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Carousel Organs & Amusement Parks
By Rich Sitler

Thanks, TJ, for the compliment on "my" (Hersheypark's) band organ
(and it sounded good at Christmas -- Wow!).  There are times when
it drives me up a wall and there's a bunch of things that need done
(maybe this winter) but I do love the opportunity to keep it playing.

A necessary correction, though:  Hersheypark is operated by
Hershey Entertainment and Resorts, not the Hershey Company.  Hershey
Entertainment and Resorts is a private company with one shareholder
-- the Hershey Trust, which maintains the trust fund for the Milton
Hershey School (http://www.mhs-pa.org/ ).  We have absolutely nothing
to do with the Hershey Company and they nothing with us.  The Trust is
a majority shareholder of their stock, so that is the only connection.

Hershey Entertainment and Resorts operates all of the non-chocolate
interests, including the Hotel Hershey, Hershey Lodge, Laundry, Nursery
and Hersheypark.  There was your Hershey lesson for the day.

Rich Sitler

 [ Rich wrote in 091205 MMDigest that Bill Black and Mike Kitner showed
 [ him "everything there was to know about our organ, a Wurlitzer 153.
 [ Bill taught me tuning and a little bit of what makes them work."
 [ At http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hersheypark is a good, concise
 [ history of the park.  -- Robbie


(Message sent Wed 1 Sep 2010, 02:52:10 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

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