calliope

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Linthicum also contributes saloon piano and calliope organ, as well as weepy steel guitar on “Old Fashioned Man,” a country waltz about not dancing.

From Washington Times • Dec. 9, 2020

“It had a steam powered organ — a calliope — that was inimitable,” wrote Chuck.

From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2020

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

I also received bright orange 3D plastic models for those sizes, which, clustered together, resemble a miniature skyline or calliope pipes.

From New York Times • Oct. 16, 2017

As the calliope swung into ‘Marching Through Georgia’, Uncle Sam unfolded himself out of the caboose.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck