calliope

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Then we went through our industrial phase: The calliope appeared atop a plume of pressurized steam in the early 1850s.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2023

Her six-year-old feet skimming swiftly over battered gray grass, twinkly, too-bright colored lights, shards of mirror, the wild music of a steam calliope.

From The Verge • Feb. 8, 2019

It was performed exclusively by kids -- little kids, bigger kids, teenagers – but was a full-on big top experience, with sawdust and a calliope, acrobats and aerialists.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 7, 2018

On the internet she found Kenneth Griffard, a Michigan-based calliope specialist, who had a partly completed one, and that’s when the project started to sprout.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2018

Not long after, someone starts up the calliope and the parade begins.

From "Water for Elephants" by Sara Gruen