1920 Pneumatic Circus Calliope

[LNERMallard]

Such a nice, happy sound. I love these things.

[DrunknShooter]

Makes me crave a hot dog and pop corn for some reason.

[scada4321]

Please...don't compare me with Anton LaVey. (I'm the one playing the Calliope here) He and I have our own styles of playing. His Satanist proclivities aside, I consider Mr. LaVey to be one of the better masters of the Calliope that are alive today. He knows his "stuff" and technically, you'd be hard pressed to find a better man for the job.

The instrument is not an organ, nor a piano. It demands a touch and a mentality that Mr. LaVey portrays very well.

...Jim

[12Smilys]

My name is Calliope :( but hey I can do music :D:D:

[adnukum]

hah hah hah ! ! !

[MajoraProject]

the horn was a nice touch :D

[Ebvardh]

Very nice tune, sir.

[EMD2024]

manga12- It's not a pipe organ and "it shore don't sound like one" so why compare it to one? This is a great piece of Americana so enjoy it or take your oh-so-sensitive ears elsewhere. No one made you watch/ listen to this so why complain and compare it to something it's not even supposed to be close to in sound? Are those banjos I hear in the background?

Yeah, I know he'll never see this comment but why pick on a nice video post?

[manga12]

Actually I did, while trying to find videos of the grand ophiclade. same type of principal an air powered musical instrament, played by a keyboard, even if the thing plays whistles instead of pipes, also it was nicknamed the fire organ for a time, due to the steam being heated to play it.

Who said I didnot like it, I just said its hurting my ears, due to the pitch.

There are only a few dozen calliopes left in the nation if even that of the origional ones.

[userx100]

awesome hat.

[manga12]

yea its nice and old school but It dont compare to the pipe organ, and its a bit high pitched it hurts my ears even worse then the video of the midmer losh grand ophiclade on the organ in boardwalk hall where they used to have the miss america pagent for years, as well as the famed sites of atlantic city.

[futuristfood]

this made me smile

[Dyno247365]

I want one......I can't play the piano but I still want one!

[plurrfreak]

fucking lol

[noper12345]

Yes LaVeyan Satanism RULES!!!

[Ebvardh]

@noper12345 Pardon mt ignorance, but how does this comment relate to the video?

[noper12345]

@Ebvardh Cause this is one of Anton LaVey's (founder of LaVeyan Satanism) favorite instrument's to play. He even joined a circus playing the calliope.

[Ebvardh]

@noper12345

Huh, I was not aware of that.

Thanks for that little piece of trivia.

[BunnaySango]

Great song I love Candle Cove

[MariahnFulminate]

Charming instrument. Nicely played.

[anglerfly]

Sounds like my keyboard. It has a calliope

[kazombie]

The song is "Waitin' For The Robert E. Lee"

[anglerfly]

Featuring the whistle of he boat.

[old87country]

Wow, Beale Street Blues must be the official calliope theme song.

[rush1er]

Ya know, Anton Lavey played the Calliope for over 20 yrs before starting the Church of Satan... just saying.

[mortson978]

Your point is?

[rush1er]

I dunno... I watched the video of him playing " Big Top Melody" and it was one of the creepiest things I've ever seen... BUT!, his rendition of Midnight Harlequen" or whatever that song is called he plays in the beginning is fantastic!

[mortson978]

i have no doubt that lavey is a talented organist, but that video just did not impress me.

[rush1er]

Me neither, but it was creepy as hell for some reason!

[beverlymakenzie]

i loved that video, lavey is my hero, la vey only played it cuz he left his home and joined the circus

[BunnaySango]

What's your point?

[demonicairman]

your other video changed my life.

[Khamomil]

The timber of a Calliope is so unique. It has a softness. I love it.

[Gstein11]

Loved it. Sure wish you would post another song on this wonderful instrument.

[mortson978]

What is this song called?

[scada4321]

Waitin' For the Robert E. Lee.

[mortson978]

yeah, liapaman sent me the answer, I'm already a few bars into it. My granny is pretty impressed.

[TrexSusan7]

I love it! Calliopes are amazing instruments. <3

[MelodiousGarden]

Awesome!

[myradioroom]

Neat-O!

[pajamalover]

beautiful :-)

[scada4321]

Go Jimmy Go!