The West Licking Historical Society and Mead-Needham Museum, Inc. have a new toy. It is one that will cheerfully announce its presence at their various events and certainly in our local parades. This ...

1855: A patent is issued for the steam-powered calliope. Joshua Stoddard, a beekeeper and sometime inventor from Worcester, Massachusetts, was the recipient, although the instrument already existed in ...

Title from container. Includes circus and showboat tunes and old merry-go-round music; played on calliope, carousels, and hand organs. "This record can be played on either regular LP or binaural ...

Gordon said the calliope’s repertoire of simple tunes bring smiles to people’s faces. “It’s the happiest music on earth,” he said, borrowing the motto of the Carousel Organ Association of America – a ...

WORCESTER — It was about 170 years ago when Worcester was first introduced to a new and incredibly loud sound that created enough din to be heard miles away. And hear it they did, so much so that the ...

, a digital version of the DoKomi German convention, revealed she will perform at the event. People will be able to hear Mori Calliope music at her concert on October 9, 2021. The show will begin at ...

Setting sail on the American Queen, you can experience the bells and whistles of a riverboat through the unique sounds of the calliope. Time Warner Cable News’ Valarie D’Elia filed this report. There ...