Preservation Carousel (Ride)

The Preservation Carousel is a Carousel built by Chance Rides and owned by an enthusiast dedicated to the world of Mechanical Music. It plays recorded music from Mechanical Music CDS and LPs feauturing various Band Organs and Fairground Organs, has a Wurlitzer 153 Band Organ (able to play both rolls and MIDI files) that plays on request, and it is a 50ft Carousel.

History
After collecting so many CDs and LPs relating to Mechanical Music, the enthusiast wanted to add a Carousel to his collection; one that was very big and beautiful. So he contacted Chance Rides (asking for a large Carousel with a wide variety of horses in different poses and colors, alongside a few other menagerie animals, comparing it to “Hong Kong Disneyland meets Freestyle Adventure Acres meets Michigan’s Adventure”) and got a huge 50ft Carousel. He got his Wurlitzer 153 Band Organ and put it right beside the Carousel, and a CD player for the recorded music and digitized LPs. It is open every day.

The carousel has Dentzel style theming; menagerie animals include a a Lion, a Tiger (both jumping; the latter is particularly the large jumper with one of it’s paws out), a Deer (of the more common Dentzel-style jumping kind), a Rabbit, a Rooster, a large Dentzel-style Zebra, two Sea Dragons, a Camel, and a Giraffe (the latter two are two out of four fixed-position figures, not counting chariots, the other being two large horses, one of which is armored).

CDS
Come To The Fair Volumes 1-3, Katy Lou Volume 1-2, Good Old USA Carousel Music Volumes 1-2, Carousel Organ Varieties Volumes 1-3, The Best Of Big Bertha Volumes 1-2. Bill Blacks Wurlitzer 153 and Wurlitzer 165 CDs, Catch The Brass Ring, Catch Another Brass Ring, The Best Of The Belgian Band Organ Volume 1, etc.

LPS
Dance To The Mortier Organ, Sidewalks Of New York (featuring a Wurlitzer 164), Gavioli Showtime, Mammoth Marenghi Fair Organ Marches And Overtures, Duncan Price's 89 Key Gavioli Volume 1, The Gaudin Fair Organ All The Fun Of The Fair Volume 1, etc.