•Looking for Wurlitzer style drum to add to my calliope. Have valve. Need drum (about 20") and hammer mechanism. Robert Bartlett Vermont tel.: 1-802-274-2381 finefettlefarm@gmail.com.geentroep [delete ".geentroep" to reply]

•For sale: 43-note Miner Tangley "Calliaphone" calliope in very good condition, with automatic roll player using style "A" rolls and hand playable also. See https://photos.app.goo.gl/ueD8JmocQkV8n4V17 I am asking $6,500 for the calliope. Please email for more information. James Williams South Ogden...

•Hello, The DeBence museum has tuned up our recently acquired replica 1923 Tangley Calliope. We had it in front of the museum playing music this afternoon and after listening for a while I think some of the ongoing hiccups we are experiencing with it might be solved by some better music rolls. I did...

•[ Ref. Cassady Calder in 250819 MMDigest ] Cassady, All of the calliopes I've worked on, that play style "A" nickelodeon rolls, have the bottom octave coupled. To do this or not is your preference; just listen to the results and see which works best. As to rolls, there are rolls that were cut speci...

•The larger crank organ scales (e.g., Raffin 31 and deVries 38) fit within the 43-note calliope range. About 150 MIDI files of these exist. They could be perforated as calliope program rolls if someone has a MIDI-controlled punch for 6/inch. Craig Williams Scotts Valley, California [ The book by Joh...

•In the most recent MBSI Journal, Matt Jaro reprints an interview with Fred Dahlinger. Fred at one time( mid-1980s) rebuilt a Tangley STA-58 calliope. In 2002 Dave Miner built for us a Tangley Calliaphone 58 whistle calliope. At the time he did not know of the existence of an existing Tangley 58 whi...

Folks,¶ Can anyone help these folks?¶ -Pete Woodworth ---------------------------------------¶ ---------- Forwarded message ----------¶ Date: Thu, 11 Jan 96 17:37:20¶ From: head@arrlo.moffitt.usf.edu¶ Newgroups: rec.antiques.marketplace¶ Subject: wanted...calliope¶ Has anyone seen a calliope for sal...

•Miner Manufacturing Co. offers A-1503-A, "Clark Roll - Yule Log Crackles" on their web site at http://www.minermfgco.com/orderform.cfm They list the songs as 1. Silent Night 2. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town 3. Jingle Bells 4. Winter Wonderland 5. Adeste Fidelis 6. Little Town Of Bethlehem 7. Hark! ...

•Does anyone know of Ralph Gilbert, Encinitas, California, circa 1972? This was written inside a National calliope I am restoring. It would be nice to track the history of this instrument. Thank you. Mike Schoeppner Kansas City, Missouri

•Bob Conant wrote: > There have been several postings recently regarding sources for > blowers for the Tangley CA-43 Calliaphone. 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 > origina...

•Hi Ken, I saw your note on MMD regarding a calliope blower. I am not an expert, but do know something about this. To the best of my knowledge, the original Tangley blowers were made by the Rootes company. (Sometimes you will see this name spelled "Roots".) This is the same company that has made sup...

•-- non-subscriber, please reply to sender and MMD -- I knew E.J. Quinby for years. I have been to his home in Summit, New Jersey. He lived in a restored servant's quarters he had purchased in Summit, and had built a musical instrument that would sound like a full orchestra playing. This was long be...

•Thanks for the delightful info on Jay Quinby. I was honored to know and visit with him and his wife at their carriage house abode in Summit NJ, the Union County town where my family had lived some years before settling near Morristown. In addition to the magnificent organ (while listening, one sat ...

•Hello MMD readers, Does anyone know what ever happened to the very large steam calliope on a circus wagon from the Clyde Beatty - Cole Brothers Circus? It was a very large monster! Does it still exist? As a small child in the early 1960s I saw this very loud, large, fantastic calliope still playing...

•Dear Mr. Hunter, Dave Morecraft supplied me with the answer to your question about the Clyde Beatty - Cole Bros. Circus Calliope. Dave is a calliope builder and restorer from Peru, Indiana. I know him from my connection to the Delta Queen steamboat. Dave was an employee on the Delta Queen before th...

•I am currently selling some items for one of my customers. There is a Wurlitzer 125 band organ, a Wurlitzer 103 band organ, a Seeburg KT nickelodeon, a Seeburg K, and a calliope. These are restored pieces. Some are older restorations, some are fairly recent. Contact me for full details if intereste...

•On December 5th, 2016, David Alan Morecraft passed away at his home at the age of 57. He is survived by his son Zachary Morecraft, his daughter Danielle Runda, and his sister Kathy Piper. He was preceded in death by his father B.D. Morecraft, his mother Marabell Morecraft, his brother Timothy J. Mo...

•I read this posting by Fred Dahlinger with shock and great sadness. I knew we'd lost someone in the calliope community based on a Facebook notification email I got (I get the notifications, but my dial-up connection seldom lets me actually go to Facebook, hence the dated page I have) but I had no i...

•[ Ref. Fred Dahlinger in 16.12.06 MMDigest ] In 2015 I purchased an "A" roll player, complete with all switches, etc., from the Lake George Steamboat Co. in Lake George, New York. The player unit came off a calliope that they were upgrading to MIDI control. During the transaction to purchase the pl...

•First question: If I'm able to pick between a Hanchett made Tangley calliope and a Miner made Tangley, what are your thoughts as to which is a 'better' choice? Also, what are the most important differences between the two makers? Second question: What are your experiences with MIDI in either of the...