I think I would like to build a calliope as a hobby project. I'm looking for plans to build one from scratch. Being such a neophyte, I'm not sure what I'm looking for. Any help out there would be appreciated. Contact me at email: sheehan@mlode.com ¶¶ or my snail mail address: Bill Sheehan 16145 Big ...

Monty Carroll's machine is not a calliope, it's a copy of a German band organ, much more complicated than a calliope. (Sorry, Bea.) A calliope has only one set of pipes, usually 43 or 44 in number, and is fully chromatic. Most band organs are not chromatic. A number of MBSI and AMICA members have bu...

Bea Robertson has pointed out to me that Monty Carroll did in fact build a calliope before the band organ. When I visited him I must have been blinded by the beauty of the band organ. He does great work. Fritz

For several years I operated and maintained 43-key and 52-key air calliopes, made by Tangley and National. The ubiquitous Rootes blower had poor oil seals, and so SAE-30 lube oil was sucked into the air supply and combined with ambient dust. I always had with me a short piece of brass shim stock to ...

•I just noticed an LP listed on eBay which featured, among other instruments, a "Coliape". Now, I wonder, is that is pronounced "collie-a-pee' or "collie-ape"? ;-) Todd Augsburger - Roller Organs (Central Ohio) http://www.rollerorgans.com/

Until I went to the band organ rally in Flint last month, I'd only ever seen one calliope. I saw it in Issaquah Washington (near Seattle) in late summer of 1983. I was visiting a park there that had a steam locomotive on display and was attracted to the sound of the calliope playing elsewhere in the...

I'm starting my project to build a Calliope, and am in the info needed mode at present. I need info on sources for vacuum actuated air valves, 42 to 44 key keyboards, and player mechanisms. I've talked with a company in Ceres, Ca. that uses "O" type players. Could I get some enlightment on the vario...

•Dave Miner, who manufactures the Tangley Calliope in Donnellson, Iowa, also produces recut "A" nickelodeon rolls and would be a good source for X-mas music. His number is 319-837-6486. I play his X-mas music on my calliope and it sounds great. Ron Bopp

•Dennis Womack asked about Christmas on A-roll for calliope. I know of three: Clark Roll No. A-514, Christmas Carols J.L.C. Roll No. A-1257, Around The Christmas Tree Siou's Music Co. A-1503, Yule Log Crackles The first two were Ed Freyer re-cuts, so they might be available from Dave Miner. I think ...

•Actually, Don Rand cut three Christmas rolls: two A-rolls and one G-roll. I loaned him one of them. I just found the fourth unknown Christmas roll in a batch of 50 old rolls I just bought. It is Clark number 513, and is companion to Clark 514, another Christmas roll. It now appears that Clark made ...

•Don Teach said: > I just found the fourth unknown Christmas roll. It is Clark number > 513, and is companion to Clark 514, another Christmas roll. It now > appears that Clark made three Christmas A- rolls. I wonder if A-513 is what Ray Siou recut as A-1503 "Yule Log Crackles"? The label gives no in...

•Calliope (Kalliope) is one of the muses (nine is their number in the later Greek classical period), daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne (Memory, one of the Titans). She is the muse of epic poetry. The proper Greek pronunciation of her name is Ka-lie-o-pee; the pronunciation Kalli-ope is peculialry Amer...

•I just couldn't resist mentioning one of the Muses up at the Getty Museum in Malibu, CA. The building consists of accurate copies of the very best of ancient Roman buildings. In a room with a wall made of big translucent marble panels for light, stands Polyhymnia. She is a young woman leaning again...

•The Circus/Carny use of the Cally-ope pronunciation probably came into use after the Air-Callio became such a popular carnival fixture. Not certain, just a deduction from some comments that I heard years ago, right after WW2 when I worked my way through high school working the fairs around southern...

•--- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD --- From: rms878@yahoo.com (Bob Stanoszek) To: rollreq@foxtail.com Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 08:12:36 -0800 Subject: Phone number change for Calliope & Wurlitzer Plans Dear Sir: I have written the Calliope & Wurlitzer building plans. My phone numbe...

•I looked at the Calliope in question on your Website. It looks suspiciously like Arthur Davis' personal unit that he sold to Opryland USA, Inc. for the M/V General Jackson Showboat in 1984. If it is, in fact, that one, it has been relegated to the visual status only, and does not play anymore. The ...

•I have located a calliope which operates on air instead of steam. I used to play this calliope in parades here in South Louisiana for a bread company which owned it. It was a great hit since I played only Cajun music during the parade. This calliope is to be placed in a local museum. I would like t...

•Hello, To those fellows looking for a blower, you might also keep an eye out for junkyards that specialize in older semi trucks. The hot-rodding crowd obtained the units from old GMC semi trucks. The 6-71 and 4-71 models were used extensively for drag racing in the 1950's and 60's. When the vanes w...

•It is not always necessary to have a generator to run a turbine type blower. I often run my Cozatt Calliope with a small Briggs and Stratton engine. While I mostly use the electric motor, it takes only a moment to slip the drive belt off the electric motor and onto the gasoline engine. Another band...

•Hi. Just wondering if you had heard of a place in Oregon called Alpenrose Dairy. I had the pleasure of hearing a steam calliope that they had restored which was out for a visit to a town nearby. I understand that they have a museum which features many mechanical musical items. Address is: 6149 SW S...