Mechanical Music Digest  Archives
You Are Not Logged In Login/Get New Account
Please Log In. Accounts are free!
Logged In users are granted additional features including a more current version of the Archives and a simplified process for submitting articles.
Home Archives Calendar Gallery Store Links Info
MMD > Archives > November 1996 > 1996.11.13 > 04Prev  Next


Band Organ Identity: Tilden Park
By A. B. Bonds

I have enjoyed very much the recent discussions of the various types of band organs. When I lived in Berkeley, CA I would regularly make a Sunday pilgrimage up to Tilden Park to watch the merry-go-round and listen to the organ. There are two in the pavilion. The smaller one (runs on Saturdays) is in the middle of the carousel and is, I believe, a North Tonawanda unit. The larger one is outside the carousel. The facade is about 14 ft wide and eight ft high. The pipes are contained in a shuttered swell chamber, with percussion on top. All of the pipes are wooden. It runs off of a double-roll tracker bar frame, appears as though O-rolls are used, although this installation does not look original. It sounds great (when it is in tune, not easy in that humid climate). Does anyone know what this is? I asked the folks that worked there from time to time and the only authoritative replies (in that the words sounded right) were that it was a "B & B" from Brooklyn or a Gavioli or a Gavioli reworked by B & B or some combination of those alternatives.

A. B. Bonds


(Message sent Wed 13 Nov 1996, 19:48:22 GMT, from time zone GMT-0600.)

Key Words in Subject:  Band, Identity, Organ, Park, Tilden

Home    Archives    Calendar    Gallery    Store    Links    Info   


Enter text below to search the MMD Website with Google



CONTACT FORM: Click HERE to write to the editor, or to post a message about Mechanical Musical Instruments to the MMD

Unless otherwise noted, all opinions are those of the individual authors and may not represent those of the editors. Compilation copyright 1995-2024 by Jody Kravitz.

Please read our Republication Policy before copying information from or creating links to this web site.

Click HERE to contact the webmaster regarding problems with the website.

Please support publication of the MMD by donating online

Please Support Publication of the MMD with your Generous Donation

Pay via PayPal

No PayPal account required

                                     
Translate This Page