10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STEAM ORGAN»
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steam organ in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
steam organ and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Beatles: Off the Record
organ, you know, one of those tooty things,' and I thought that it might be possible
to get hold of a steam organ and actually use that. But, that was a bit of a wild
idea and too cumbersome and it would have taken much too long for it to be
done.
2
Musical Review and Record of Musical Science, Literature and ...
The march of steam is further evinced by a recent account, stating that " a steam
organ driving a gigantic violin, and a whole team of orchestral instruments, has
been invented in Germany." Neither of these accounts, however, reveals the first
...
3
Adolphe Sax and his Saxophone
On June 13, 1841, the following notice lsent [mm Brusselsl appeared in the
Ramos et Gazette Musicale de Paris: “M. Sax, Junior, has just invented a steam
organ which can be heard throughout a whole province. It is an instrument
operated by ...
“Look, if we can rig up a simple steam organ, we'll be able to summon the pie
ladies without any trouble at all.” Locus pointed at the geysers jetting their waste
steam out of the sides of the conduit. Then he waved a hand around the safety ...
5
Snallygaster: The Lost Legend of Frederick County
6 Also known as a “steam organ” or “steam piano”, a calliope was a steam-
whistle musical organ used to attract attention for circuses and fairs at the turn of
the 20th Century. Its loud, shrill sound could be heard for miles. 8 Lowell Jackson
...
6
Out of Sight: The Rise of African American Popular Music, ...
MARCH 22, 1890: “The Excelsior Quartette which has delighted so many people
in the East by their imitation of Barnum's Steam Organ are at present in Nebraska
” (Indianapolis Freeman). Note: The “imitation of Barnum's Steam Organ” was a ...
Lynn Abbott, Doug Seroff, 2003
7
Our Brothers and Cousins: A Summer Tour in Canada and the States
STEAM ORGAN. 75 On the Hudson the steamboat whistle is turned into a very
tolerable organ on some packets. It is called a Calliope, though the muse hears
her name Yankeeized generally into " Callyoap." There is a pianoforte
arrangement ...
and adds the nightmarish steam organ solo too. The latter was made up of
several tapes cut up and stuck together randomly — an effect that left John
ecstatic on hearing it for the first time. However, his views changed. In early 1968
he told ...
9
Tales of the Five Towns
There were no photographic studios and no cocoanut-shies, for these things had
not been thought of; and to us moderns the fair, despite its uncontrolled
exuberance of revelry, would have seemed strangely quiet, since neither steam-
organ ...
10
The Beatles Diary Volume 1: The Beatles Years
To achieve this we found a load of old steam organ tapes which played things
like 'Stars And Stripes Forever'. I chopped them up into foot-long sections and
joined them together, sometimes back to front. The whole thing was to create a
sound ...
NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STEAM ORGAN»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
steam organ is used in the context of the following news items.
What's a calliope? And more facts about the instrument on top of the …
It's called a calliope or steam organ, and it was originally designed to be ... “The steam calliope was actually patented by Joshua C. Stout from Massachusetts. «WGNO, Mar 15»
