span, completely
 [ chromatic, separate from the melody division.  Hear it at
 [ http://www.kitcarsoncountycarousel.com/07.mp3   -- Robbie


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