Puffs of steam flew out of its windows, obscuring Travis Vasconcelos as his fingers punched out the Indiana University fight song on the calliope’s keyboard. The familiar tune played on the restored ...

1855: A patent is issued for the steam-powered calliope. Joshua Stoddard, a beekeeper and sometime inventor from Worcester, Massachusetts, was the recipient, although the instrument already existed in ...

On Saturday Oct 11, the Whitney Museum will host a performance by an old-fashioned steam-powered calliope. Well, maybe not so old-fashioned: The calliope is actually a piece by the artist Kara Walker, ...

When Raymond Kauffman is in town, folks can tell - not just from the proverbial mile away but from up to 4 miles away. Announcing his presence is the steam calliope he hauls to parades and other ...

An unusual artwork in the Sculpture Garden on the National Mall also makes unusual sounds: archaic and uncanny. It's an old-fashioned steam calliope, an instrument once commonly seen in carnivals and ...

WORCESTER — It was about 170 years ago when Worcester was first introduced to a new and incredibly loud sound that created enough din to be heard miles away. And hear it they did, so much so that the ...

American Cruise Lines acquired a 132-year-old Nichol steam calliope to be placed aboard its new 150-guest paddlewheeler, Queen of the Mississippi. The historic instrument, which originated from the ...