•--- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD --- We've had a request to create a tape of calliope music here at Muzak, but I'm having trouble finding many recordings. Does anyone have a list of available releases of calliope music? Thanks much! Gregg Porter

•I know that Marion Roehl Recordings offers at least one calliope CD. Harvey Roehl is a pretty good calliopist, if that is the right word for a calliope player. Write to Marion Roehl Recordings Harvey and Marion Roehl 3533 Stratford Drive Vestal, NY 13850 tel: 607-797-9062 ; fax 607-797-2624 Matthew...

•When I was in New Orleans last, our family took a short ride on one of the riverboats that operate near the mall. The boat I was on had calliope-like instrument that was played by compressed air. It did not look to be an antique and it was played not by keyboard but by automated means. Does anybody...

•Gentlemen: This is not a very important question, but one which has bothered me somewhat for some time. Perhaps someone can set me straight on this. The usual pronunciation of calliope is as it rhymes with "tree". I have been told by people in the business (including my mentor, the late Rice Berksh...

•Make: Tangley, 43 pipes, circa 1920s (not a replica) Method of Play: Keyboard, A-rolls (12 included) Condition: Excellent, reliable play Power: Air-driven with blower control, Honda generator Wagon: Comes with attractive cart, finished in gold leaf paint, total weight approximately 1 ton, can be pu...

•I performed recently at the annual reunion festivities at Princeton University, New Jersey, and while awaiting the start of the big parade I heard the unmistakable sound of a locomotive chime whistle, followed by a few single notes of the chromatic scale. A steam calliope !! Mere seconds later I wa...

•I found the following for sale in the St. Paul/Minneapolis MN area. I'm not associated with this in any way but thought it might be of interest to someone. "1924 RARE Antique Tangley Circus Air Calliope. Blower is gas or electric, excellent condition. (612) 782-9179". Jon Miller St. Paul MN ...

•--- forwarded message, please reply to sender and MMD --- I was advised by email by Pete Woodward that I would be wise to post an ad at MMD. Would you please send me any information on what I would have to do to post an ad for my calliope. Thanks Ray Parkes 607-722-4367 kjohn10137@aol.com [ I had a...

•I am building a calliope, air operated, electro-pneumatic. I would like to be able to operate the calliope automatically using disks, like the Yamaha Disklavier piano. I have sources for disk readers that would read MIDI data from a disk but need the "black box" that translates MIDI into control of...

•Hello Richard Day and the MMD, I am one of the MMD subscribers Jody mentioned that can supply the MIDI 'black box' to go between a sequencer and an instrument. My range of units are aimed at the do-it-yourself instrument builder and are supplied as a fully built and tested PCB, which keeps costs lo...

•Greetings, all. In Mechanical Music Digest (98.10.04) Richard Day wrote: > I am building a calliope, air operated, electro-pneumatic. I would > like to be able to operate the calliope automatically using disks, > like the Yamaha Disklavier piano. I have sources for disk readers > that would read MI...

•Nice to hear someone else is into MIDI operated calliope. I just received and new 53 note machine from Dave Miner. It plays the regular A roll and I have the UM 1 processor produced by Laurent Coray, and hope to receive the MIDI valves from Larry Broadmoore soon. Plans are to install several other ...

•FOR SALE: This is a Bob Stanaczyk rebuild from about 15 years ago. Still in working condition and in pretty good shape in general- sounds fine when I played it last month. Could use a cleanup and alignment. It has been stored in a dry barn for the last 2 years. 43 note 'Tangley' with keyboard and r...

•From: SepsKegs1@aol.com To: webmaster@foxtail.com Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 22:14:32 EDT Subject: Steam Calliope Dear Jody, I have in my possession a steam calliope. it was built by my uncle in 1962 and is situated on the back of a truck trailer. It has been decorated externally with a circus motif an...

•I would like to know if someone has a Tangley model 43 blower and vacuum box. I would also like to know the pressure amount and vacuum amount needed to operate the brass pipe organ. The unit uses an A-roll and can be played by hand. I would appreciate any assistance. Lloyd Burton startrekker@sowest...

•Guys, I am rebuilding the original Gentry Twin Calliope in Peru, Indiana. It came off the Gentry Bros. Circus. I intend to have it playing at the 1999 Circus City Festival in July. You can see our web site at http://www.perucircus.com/ This is a classic steamer and we'll have at least two more in o...

•A Tangley Model CA-43 requires from 3/4 to 1 pound of pressure at 100 CFM, and came with a Roots AF36 Rotary Pressure Pump. Suction was provided by the input to the pump. I have an article sent to me several years ago by Harvey Roehl that lists a pressure and suction pump for use on a Tangley Model...

•[ In reply to "Calliope Blower Needed", 981018 MMDigest ] Mr. Boulet, I rebuilt one of these a number of years ago. They are a lot of fun to rebuild and to play. What you have here is probably a Tangley CA-43, the most popular and most common model. Wurlitzer made some as well but not in as great a...

•There have been several postings recently regarding sources for blowers for the Tangley CA-43 Calliophone. I am surprised that no one has suggested contacting Dave Miner. Dave has made reproduction calliopes for a number of years and his parts are so close to the originals that they are able to be ...

•Lloyd Burton wrote in MMD 981017: > I would like to know if someone has a Tangley model 43 blower and > vacuum box. I would also like to know the pressure amount and vacuum > mount needed to operate the brass pipe organ. The unit uses an > A-roll and can be played by hand. I would appreciate any as...