Calliope

A Calliope is an automatic music machine mostly made and used in America before the advent of electricity used to play recorded music. These steam powered machines originally played music through train whistles. 

A true American Treasure and we have one at our tour.
Calliopes could be extremely loud and made mainly for outdoor use.  Our tour is SO HUGE, we have
one INSIDE.  Come hear it play!

Today's Treasure: The Concertina

Today's treasure is a hand-held instrument. Similar in function to the accordion, the concertina is a free-reed instrument with bellows to produce sound. the horns on this German style concertina amplify the sound.

Real American Treasure: John Phillip Sousa

photo courtesy of religiousliberty.tv

John Phillip Sousa (1854-1932) is best known for composing the famous patriotic tune, "Stars and Stripes Forever." Shortly after he wrote the song, the phonograph was introduced to American Homes. Sousa's work quickly became very famous. 

He was later asked to train musicians for the US Navy band. During his work in the Navy he achieved the rank of Lieutenant Commander. Sousa's famous compositions have played on hundreds of mechanical music machines like the ones you can see at the American Treasure Tour.

Exquisite Porcelain Dolls ~ Beautiful Music

Beautiful porcelain dolls adorn our Nickelodeon Room. 

Must see the dozens of highly collectible dolls ~ they are gorgeous!

Quote for the Day:

"Music is the shorthand of emotion."

Leo Tolstoy

Read more athttp://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/topics/topic_music3.html#6hV24LRbMSLfQ7s8.99

We have great music at the American Treasure Tour ~ see below one of our many band organs ~