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Wurlitzer 153 Band Organ - Merry-Go-Round Carousel @ Kennywood 08/15/2020

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In 1927 a new carousel was added at Kennywood Park. This ride featured sixty-four hand-carved horses, a lion, a tiger, four chariots, and fourteen hundred lights. A 1916 Wurlitzer [153] band organ provides the music for the carousel. William Dentzel, who carved the first carousel at Kennywood, built it for the Philadelphia Sesquicentennial Exposition of 1926. The ride was not ready to debut at the Exposition and consequently was offered to Kennywood Park. The park purchased the carousel for $25,000, but later realized that it was too large, 54 feet in diameter, to be housed in the existing carousel building. A new $10,000 steel building was built next to the old carousel pavilion (later converted into a food service facility) to accommodate the large structure. The carousel is listed as a historic landmark.
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@gregoryclemen1870 3 года назад

I worked at kings island 20 years ago, and one of my jobs was to keep the old wurlitzer band organ up and running. that unit was built in 1928( coney island)and was moved in 1972(kings island)it uses the "player piano" technology as far as reading the music scrolls. there is two units on that band organ( when one is in operation, the other rewinds and is ready to start playing when the other finishes out). there are many issues that can make the band organ go" out of tune", temperature and humidity are the big ones. the other is barometric pressure. the organ operates by vacuum( vacuum leaks are also a problem)" not compressed air. so to keep one "in tune" it would have to be done on a daily basis. I can tell you "THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN"!!!!. just be happy that this mechanical marvel is still on the job!!!!. wurlitzer built every thing with quality and longevity in mind, this unit is 105 years old now!!!, do you think your "SMART PHONE" will last that long?????. I can tell you in one word "NOPE"!!!

@CRR__ 7 месяцев назад

Pure facts !! I saw this carousel back in 2017, I still thought the music was absolutely beautiful. Band organs, no matter how they sound, will always be absolute mechanical marvels to me...especially seeing how long they truly last !!

@gregoryclemen1870 7 месяцев назад

@@CRR__ when a "BAND ORGAN" is built by the RUDOLPH WURLITZER CO., it is built for life!!!!. this band organ is over 100 years old now, it was moved from the old "CONEY ISLAND" on kellogg ave in 1972.

@whoisthisguy724 3 года назад

0:00 "Yankee Doodle" 1:27 "The Star-Spangled Banner" 3:40 "Crazy Otto Rag" 6:24 "Tiger Rag" 8:40 "St. Louis Tickle" 10:52 "The Cascades" 13:13 "Coronation Rag"

@EKParksMinecraft 2 года назад

"Crazy Otto Rag Medley"

@freddymustafa5020 3 года назад

That carousel in high gear!😆😅 Love It!

@TomIannucci22 3 года назад

It sounds great as of 2020!

@luannehoyt5958 3 года назад

the outside jumpers should never have more than 175lbs on them as the galloping crank is only supported on one side, whereas the inner jumpers galloping cranks have support on both sides of it . . .

@boombox4037 Год назад

Wurlitzer the organ of joy

@EKParksMinecraft 2 года назад

"Kennywood Carousel' by kennywoodjoe last 2008

@carrouselsandtheirwurlitze7909 4 года назад

Serial 12 arr. By Art Reblitz

@amyjojinkerson6745 3 года назад

I worked on one A Allen Hershel little beauty it was a twenty horse protable

@TheCoreyd1086 3 года назад

Sadly it still sounds out of tune. I can barely hear the snare drum. I noticed they replaced the smaller sticks with bigger ones. Really takes away the booming sound we used to hear. I worked at Kennywood in the late 90's early 2000's. This was my favorite roll. When it would play you could hardly people talking and everyone loved that. They need to fix this historic landmark

@whoisthisguy724 3 года назад

The organ gets tuned every year about a week before the park opens for the season. And the drums also received some much needed TLC this year. The snare drum got a new coil and some adjustments were made to the heads. Before this year, they had everything adjusted so tight that their sound was "choked". Before this year, the snare drum sounded like someone hitting on a hollowed out tree stump it was that bad, and from the distance this video was taken, you would NOT have been able to hear it at all. Now the problem is more with the "actions" (drum playing mechanisms) than the drums themselves. The snare drum action that's on there now doesn't hit the drum with enough force to make that loud, resounding rattle you described, and the bass drum action also needs rebuilt, hopefully that can be done before the park opens next year. I also know the whereabouts of the organ's old snare drum action but it needs a total rebuild before it can be re-installed

@TheCoreyd1086 3 года назад

@@whoisthisguy724 the concern i have is it seems like Kennywood is losing interest in keeping the organ in tune like they don't care anymore. They say well it is old and parts aren't around anymore. I know the bass drum head for awhile had bad marks on it like it had been hit way to hard that a hole is going to show soon. Even remember duck tape was on it. I am not really technical on how it works and hope you can explain to me. I do remember the snare drum sticks used to keep moving even in between songs or when it wasn't supposed to play. I thought there was some kind of spring action but are there other components to it like air being pushed up. Also never understood why there is some kind of plastic covering around the drum sticks. I just hope and pray they can keep this going and not become a distant memory

@whoisthisguy724 3 года назад

If I recall correctly, the old drum heads were replaced when the organ had its air supply changed from the old bellows to turbines in 1999. If I'm not mistaken those are the heads that are still on the drums and as of this past summer are still intact. The snare drum action ("sticks") playing continuously was likely the result of a "cipher", an air leak or more often a foreign body stuck in the valve holding it open. Most of the time, ciphers affect the playing notes but can affect any part of the organ and are very easily corrected. The plexiglass box around the snare sticks was put there after an employee, I guess got tired of listening to the snare drum, and ripped them off the action.

@wurlitzer1538 3 года назад

@@TheCoreyd1086 As of now the park has no interest in retiring the organ. Each year it receives TLC from a man from out of town who’s sole job is to tune, maintain, and restore band organs like this one. It receives new parts where necessary. Just because a piece may look worn out does not mean it has reached the end of its service life. Tuning wise - it is nearly impossible to keep the pipes, that play nearly 24/7 in varying the temps and weathering conditions in tune. It only gets tuned once a year in the spring and as far as I know it’s always been that way.