(1999 Footage) Kennywood Carousel and Wurlitzer 153 Band Organ

[@EKParksMinecraft]

0:00 "Paean of Triumph" 1:45 "The Merrimac" 4:45 The Marines Hymm 9:31 "Changing of the Guard" 12:26 "The Merry Go Round Broke Down"

[@wurlitzer1538]

I’ve been waiting so long for old quality footage of the Kennywood organ. Especially love 13244, always wanted to hear that roll on this organ. Hopefully it can sound this good in the future. Thanks for posting!

[@Trucker4699]

Yeah! They should play #13244 this year again! That would give us good memories!

[@wurlitzer1538]

Carrousels and their Wurlitzer's Gotta make sure that case no one will see and an air supply that will cause nothing but trouble for an organ that plays 12 hours a day is “restored” Not always about factory condition for these organs that have to “play for a living.”

[@wurlitzer1538]

Carrousels and their Wurlitzer's As long as it plays well and sounds good (which it does) there is no need to replace anything for the sake of replacing it. A new reproduction case is a stupid idea and the air supply works fine. Listen to any videos of this organ in the last years of the original air supply and you can hear it losing pressure left and right. Again, this organ is not a collectors piece. It still plays daily all summer long and needs the components that allow it do so especially at the age it’s in

[@Jeffers153]

Thanks for this post! This is how I remember the organ sounding. Glad to read here that the organ will be getting it's well deserved attention.

[@PeterMackett]

The organ certainly sounds a lot better back then than it has in the past few years!,the percussion is really clear and the registers are working properly and no missing notes!,with a good overhaul it should sound this good again.

[@whoisthisguy724]

We have a good organ guy now, so it’s getting cared for again. He should be back some time soon for some valve chest work to fix those dead notes. I’ll also try to talk my bosses into having a few ranks of pipes that are now out of voice professionally rebuilt. And a new snare coil and head will make a world of difference with percussion

[@PeterMackett]

Really glad to hear that it's now getting the attention it needs,i have heard many 153's on video and on recordings and this one is particularly good when it's playing properly like it is here,if those pipes are still in good condition they should be able to be re-voiced with no problem.

[@JasonTheCat]

Nice footage of the Dentzel carousel.

[@JUNIATABURGH]

Now THAT'S the way the bells should sound----LOUD !

[@wurlitzer1538]

Ron Keller This was before Gavin spray painted the bells for the 2011 rebuild. I agree - much better!

[@michaelcostello3559]

@@wurlitzer1538 They SPRAY PAINTED them?!?! That's criminal!!!

[@wurlitzer1538]

Michael Costello Sadly yes. This organ has been through a beating. It has been playing very strongly the past couple years however

[@rebelrailz.]

@@wurlitzer1538 I went to Kennywood in 2017. The organ did sound nice. But I can't believe someone spray-painted the bells! Just, why?!

[@SnowmisersInflatables]

@@wurlitzer1538 Could you somehow take the paint off of the bells and make a difference? Or would affect the bells, since there 107 years old.

[@atleyschannel9989]

Gold mine!

[@CBF1]

12:26 "The merry go round broke down"

[@marypoppins7706]

Yay. Pango

[@CBF1]

In this video it sounds good. Now it sounds terrible like it's drunk or something. Edit 28/02/2020-Fricking-3: It was the rolls that were playing that were good in this video, especially 13250 which is the march roll at the beginning. I seemed to ran into a lot of videos of the Kennywood organ playing crappily arranged Wurlitzer rolls and therefore deemed the organ drunk without thought. My bad.

[@wurlitzer1538]

CBF1 Where have you been? It sounds just as about as good now as it did then

[@CBF1]

@@wurlitzer1538 In some of John Hasinger's and whoisthisguy724's vids it sounds out of tune and very drunk. I prefer it like this in this video and also on Themeparkfanatic's video

[@EBard1224]

@@CBF1 I completely agree!!

[@CBF1]

@@EBard1224 Yes it's octave violins are starting to malfunction. In this video I think it's blower was only recently fitted. I said it was drunk because I ran into a lot of videos of it playing bad uncreative Wurlitzer rolls. It does need a total restoration now... cosmetic and mechanical. At least it plays and is kept in tune rather than being aborted and having all music duty left to a CD player.

[@aemiliacarolphonetube9749]

Wow that is amazing

[@CBF1]

9:32 "The Changing of the Guard"

[@lenore8065]

I love all these songs. I think "76 Trombones" is in there, too, but it never made a complete revolution through them all within this demonstration

[@Wurlitzer146-A]

I really hope once it's get some much needed attention it can sound like this once again

[@kellydazzi5758]

The merry go round broke down

[@CBF1]

20:49 I saw a video of a Stinson Wurlitzer Caliola playing that!

[@jerryong1645]

Wow those songs are so nice they are the best songs I also play this songs on the piano

[@Trucker4699]

12:26 14:53 17:37 20:49 23:43 26:16 28:26 30:37 32:19

[@twincityarena53]

MR JONES, YOU LISTED 9 SONG NUMBERS, ANY CHANCE YOU KNOW THE TITLE OF # 1737, PLEASE.

[@khmam]

The snare drum was louder back then.

[@h.p.3162]

4:44 the halls of montezuma

[@EKParksMinecraft]

The Marines Hymm

[@2010Hershey]

What’s the first song that plays?

[@khmam]

Paean of Triumph

[@jamesdunn8893]

Beautiful carousel

[@TheCoreyd1086]

I used to work at Kennywood and it was right in this time period. The band organ was loud and proud back then. Unfortunately neglect and hard to get parts took its toll on it and now years later it still sounds out of tune. Just wish they would fix it to sound like this again

[@kellydazzi5758]

The Merry go round broke down

[@wurlitzer1538]

Check out some 2020 videos of this organ. Sounds very close now to how it does here

[@michaelcote3708]

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