Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round and its Stinson Band Organ - September 2022 (2/4)
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- Опубликовано: 18 авг 2024
- A tour of the Griffith Park Merry-Go-Round and its Stinson band organ, courtesy of the inestimable Kevin Cartwright!
Wurlitzer Style 165 Transcribed from B.A.B. Roll No. 482
0:00 (Incomplete) Tune No. 2: "Over The Waves" (Waltz)
1:16 Tune No. 4: "On The Beautiful Blue Danube" (Waltz) 
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I wish the cameraman would keep the camera stationary for a while - I feel quite seasick !
What do you think this carousel will look like when it's restored?
Hopefully will preserve its original look and feel and charm - natural horse colors rather than technicolor glossy madness and plasticky aesthetics. My hope would be an updated paint job similar to what the Slater Park Looff machine in Pawtucket RI received in the past few years. Natural colors, matte finish, respectful of time and place and context. We shall see.
@@BenSchwartz Fun fact (and I presume Kevin Cartwright told you this as well, but) Nathan Boleus is the one who restored the figures for both the Griffith Park carousel and its deceased sister machine in Lincoln Park which burned to the ground in 1976.
Luckily a few of the animals off the Lincoln Park carousel survived fire including a charred Spillman eng. jumper nicknamed "Crispy Critter" as well as few others including a stationary Spillman giraffe completely restored by Pam Hessey of Kingman, Arizona and now owned by my good friend Glenn Thomas. A few of the figures present on the Griffith machine now are actually Lincoln Park survivors.
@@BenSchwartz…like at least a number of Chance Rides’ carousels (particularly from the 90’s)?
(Btw, I personally don’t hate Chance Rides carousels much; the amount of gloss on a number of their carousel figures is just something I noticed; one reason I admire Hong Kong Disneyland’s carousel is that their figures appear less glossy than most other Chance carousels as far as I’m aware)
I mean, their horses aren’t aren’t the most off-putting-looking horses color-wise (they at least appear somewhat natural; not a lot of horses with colors extracted directly from the rainbow, if at all); a number of their carousels have little color variety, though, using one of a few shades of white; if anything, HK Disneyland has the most diverse set of white horses on their carousel, somehow)
Like, I think some horses appear more cream or gray than others on the HK Disneyland carousel, if that makes sense
"Blue Danube" is actually tune 3 on this roll. The label of this BAB transcription shows tunes 3-7 in the wrong order. The correct order is as follows below.
3. On The Beautiful Blue Danube (Op. 314) (mislabeled #4)
4. Some Sweet Day (mislabeled #7)
5. A Bushel And A Peck (mislabeled #3)
6. Whistle While You Work (mislabeled #5)
7. Salomee With Her Seven Veils (mislabeled #6)
I noticed there was an issue with the label, thanks for pointing this out!
@@BenSchwartz You're very, very welcome.
Btw did Kevin mention anything about Julio Gosdinski (RIP) and Rosemary West and do these names "ring a bell" **pun intended😁