Aloha from Hawaii!  I was thrilled to see Glenn Thomas' posting on
the Lincoln Park band organ.  I was born in November 1948, and my
grandmother and grandfather lived in Los Angeles less than a mile
from Lincoln Park, in what was my father's childhood home.  I'm
sure that my love of band organs was greatly influenced by pre-
and post-natal exposure to the sounds of this wonderful organ!

I couldn't count the hours I spent at the park as a child, always
thrilled with the music.  I always wondered what happened to the
organ, as it wasn't mentioned in news articles that I read when the
carrousel was destroyed by arson.  I'm looking forward to hearing it
again, especially one of my favorite selections, "Midnight Fire Alarm".
I used to have a 78 RPM recording of that, one of a few of the last
available for purchase there that have since been lost.

Keep us posted on the restoration!

Aloha pumehana,
Evan Mower
Hilo, Hawaii

 [ Bruce Pier wrote in 031108 MMDigest: "In the 1960s Don Rand and Ed
 [ Openshaw began working for the Davises.  About the same time, the
 [ Lincoln Park [carousel] was all but destroyed by a fire that was
 [ attributed to arson.  The [Lincoln Park] 165 organ happened to be
 [ in the organ shop being rebuilt when this occurred, along with one
 [ of the [North Tonawanda] 188s."  -- Robbie