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The River's Music Maker
| 题名： | The River's Music Maker |
| 正文语种： | eng |
| 作者： | KEITH NORRINGTON |
| 摘要： | The river community is saddened by the recent passing of Shirley Ruck Bur-winkle, 91, who served as ealliopist on the Str. Belle of Louisville (1966-1970) and was organist for a brief time on the Str. Delta Queen. It was Burwinkle who kindly permitted this writer to play the Belle's calliope in 1968 when I was 14 years old. And it was truly an honor to be her successor at the brass keyboard in 1971. Bur-winkle, long an avid reader of The Waterways Journal and a loyal supporter of the Howard Steamboat Museum, will be missed by many for her kindness and friendship. This weeks Old Boat Column is fondly dedicated to her memory. Patented in 1855 by Joshua Stoddard, of Worcester, Mass., the steam calliope was originally intended to replace church bells. Earlier, in 1851, William Hoyt of Dupont, Ind., had conceived of a device similar to Stoddard's, but he did not patent it. Later, Arthur Denny, employed by Stoddard's American Music, attempted to market a similar instrument in Europe, but it received little interest. In 1859, Denny demonstrated an "Improved Kal-Iiope" in London that permitted the performer to control the steam pressure while playing. |
| 出版年： | 2021 |
| 期刊名称： | Waterways Journal |
| 卷： | 135 |
| 期： | 2 |
| 页码： | 14,13 |
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