You’re quite right. You piqued my curiosity on the subject, so I did a little looking around. A pipe organ drives pressurized air through pipes to generate sound, while a calliope drives steam through oversized whistles to produce music. It’s a product of its time (late 19th to early 20th century), when steam power was abundant. Here’s a video of a calliope in action.
Thanks!
Wouldn’t be much of anything without the encouragement and participation of followers, and I’m very much appreciative of it! My ask box is always open, so feel free to comment.
On a distantly related note, things have gone simultaneously bananas and through the roof here since yesterday, so if you’re new here, welcome!
OK, time for the next review. There were four albums suggested: I’m going to review each of the four next. But which one first?
I’m going to cheat a little and not pick at random. Land of Fans and Music 3 was released about a week ago. Yes sir: brand new (unofficial) Homestuck music, for the first time in about nine months. And free Homestuck music to boot. So let’s dig into this pie while it’s still cooling on the windowsill. LOFAM 3, coming up next.
You’ve said it better than I ever could. Yes, the LOFAM albums are fan-created works and quite unofficial, not directly affiliated with the comic in any way.
Of course, the silver lining bonus is, because they’re unofficial, they’re completely free (go get the fan albums here!)