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The Pomeroy Ranch wrote:
fdoddy@... wrote:> Tales, for me, was the beginning of those awful caliope type sounds that Mr. Wakeman became so fond of.
Well for my money, if you want calliope, you've got to go with Schikele& PDQ Bach. (The Intimate PDQ Bach album is still hilarious today)You think gigging with one of our heavy hulks is a pain, Schikele actuallytoured the US (and elsewhere?) with a real steam (no air blowers) calliopeon stage back in the 70's.....whew, bless that roady!
Vance....calliope.hmmmm, a new sound for the tape library?
Schikele is an original, no doubt. I had the pleasure of seeinghim quite a few times. Best one was at Carnegie Hall and the guy sittingnext to me had purchased a last minute ticket--and thought the concerthe was going to attend was the real deal. He sat through the first piece("Concerto for Horn and Hardart") and then stormed out in a huff (or wasit an Oldsmobile?). For this piece, Schikele actually used an old sectionof an automat dispenser to disguise the front of the percussion table.During tacets and long rests, orchestra members inserted their coins toget goodies to enjoy in their seats. PDQ Bach concerts are always a tadsurreal. If you're ever in NYC around New Year's, he still does his annualconcert.As for calliope sounds, look no further than the first thing on thefirstKC album. That was a calliope (air driven, though) Ian McD found sittingin a remote corner of the studio. He held down some of the lower keys tovent most of the instrument's air and then 'smeared' his hand around onsome of the upper keys. It makes a 'proper' appearance at the end of TCOTCK.Streetly's new recorder voice makes an admirable substitute if you wantto recreate this in your own home.
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