Hello, I went on a trip to Hersheypark with my good friend, Tom
Iannucci, where I met up with a group of my friends there and we saw
the Hersheypark carousel and band organ.

The carousel was buit by the Philadelphia Toboggan Company [PTC] in
1919 and is identified as PTC 47. The carousel was originally located
within the middle of the park but was moved to a newly built pavilion
by the front in 2020. The original location is now a pavilion for
people to sit down and eat.

Their Wurlitzer Style 153 band organ is what provides the carousels
music. It sounds a bit flat and very much needs a tune-up but it still
sounds good for what it is.

I took an on-ride recording of the organ playing. I originally wanted
to get an off-ride POV [point of view] video of the carousel and the
band organ, but I did not feel comfortable doing so because there were
a lot of people on it.

Here is my video of the on-ride POV of PTC 47 and its Wurlitzer 153
playing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nu9Jj2Lfuys&t=16s
 

Cassidy Juraniec
New Jersey

Attachments:

[ Hersheypark PTC 47 Carousel
[ https://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/26/06/29/260629_094740_thumbnail-13.jpg
 
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[ Hersheypark Wurlitzer 153
[ https://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/26/06/29/260629_094740_thumbnail-14.jpg
 
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[ The Original Hersheypark Carousel Location
[ https://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/26/06/29/260629_094740_thumbnail-15.jpg