The Carousel News & Trader 1996

COVER: 1895 Looff stander, “Slick”

CONTENTS:

• Silver Beach carousel seeking new home

• Two more horses restored on National Cathedral, D.C. carousel

• Orlando, FL Nostalgia Memorabilia Collectible Show

• Riverfront Park, Spokane, WA to hold painting workshop

• Saving the Carousel Under the Clock, Hull, MA

• Watch Hill, RI mysterious horses

• Carousel Scam surfaces in California - Buyer Beware!

• 1995 Fall Kissel auction results

• Carousel updates: Nunley’s, NY; Nantasket Beach, MA

• Aten Carousel Extravaganza II auction results

• Lake Compounce horses winter at New England Carousel Museum

COVER: Salem Willows, MA Looff camel

CONTENTS:

• New name for new Cedar Point, OH roller coaster - also, CP wins top Amusement Park honors

• Seventh Wonder of the carousel world, Endicott, NY

• Holland, MI band organ rally scheduled

• Chance Rides introduces new carousel

• John Hughes’ Restorer’s Tips: Raking with a Saw

• Watermelon Slide at NE Carousel Museum

• John Hughes’ Restorer’s Tips: Tinting Epoxy

• PJ’s Idora Park, OH miniature unveiled

• Bob Callis’ Dragon Horse

• Ron Helstern’s Sweetheart Valentine’s Horse

• From Creche to Coney Island: religious wooden sculptures

• Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum acquires Wurlitzer equipment

• Ken Means carving class

• Carousel Miniatures & Modelers Assoc. Meridian, MS convention

• Spokane, WA Ruth band organ plays again

• Down by the O-hi-O band organ rally

COVER: Eden Palais Salon ticket booth

CONTENTS:

• Rocky Point Park, Warwick, Rl set for auction

• Chance Carrousel tours with American Smithsonian exhibit

• ACS 1996 convention preview

• Antique carousels go hi-tech

• Cover story: Eden Palais Salon Carousel: Grandest of the Grand

• Norton Auctioneers’ Florida Auction

• Missoula Crew Begins “The Gift Horse”

• North Tonawanda band organ restored

• Carving class at Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum

• Promoting carousel art in Alaska

• New England Carousel Museum plans Mystic, CT branch

• Miniature Carousel Builders, Inc. 1996

• Restoration Talk

• Horsen-A-Round with Shelly Copland of Canada

COVER: Norumbega Park Newton, MA Dentzel lion

CONTENTS:

• Nostalgia on the Sound: Rye Playland, New York’s carousels

• Remembering Norumbega Park, Newton, MA

• A Helping Hand: Republic, WA and Missoula, MT

• American Carousel Society helping Weona Park, PA

• Cover story: The Lion’s Tale

• World Record Auction Prices

• Mantis roller coaster at Cedar Point, OH

• 75th birthday party for Dorney Park, PA Dentzel

• Carousel Directory of operating machines

• Never judge a horse by its red lips: Pam Hessey

• 1996 Buyer’s Guide Listings

COVER: 1915 Mangels-Carmel carousel, Rye Playland, NY

CONTENTS:

• New/old carousel is almost ready at Seabreeze Park, Rochester, NY

• Restoration Talk: Conserving is the Watchword

• Pieces, parts and more parts fulfill Jerome Strand’s dream

• NCA 1996 Washington, D.C. convention preview

• Nunley’s carousel lithograph

• Florida Nostalgia Show a success

• Wooden Pony Brewing Co. opens in Mansfield, OH

• Tom Wade’s Carver’s Corner

• Amusement Industry Safety Seminar held at Chance Rides

• Geauga Lake, OH lIIions carousel undergoing restoration

• Buried Treasure on PTC #51, Elitch’s Gardens, Denver, CO

• Look Back: Carousels considered nuisances back in 1891

• Circus World Museum, Baraboo, WI

• Dick Bueschel’s slot machine book premieres

• Hooray for the Heroes of Hull, MA!

