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| Air-Calio Calliope
by Artizan Factories, Inc. This instrument came from New Wilmington, Pennsylvania
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Manufactured in 1927 and 1928
by Artizan Factories, Inc. of North Tonawanda, NY. Calliopes are
high-pressure instruments
that virtually explode their music through brass pipes. Invented
in America in the mid-19th century, they were originally powered by steam
but eventually converted to compressed air.
This particular instrument came from New Wilmington, Pa. |