•Hi Group, I have recently been given a copy of a wonderful Vestal Press reprint of Instructions For Assembling And Operating The Calliaphone. Under tuning it says, "To withdraw plungers, use tuning device. One was shipped with the instrument." (See image at link below.) Do any of the calliope owner...

•Hi Folks, A few days ago I sent a reply describing a noise reducing muffler for a calliope [17.07.17 MMDigest]. At the time I couldn't find any pictures of the actual muffler that I made 30 years ago. The Wolfe calliope is now housed in the New York State Museum of Transportation in Rush, New York ...

•For sale, a fully restored Ampico A grand player piano. I don't want to sell this but due to financial problems I have to. Please email me for pictures and or video of it. It has been refinished to a beautiful gunstock color. You must provide transportation for it after the sale is concluded. I am ...

•For sale: 17-3/4" dual comb Calliope music box, the same as a Kalliope music box except this one came from France. It is a coin-op with a trade stimulator and old hand-written messages calling out the permit numbers and other bits of info for public display. The start and stop points will need some...

•For sale: a 43-key Tangley calliope in parade trailer. It used be in the Barnum and Bailey Circus in Southern California, was at Disneyland for seven years and it appeared in three movies. The calliope is complete with all 43 brass whistles and front and rear access panels, except the keyboard cove...

•I have a set of original Tangley calliope pipes and top plate and many other calliope parts at an estate sale in Phoenix. I may be contacted at tel.: 1-602-803-5681 Thank you, Joe Manduke - Julie and Joe's Estate Sales Phoenix, Arizona [ http://www.mmdigest.com/Attachments/18/07/19/180719_120522_3F...

•For sale: an "A" roll calliope or organ controller, consisting of an "A" roll spool frame, stacks, relays and everything in a nice cabinet except pipes and air supply. Plus two 10-tune "A" rolls. This came off a large steam calliope and I bought it complete without the whistles. The roll frame tran...

•I friend of mine who has no computer needs info on a company that made calliopes and parts of plastic sometime in the past 5 or 10 years: the company name, address, years in business, owner's name. etc. Possibly in a western state. Thanks a bunch. Gordon Ramsey [ Ragtime Automated Music [ Ken Caulk...

•I recently obtained several boxes full of original Tangley Calliaphone (calliope) parts, including the stack with unit valves, spool frame with air motor and both upper and lower spools, regulator, cut-out, play-rewind control. All parts appear in good, albeit dirty condition. If you need any of th...

•For sale: National calliope on a small parade wagon at Clark's Trading Post, Lincoln, New Hampshire. I paid $10K for it some time ago but have not used it for trouping. It is ready to hitch up and go! Am receptive to offers, photo available. Dave Bowers qdbarchive@metrocast.net.geentroep [delete "...

•Repeating an earlier offer. For sale: 53-note National calliope on small parade wagon, stored at Clark's Trading Post in Lincoln, New Hampshire. Ready for parade use -- plays easily available A-rolls. Price $10,000, which is my cost. Dave Bowers Wolfeboro Falls, New Hampshire, USA qdbarchive@metroc...

•Hello Everyone, I thought I should mention there is a steam-operated calliope for sale. Needless to say, these don't come up for sale very often. It is located in Azusa, California, USA. More information, pictures, etc., including owner's contact information, is available at http://www.nickelodeonc...

•I am in the process of restoring a 1942 calliope. It came without an air pump to operate the system. I don't know where to go or how to obtain information about one. Any suggestions on building one would greatly be appreciated. Ron Maland me4funn@hotmail.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]...

•[ Ref. Ron Maland in 210424 MMDigest ] Ron, try contacting Dan Dohman at The Miner Company, http://www.minercompany.com/ info@minercompany.com..geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply] He sells a blower/vacuum pump which is very compact and fairly quiet. I think he also has it in blower version onl...

•The Hanchett Calliopes were quite well made, and the roll frames and blower units were made by myself, Gordon Ramsey, Ramsey Music Service, previously Robot Music Company. The roll frame design changed a lot over the years, and some parts are no longer available, but I still have some stuff for the...

•I need a drawing of the player action box in a National Calliope. This is a 2-tier design, for 53 notes. I can find nothing on the Web. Removing the box is hard, as all the tubing would have to come off to get it out of the calliope. It only moves about 3/4 of an inch; many notes do not work. I thi...

•There is a very sweet 1995-era steam calliope performance, played on the Mississippi Queen steam calliope, on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxk__oNVs0A The program starts at around time 2:30 and runs 15 minutes. Of the many performances I've heard, if there is a single performance not ...

•My friend and fellow MMDer John Talbot took a trip out West and came home with a truck and trailer loaded with goodies. I have placed these items on my web site for him. There are lots of pictures and some fine Tangley calliopes: one is roll-played, the other is a hand-played model. Band organ roll...

•Greetings to all! Exploring the MMD archives I found a message from Peter Smakula posted in August 95 about a wood-burning steam calliope seen at the Cuyhoga Valley Festival near Akron, Ohio. Does anyone know who owns it or have any more info about it. Steve [ There's a steam calliope shown in the ...

•When first installed, the Davis calliope on the Mississippi Queen was equipped with an automatic player. I have never found the schematics for this device and I was told that it was sent to "Davy Jones" [Davy Jones' Locker] many years ago. From time to time, an interest has been shown in some type ...