carnival music in mark twain queue

[MrsMonroe]

So as im writing this, im on mark twain, while i was in line i noticed carnival/ old fashioned circus music playing, how long has this been there? im just noticing it now, has it always been here?

Thanx

And please no one telling me its not there, i know what im hearing

[Quentin]

Is this the type of music you are talking about?

Disneyland Ragtime Piano On Mark Twain - YouTube

[MrLiver]

The old calliope music was there very early on (1950s) and was restored a few years ago.

[Retrocool]

This is the actual Mark Twain Riverboat in Hannibal, Missouri. It features calliope music as well.

Mark Twain Riverboat

[MrsMonroe]

Thanks guys

[Westsider]

In the 1950's and 60's there was an actual calliope in the covered queue area on the Mark Twain dock. It played songs constantly. In the 1970's it was falling apart due to exposure to the elements and it was replaced with a 60 minute recording of the original machine. But then in the late 1990's that 70's era analog recording fell into disrepair and the Pressler/Harriss era didn't have money to fix it. The recording was recently redone in digital format, and it now plays in the queue area via new speakers. It's a throwback to the 1950's, with a stop in the 1970's.

[MrsMonroe]

It was nice and i liked it alot

[dfan07]

Here is the model of instrument that the music was recorded from. To my knowledge, it is still owned by Disney.

[doppio]

So cool.

[RegionsBeyond]

Anyone have a recording of this 'live' in the park? Very curious now

[Dutchman]

That's a Wurlitzer Style LX orchestrionn, not a calliope. This is a calliope http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:A...Tp7xE0KMnxQjqg The "X" designation that it is fitted with a automatic roll changer allowing it to play six, six tune rolls, as opposed to the Style L which had the long tune roll frame that played a ten tune roll. This instrument had been acquired by Walt Disney when he bought the collection of a LA area collector .

[dfan07]

Here's a picture of it in the dock building, courtesy of MiceChat's very own Daveland: DAVELAND MARK TWAIN PHOTO (It's visible just above the "davelandweb.com" tag.)

[MrsMonroe]

Anyone have a recording of this 'live' in the park? Very curious now

Will try to have on my bf's YouTube soon

[Davelandweb]

Here's a better view from 1971: