•How do you tune a calliope? Meta Brown

•In a message dated 10/15/98 2:56:45 AM Pacific Daylight Time, rolls@foxtail.com writes: > Subject: Steam Calliope Tuning > > How do you tune a calliope? > > Meta Brown > Greetings, In December of 1979 I had the opportunity to prepare a 20 whistle steam calliope to play in the Jan. 1, 1980 Tournamen...

•I am sorry to hear that the instrument on the Mississippi Queen was "starving for Steam" As I think was mentioned in a previous posting, the MQ is normally tuned at a nominal pressure not to exceed 15 PSIG. A pressure of 9 PSIG is too low as the writer has stated. Who ever it was who informed the g...

•I am beginning the total restoration of my 43-note Tangley calliope. I have never worked on one of these before. It all new to me and I have a number of questions that I hope some of you can help me with: 1. This model has the individual combined valve/pneumatic units. The valve cover is metal (pro...

•Wanting to build a calliope. Where can I find a set of suitable wooden or metal pipes? This is an air powered calliope, not steam. Also where can I get catalogs for pneumatic and/or MIDI parts? Are there any books out there that describe how these things (calliopes and or band organs) are put toget...

•Am building an air calliope similar to the Tangley. I have specs for building wooden pipes but if I good find 44 wooden pipes (starting at F) it would save a lot of time. If anybody has this partial rank of pipes please e-mail me with price and your location. Thanks Dick Day Marshall MI 616 781-329...

•I have an unrestored Aeolian Grand Player Reed Organ to sell. Beautiful burl walnut case was refinished about 15 years ago. Restoration was begun by a previous owner. All parts are with it. $2,250. Also have completely restored Tangley CA-43. $16,000. Gary Bagley

•I'm a member of the Florida Live Steamers, which is primarily railroad oriented but also contains people interested in traction engines and stationary engines. For a couple of years, I have been gathering up what little information I could find on building a 32-whistle calliope to take to our state...

•I recently posted a request for information regarding gears for the rollframe of my Tangley Calliope, which I am currently restoring. I received several gear source suggestions, which I thank you for. I turns out that some of the potmetal gears are in such bad condition that they cannot reliably be...

•In a message dated 9/24/1999 3:20:47 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Bruce Miller writes: > I recently posted a request for information regarding gears for the > rollframe of my Tangley Calliope, which I am currently restoring. > ...I am beginning to think that it might be easier to purchase a > complete...

•Here in Michigan it is almost impossible to legally operate a steam calliope due to state safety regulations regarding the use of steam devices. It was so bad here, as in some other states as well, that the railroads were having a devil of a time meeting state regulations although the federal gover...

•The new Miner version of the Tangley Calliope is very nice. It differs from the original in several ways. Very little of the Miner version "interchanges with the original". For example the pipe threads are different. The roll playing parts are nothing like the original. If I had an original (which ...

•Hi: After reading all the pros and cons of free help, I realize I have been remiss in not publicly thanking two gentlemen who have been of great assistance to me, a non-musician, in designing a steam calliope. After my June posting asking for help [990703 MMD], Richard Vance sent me his Excel sprea...

•I discovered the following information while perusing my personal library. There were at least two steam calliopes at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition held in Philadelphia: "Children dragged their parents to the nearest sugar popcorn stand, where they could buy red, white, and blue popcorn balls. Hud...

•Hi -- I got this note and think there are many in the group who can offer this fellow suggestions. -- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD -- From: rtblake@gte.net (Randy Blake)(fwd) To: brobrtsn@collector.org Date: Monday, January 31, 2000 9:12 AM Subject: Circus Organs I have recentl...

•Has anybody seen a Tangley Calliope in a large, sort of ornate, organ style wood cabinet? I have seen photos of this in connection with Norman Baker (who once owned our Crescent Hotel) and we would like to track it down if we could. Marty Roenigk The Crescent Hotel & Spa 75 Prospect Ave Eureka Spri...

•Tangley used to sell calliope mechanisms for incorporation in automobiles. According to the factory they shipped several of these per month. I have only seen one: the calliope brass pipes were coming up through the fender area as I recall, maybe just behind the front wheels. (It was originally a ru...

•Some information on the Artisan calliope would be greatly appreciated. I am told these were very rare. Produced around 1926 or 1928 and there were only three made. Is that possible? Thank you. Martin Anderson

•-- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD -- Dear Jody Kravitz, Can you help me in my search for recording/s of a riverboat calliope, or calliope music in general? I am new to this subject and am writing, and in the process of recording, a song that references the sound of a calliope fro...

•I am currently looking for a calliope or Calliophone that I can mount on a 1929 Ford truck for parades and other events. I have looked at the new Tangley [Miner Manufacturing Co.] and the Ragtime [Ragtime Automatic Music] instruments and am not sure which will work best. I am interested in a good u...