COVER: Butterfly Dentzel stander horse

CONTENTS:

• Postal cancellations featuring carousels

• Rocky Point Park, Warwick, RI auction results

• Helpers meet at Republic, WA carousel

• The Band Organ: heart of the carousel

• Painted Ponies Pajama Parties at NE Carousel Museum

• Kissel Spring Auction report

• Cover story: Deliberations of a new collector

• The Eden Salon Carousel: Wood Restoration

• Chance Rides introduces Fantasy Carousel

• Joel’s Steak House horses in Verona, NY

• A tour of Carrousel Magic! carving/ restoration shop

COVER: Laurel D’Agnlllo painting, “Spirit”

CONTENTS:

• A carousel returns to Seabreeze Park, Rochester, NY

• Boulder, CO carousel undergoing restoration

• A day at the Allan Herschell Carrousel Factory Museum, NY

• Ed Widger of Allan Herschell Co. & Chance Rides

• Cover story: carousel artist Laurel D’Agnillo

• Miniature carousels at N.E. Carousel Museum

• Talking Restoration with Lourinda Bray

• Open House at Restorations by Wolf, Welcome, MD

• Carousel Concepts mechanical restorations

• News from all a-round - Reely’s Flying Tales

• Restoration Talk: Pointing the Finger

• Vintage photo: Prior & Church racing derby

• Woody White, British Fairground carver

• Celebrate Carrousel Day in Spokane, WA

• Michigan’s Super Saturday

• In memoriam: Mary Devitt

COVER: Painting features the horses of Holyoke, MA PTC #80

CONTENTS:

• Vintage photo of a C. W. Parker carousel

• Redbrush Park now auction history

• Meet toy and carousel collector Adam Burckle

• Central Park, NY carousel undergoes repairs

• Auction under the Big Top results

• Restoration Talk: secrets of the rebuilding process

• The Tails are Still Flying

• New Midway magazine to debut

• The Calliope King’s carousel: Myron Duffield

COVER: Ed Roth horses on new/old Seabreeze carousel

CONTENTS:

• Cover story: Seabreeze Park, Rochester, NY carousel

• American Carousel Society convention 1996 to New York and New Jersey

• Birthday for a Dentzel at Dorney Park, Allentown, PA

• ABOA band organ rally in Holland, MI

• Miniature Carousel Builders, Inc. show at Chambersburg, PA Mall

• Staff changes at Merry-Go-Round Museum, Sandusky, OH

• Restoration Talk: restoring the head and neck

• Rochester Rejoices: two poems

COVER: Jerry Reinhardt’s miniature carvings - 1st Annual Carver’s Issue

CONTENTS:

• San Antonio Carousel Foundation Project

• Cover story: Jerry Reinhardt, master of miniatures

• Brian Stanley’s swing arm carousel rocking horses

• Ongoing revitalization at Seaside Heights, NJ carousel

• Open House at Dr. Bill Black’s Carrousel Music

• Restoration Talk: Restoring and resetting the legs

• News from A Carousel for Missoula

• A unique wedding gift: carousel panel by Cortlandt Hull

• New Euclid Beach book premieres

• A look at Jo-Lin’s glittering T-shirts & more

• New porcelain horses from Tobin Fraley and Geo. Lefton Co.

• Arlene Landers’ artistry and elegance

• Artist and author profiles

• A Dream for a Dentzel, Pen Argyl, PA

• Inkblot horses from Marcos R. Velez

COVER: 1910-15 Looff ram, Shorter collection

CONTENTS:

• Tips on Stripping and Restoring Carousel Animals

• Cover story: Master carvers of the Shorter collection

• Fabulous Finds inside a Herschell-Spillman lion

• Knoebels Groves, PA hosts Miniature Carousel Builders, Inc. rally

• The day the organs went home: band organ rally, N. Tonawanda, NY

• Alaskan makes dreams come alive at Horsin’ Around in TN

• Restoration Talk: finalizing the project

• Carousel Magic: a pioneer family’s by N. Frank Hoppes (book preview)

• Carousels on the Internet with Roger Burgess

COVER: PTC jumper and Herschell chariot in Tony Orlando’s Christmas card

CONTENTS:

• Memorial to Charlotte Dinger

• Staten Island, NY building a new carousel

• Carousel West at Asilomar

• Miniature Carousels visit the Endicott, NY Carousel Festival

• NCA 1996 Convention: Washington, D.C., MD and VA

• American Band Organ Association visits Wabash, IN

• Norton Auctioneers Custom Locomotive auction results

• A Fairy Godmother at Washington, D.C. National Cathedral carousel