A long, fine article by author J. Lee Anderson about the musicians and calliopes aboard American riverboats appears in the July, 1996, issue of "The Mississippi Rag". (The issue is available for 27169 2.00 from P.O. Box 19068, Minneapolis, MN 55419.) Photographs of a calliope in action clearly show ...

Hi All, I've just rediscovered some plans for a Air Calliope, Model CA-43 which I ordered years ago. I would enjoy talking with anyone who has built this unit from the plans. I'm wondering if there were many errors in the plans. Please feel free to E-Mail me direct. Thanks, Al Pebworth¶ ralp@exis.ne...

Hi all, I was at the Endymion parade in New Orleans this Mardi Gras, near the corner of Canal St. and Carrolton Ave. The weather was very cold but nevertheless the crowds were *enormous*. On both sides of the street people were fifty feet deep and packed like sardines. It was quite dark with only th...

Randy Hayno writes:¶ >All of a sudden I heard the unmistakable sound of a calliope. The >thought of a reproduction Tangley come to mind. I pushed my way through >the crowd and couldn't believe my eyes. There was a team of horses! >Behind it I could see an old circus wagon with a tall chimney in the ...

When Kathay and I were at the World's Fair in New Orleans a few years ago (1983?) we saw a large, horse-drawn calliope wagon. I saw the picture I took of it just a few days ago -- it was metallic silver. They told us it belonged to Disney. Real steam! They wouldn't play it though. Craig Smith [ When...

Dave Morecraft of Peru, Indiana had his steam calliope (in a red wagon) at the Circus Festival in Sarasota, Florida in January. In the parade it was drawn by four mules provided locally. This may be the same one that appeared in New Orleans. If anyone wants to pursue it, he is a member of MBSI and h...

•While in San Francisco I talked with the former owner of the Red Garter Saloon, one of the very successful beer-and-peanuts joints of the 1960s. He wants to sell one of his calliopes, which was built in the 1950s by Orville Cooper, of Long Beach CA. It has 53 pipes, beginning with Tenor-C (one octa...

•Forwarded message: > From: dauburn@bham.mindspring.com (David Auburn Higginbotham) > To: ragtime4u@aol.com > Date: 97-04-27 11:41:26 EDT > > I am looking for someone who already has a calliope, preferably > portable, for a promotion I am doing in Birmingham, Alabama for the > Broadway musical Showb...

•Jody, I saw your web page about the steam calliope. Sorry I can't help you with your search, but perhaps you can help me with mine. The Science Museum of Minnesota is looking for a calliope that may have been on a riverboat or a replica thereof to display in our Mississippi River Gallery. Can you h...

•Hello, I just saw something on your web site that reminded me of something that I've forgotten about stored in one of my warehouses. I have a complete set of solid brass calliope pipes that I acquired years ago to make such an instrument. What are they worth? (Not subjective I hope!) They have no m...

•I recently purchased a Tangley Calliope that I plan to start right in on restoring. I am going to need the following parts which are currently missing: Sheetmetal: Front and rear panels and keyboard cover Keybed and keys Blower Side case handle (2) I would greatly appreciate all help, leads, or ass...

•Bruce Miller wrote in Digest 971114: > I recently purchased a Tangley Calliope that I plan to start right > in on restoring. ... I would greatly appreciate all help, leads, > or assistance that any of you may be able to give me. Dear Bruce, Congratulations on your purchase. I rebuilt a Tangley CA-4...

•Greetings to all! As I new presence at MMD I have been encouraged to introduce myself. I have been reluctant to do so because my interest is quite specific and work-related. However I have been inspired by recent introductions and re-introductions. I am Steve Grotenhuis, employed by the Science Mus...

•Barbara "Babs" Cannon's message about being a calliope player dovetailed nicely with a conversation I had at an astronomy event this weekend. (I visited the Roper Mountain Observatory in Greenville, S.C., where the historic 23 inch Alvin Clark refractor resides. Clark ground the mirror in 1881 for ...

•Actually it was originally called a Steam Piano. The dictionary pronunciation is ka LIE uh pee. The Carny [carnival] pronunciation became KAL ly ope. Several years ago while I was playing in Monroe, MI, a man came to me, and in a thick accent said to me, "Why you call that kal YO pee?" I told him t...

•> He called it "callie-ope", explaining that, > "You don't eat a cantillopy for breakfast Based on the institutionalized mispronunciation of the Boston "Selltics"*, I presume it should be actually be pronounced "sellie-ope". regards, Larry Smith * Any student of Celtic culture could tell you the Ce...

•I'm often corrected when I say Cally-ope. People give me 'that look' and say, "For someone that claims to play the instrument, it's pronounced calliope." What do they mean, "claims?" When I was eight years old I built my first Cally-ope from a doll piano, 26 Pepsi bottles and my mom's Electrolux. R...

•We are designing an exhibit on Hudson River Steamers as seen through the maritime painters Bard. I have been searching everywhere for recorded calliope music which is not specifically circus music. Could you point me in the right direction for some sources? Any help you can give would be greatly ap...

•Hi Robbie, could you convey the information to Anne Marie Millar that I will be recording some Live Hand Played Calliope music this spring using my own instrument and performing music that is in the public domain. That way she'll not need to get any permission or pay any royalties for the use of it...

•--- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD --- I would like to know who are the premier recording artists on steam calliopes. I am having trouble finding recordings of wonderful old songs on steam calliopes, like those found on top of steamboats. I would really like some names in this ar...