Wurlitzer 165 - Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk & Carousel

[anglerfly]

is this a CD?

[UnfortunateBystander]

@anglerfly No, recorded on site. The Boardwalk doesn't offer a CD of the 165 yet, just the Ruth from several years ago.

[kakureru]

when I was little, they were lazy and only played a roll every few hours... Also they never filled up the damn rings every ride which sucked if you made an effort to be on the outer loop..

[anglerfly]

This was in the lost boys

[tregnier279]

Oh, the organ may be slightly out of tune here, but the performance it gave was lovely.

[woodencoasterfan]

Nice video, looks like it's got scenes of California's gold rush painted on it and I agree, it does need to be tuned but I'm glad to see it working. An antuque carousel just isn't complete without a working band organ. I went to King's Island in 2007 and they have an original 1926 PTC# 79 (according t the National Carousel Association) with the original Wurlitzer 157 organ which wasn't working as they had taped music playing when I was there.

[Wurlitzer157]

Their organ hasn't been working sense 2005! And the manager is just another big coaster lover! Roller coasters are fun but what about the other rides and band organs!

[anglerfly]

@Wurlitzer157 I have this on my missoula CD and the lost boys.

[alterman156]

I'm also a band organ fan. I have heard this roll too. However, it was on the 65 key Gebruder Bruder "Elite Orchestra Apollo" organ playing 66 key B.A.B. rolls on the now closed B&B Carousell in Coney Island. Sadly, Mike Saltzstein who was the operator of the carousel passed away on July 4, 2001. The carousel operated on a limited basis after his death until May 2005. The carousel was sold to the City of New York in August 2005. It is currently under restoration.

[darvozz]

Nicely done. Thanks for posting this! I'm a huge Wurlitzer 165 fan and I hope the Boardwalk records a CD of this organ (and I hope they tune it first!). The "Old Timers Waltz Medley" heard here is from a B.A.B. roll transcribed to the 165 scale. The tunes that make up the medley are: The Bowery; The Sidewalks Of New York; Sweet Rosie O'Grady; A Bicycle Built For Two (Daisy Bell); Comrades; Little Annie Rooney; Two Little Girls In Blue; The Band Played On; After The Ball.

[UnfortunateBystander]

Thanks for identifying the 'roll'!

[anglerfly]

@darvozz This is on my missoula CD , you should see hte movie lost boys it has teh ruth playing a scary tune

[anglerfly]

@darvozz me too on the missoula CD, they don't ship them

[anglerfly]

@darvozz this is one of my favorite songs, How did you get this recording? I got it from Missoula.

[anglerfly]

It is also from disney world main street usa.