"Kids today won't understand" Many of them won't. But, I am actually a teen that absolutely loves carousels. I have traveled to 5+ old amusement parks (Kennywood, Idlewild, Hersheypark, Dorney Park, Lake Winnepesaukah, etc...) and hopefully going to visit more soon. The newer, hand-carved carousel with a Johnson 105 Band Organ in my town/city started my studies.

@Legend of the Blue Macerator Nowhere near as much as they did then. Now every 2-legged cunt just wants digital computerized mainstream radioactive bullshit which does nothing but consume people and take them away from the real world. It's so bad that it's now an expectation to have digital tech everywhere. It won't last. All the circuit boards will fry. Only solidly built things like Wurlitzer Band organs will last as long as they do and that's over an entire century I'm talking about. Band organs will literally last forever they are so solid. They are not easy to fix, but when you get them going again, they will go and go and go for absolutely decades with no problems at all except you will have to tune them from time to time. They are affected by climate and go down in pitch if the weather is cold.

carouselgal was it closed because of the Wurlitzer

It was scrapped in 1964 I think...

Still what wonderful music to cheer you up in difficult times

They have one of these still at delgrossos

Yesssssssssss ;))))

I'm not going on Merry-Go-Round 1 while it's raining.

Merry Go Round 1 has broken down

No, it's Ben Hur Chariot

this is my jam (;-;)

Who cares, it sounds better when the xylophone turns on when it's meant to be off

This organ is having a tracking error causing the bells playing opposite of when they are supposed to play

+Wurlitzer 153 it's playing correctly

@@wurly164 someone probably switched the register pipes or something the wrong way round.

Many decades ago band organs were a staple of fair grounds, amusement parks, and traveling carnivals. While they were most commonly associated with carousels they could be found elsewhere as well. The majority of band organs were built in the 19-teens and 1920s. By the end of the 1930s most small amusement parks became extinct due to bankruptcy directly resulting from the depression. By the 1950s most band organs still in operation were in poor condition.. Many were simply discarded in landfills because they were not considered valuable or collectible at the time. Others were cannibalize for parts to patch organs still in use. By the late 1960s those still in operation made more noise then music and were therefore turned off and only used for display. The music was replaced with recordings. Music tastes of the public had also dramatically changed and few people cared about band organ music anymore. Fortunately about this time a few people began to recognize that these machines were very iconic and historically important. Gradually collectors began to emerge and preservation efforts were underway to save not only band organs but also carousels which were also rapidly disappearing. Sadly only a small percentage of these machines survive today and fewer still are properly restored and performing as intended, an expensive endeavor. Likewise unfortunately many functioning band organs also remain locked away in private collections and rarely in public view. They are so seldom seen that they often surprise spectators and what terrific music they are capable of producing. We attempt to get our machine out to as many public events as we can, not only to be appreciated for what it is, but also to help educate people today on what was once a common sight.

oh ok thanks for exampling and i once asked my mom the same thing and she mentioned the second reason as well along the lines of "probably because todays young people would think "carnival" music isnt "cool"" lol I mean when we think carnivals we think of this music not remixes of Katy Perry's or Miley Sirus's songs. (nothing against Katy i like her songs but you get what im saying)

Different citizens of my town came together to make a carousel-with a working Johnson 105 Band Organ! I am a young carousel fanatic, and that's what led me to Lake Winnie and Coolidge Park in 2016, then Cedar Point, Euclid Beach Park Carousel (In a museum now, with its BEAUTIFUL restored band organ), Kennywood, and Idlewild in Ohio/Pennsylvania in 2017. Hope to go to Hershey Park, The Merry-Go-Round Museum, or The American Treasure Tours this year!! :D

yes

+Guitar Tim This song is called "Ben Hur chariot race march"

+Brazilian Soldier Thanks!

Brazilian Soldier. I was going to say that!

Ben hur chariot race

@Nikki Oliphant hey thats not nice

I dont care. It sounds better when the xylphone plays like this.

Joel Shepherd. It's a march, not a polka.

Fatmeatball

Because they are entirely mechanical, the price would be EXTREMELY expensive to get one of these.

If you have a million dollars

The music used on Dumbo was pre recorded at Disney World in FL, Disneyland in CA had a 65 Key Gavioli Band Organ used for Dumbo from 1983 until the early 2000s.

@@Laserashton They still technically do. It’s not used anymore but it’s still there.

When that word meant HAPPY... BEFORE THE PERVERTS HIJACKED IT!

***** LMAO Off your meds, dearie?

Just you think that...why I don't know, I own the same model and on my KZfaq page I show many different styles of these great music makers

wurly164

I Don't. But I Love Those 20 Key Busker Organs

William Blind

BULLSHIT.