Cedar Point and band organs

I miss the Swan-Boats. Even though the lake was small, it was nice to see the older folks with their grandkids on the boats. Gentle, easy and very photographic.

I just find it weird that on almost every other topic Cedar Point is considered the best park ever and is praised and revered but on this post it isn't. Can someone explain that?

Yes, I can explain it....the topic is one that isn't exactly *favorable* to CP.

Just proves that objectivity rules the planet.. ;)

Doesn't mean CP isn't great in lots of other areas, mind you...;)

For an organ that "works for a living" MIDI is the way to go. I put a MIDI player on my Bruder before the bank sold it and the carousel a year ago. A non invasive instalation with a Viscount 800 MIDI player, it would play for over two hours before repeating the program. No more tracking problems, no more oh so expensive cardboard music books, just turn it on and let it do it's thing.

Austin: I guess it means that more people pay attention to band organs then you would think! :)

Um all the organs are still at CP, they are just turned off, they do ocassinaly fire them up, I think the last time was when the Carousel Club came.

and the Frontier carosel should as much as I realize Dorney was lacking one, needed to stay at the park

So if the Organs are still at CP and in full working order, why is it that CP doesn't have them turned on every day. I would assume that its just because of the maintenance, but that really can't cost that much.

Heck, keep the CD player in there so when the thing breaks, you can turn the CD player on instead, then you can call an organ man instead of having one on staff, and if it takes him a couple days to get there, then people can tolerate CD's for a couple days.

It really is quite ridiculous that Cedar Point of all places doesn't have a working band organ.

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Dan The Man said:

It really is quite ridiculous that Cedar Point of all places doesn't have a working band organ.

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That's because people walk around the park all day with their mouth agape and jaw on the ground. When you can do that...you don't need one!!! ;)

But you're right...it is ridiculous! Those missing little things, certainly do mean a lot.

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Sharpe1007, both organs have been dead for some time. There was a time that when one of the Carousel organizations were scheduled for a tour that they would call Don Stinson to coax the midway organ back to life,but not lately.

Thrillerman: Is that from panting from the heat due to the complete lack of shade? ;)

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millrace said:
Austin: I guess it means that more people pay attention to band organs then you would think!

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lol

I'm a young friend of Don Stinson's. Don is retired now and is trying to liquidate much of his old parts and tools before he gets too frail. He's having an auction Sat, Jan 26th, 2019 at Logan Auction (Mick Lile & Assoc) in Bellefontaine, OH at 10am. I also don't know how many of the organ parts themselves are saleable or in the auction, as the AuctionZip description seems lacking and mostly just lists random memorabilia Don has collected. I was just in his workshop in December and there were myriad wooden handmade parts filling multiple rooms and shelves.

I realize this thread is dead, but I don't know where else to announce this.

I don’t have a particular use, but nonetheless carry a deep appreciation.

I can’t help but think that there are amusement parks and carnivals with band organs that may be interested, though. Maybe news of the auction has gotten around.

And please thank Don for his long service to the industry. I imagine in this day and age he’s one of a kind, or close at least.

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