American Marches
Played on Our Calliope

Our CD, “Marvelous Marches”, was professionally digitally recorded, mixed, and mastered in 2003. The music is being played by punched paper “A” rolls. These marches are the original traditional arrangements that were used on the first Tangley Calliaphones.

The sound can be likened to a brass pipe organ. The tone is smooth, balanced, and (unlike the old steam calliopes), in tune! If you have not yet listened to the sound samples, click on
Our Sound.

Barnum and Bailey's Favorite
The Billboard March
Bombasto March
Repaz Band March
The Chariot Race March
King Cotton
On the Alert
Don't Give Up the Ship
Queen City March
Mark Time
We Saw the Sea
Robinson's Grand Entry March
Hi Henry's Triumphal March

The Whirl Wind Galop
Colonel Conway March
El Capitan
Free Lance March
On the Square
Hail, Columbia, Gem of the Ocean
God Bless America
Washington Post March
Semper Fidelis
American Patrol
National Emblem
Stars and Stripes Forever

Mixed and mastered by Bruce Kane, Sterling Productions, Sterling, Virginia
Cover design and photography by Jan Bender

To purchase our CD

US and Canada:

Send your name, mailing address, and a personal check for $13 US (this includes the CD, shipping, and any applicable taxes).

Make your check out to Terry Bender. Send to:

Terry Bender
PO Box 20
Great Falls, VA 22066

Foreign Addresses:

If you are reaching this website from Europe or any other address outside the US, please e-mail us for payment instructions: terry@bendermelodies.com

The price for mailing to foreign addresses is $20 US.

We are not able to accept credit cards at this time, and we apologize for any inconvenience.

How is a carousel organ different from a calliope?

Carousel organs, also called band organs, have wooden pipes and usually have a variety of percussion instruments in addition. Small drums and bells struck with mallets are commonly seen. Often these instruments are large and elaborately decorated with winged cherubs, lovely ladies, and stately conductors that move or play instruments. They play automatically with either punched paper rolls or heavy cardboard accordian-fold “books"” with holes. Unlike calliopes, they do not have keyboards.

Calliope with carousel horse

Our calliope was positioned near one of the artist decorated carousel horses placed around town in St. Joseph, Mich. These horses have been sold to raise money for a replica of the original carousel at Silver Beach on Lake Michigan.

A Special Moment

We know you will enjoy the quality of this peppy music. We were honored to hear that our CD was used at the funeral of a military officier who loved marches and the band organs that played on the old carousels.

American Marches Played on Our Calliope

American Marches
Played on Our Calliope