c. 2004 - Band organ in the 1926 Philadelphia Toboggan Company Grand Carousel at Kings Island (Photograph from an archival source: Bandorganmusic.com, submitted by Paul R. Marchesano/Paul R. Marchesano)
2022-06-15 - "The Queen of Kings Island" is a magnificent Wurlitzer Duplex Orchestral Organ Style #157. It was originally used on a carousel at Ocean Grove, New Jersey. It was purchased in 1964 by Paul Eakins and completely restored. Playing #165 Wurlitzer rolls, it has a double tracker system, furnishing continuous music. When one roll finishes playing, the other starts and the first one rewinds. The beautiful light cream front is heavily carved and the panels and shutter screens are painted with landscape scenes. The newel posts are painted to resemble marble columns. The following instruments are played: Bass - 6 wood trombones; 6 stopped diapason pipes; 6 stopped octave daipason pipes. Accompaniments - 10 stopped flute pipes; 10 open flute pipes; 10 open piccolo pipes; 10 open piccolo pipes. Melody - 44 violin pipes; 22 octave pipes; 22 piccolo pipes; 22 open flute pipes; 22 stopped flute pipes; 16 bar bells. Trumpets - 14 wood trumpets; 14 wood clarinets. Traps - bass drum; snare drum; cymbal; triangle; double castanets; tympani. Automatic stops - 1 for bells; 1 for swell and wood trombones. Draw stops - 1 for wood trombones; 1 for wood trumpets; 1 for violins; 1 for flutes; 1 for piccolos.The Queen of Kings Island stands nearly 8½ feet tall, over 12 feet wide and nearly 4 feet deep. -- from COME TO THE FAIR-OLD TIME CAROUSEL MUSIC VOLUME 1 [https://www.bandorganmusic.com/COMETOTHEFAIR.htm] -Paul R. Marchesano
Source: Bandorganmusic.com
Rudolph Wurlitzer Manufacturing Co. (1926) Kings Island - Grand Carousel Mason, OH Bass: 6 wood trombones 6 stopped diapason pipes 6 stopped octave daipason pipes Accompaniments: 10 stopped flute pipes 10 open flute pipes 10 open piccolo pipes 10 open piccolo pipes Melody: 44 violin pipes 22 octave pipes 22 piccolo pipes 22 open flute pipes 22 stopped flute pipes 16 bar bells Trumpets: 14 wood trumpets 14 wood clarinets Traps: bass drum snare drum cymbal triangle double castanets tympani Automatic stops: 1 for bells 1 for swell and wood trombones Draw stops: 1 for wood trombones 1 for wood trumpets 1 for violins 1 for flutes 1 for piccolos
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