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 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

“A 10-note calliope? I was like, ‘Ehh, that doesn’t sound like enough notes.’”

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2018

Park inhabitants include bison, weighing in at as much as 2,000 pounds, and calliope hummingbirds, as light as two paper clips.

From Washington Post • Aug. 15, 2016

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

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck