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

Try a few, crank up the calliope and make your own show.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2021

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

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

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck