Avalon calliope

"Avalon" performed by Jon Tschiggfrie on the Str. Avalon's originally-steam calliope owned by Capt. Gabe Chengery. Performed July 6, 2008 in Thornton, CO.

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Music

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• Nichol
• steam
• calliope
• Avalon
• steamboat

[augpeh]

When you say Avalon calliope are you trying to refer to a calliope playing the song Avalon or the calliope from the boat Avalon?

[pianomanthree16]

I named this video "Avalon calliope" because it used to be onboard the Str. Avalon, powered by steam and not air. In the video, I'm also playing the song entitled "Avalon."

[augpeh]

Since it used to be powered by steam, what is it powered by now?

[pianomanthree16]

Capt. Gabe Chengery, the current owner of the calliope, runs it on a shopvac (or some similar thing) on between .5-1 pound of air pressure.

[augpeh]

Did you know that Avalon was the original name for Belle of louisville?

[pianomanthree16]

The boat was originally named Idlewild and was renamed Avalon. She gained her current name when bought by Jefferson County.

[acoustics101]

@pianomanthree16

I can tell that the pressure must be very low, since the bells of the whistles are barely above their bowls (low cutups). The output would also be a mere fraction of what it once was on higher pressure and over 4 semitones lower on each whistle than what they blew on steam..

[Shenandoah58]

@pianomanthree16 Does anybody on this earth know what happened to the calliope on the Steamer Admiral? No one seems to know. That calliope was brought to the Admiral from the Capitol. And it looks like the one from the President is missing too? Who takes these things? 

[Shenandoah58]

@riverexplorer Isn't it funny.....if you like the calliope (as I do) you just cannot get enough of it..........

[AlanCanon2222]

That very calliope was the reason Hawley started steamboating: he lived in Charleston as a boy and the calliope player had quit at Huntington. Hawley later drained and winterized the boat's fittings at his own expense before the boat was sold at auction to become the Belle of Louisville: it might never have run again if he hadn't.