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| − | Custom-built steam calliope at the Circus McGurkus, from the 1956 Dr. Seuss children's book ''If I Ran the Circus''. It's played by circus owner Morris McGurk himself in the opening parade, drawn by camels and mounted on an alligator or | + | Custom-built steam calliope at the Circus McGurkus, from the 1956 Dr. Seuss children's book ''If I Ran the Circus''. It's pipes are "gold brass-plated tin" and makes a "bummbeling din." |
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| + | It's played by circus owner Morris McGurk himself in the opening parade, drawn by camels and mounted on an alligator or crocodile. McGurk plays "Dixie." | ||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
| + | *[[Welcoming Horn]] | ||
*[[Drum-Tummied Snumm]] | *[[Drum-Tummied Snumm]] | ||
*[[Harp-Twanging Snarp]] | *[[Harp-Twanging Snarp]] | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*http://seuss.wikia.com/wiki/Drum-Tummied_Snum | *http://seuss.wikia.com/wiki/Drum-Tummied_Snum | ||
| + | *https://web.archive.org/web/20181010133522/http://jessecampbellbrown.com/wordpress/sneelocks-lament-for-a-dr-suess-exhibition/ | ||
[[Category:1956]] | [[Category:1956]] | ||
[[Category:Dr. Seuss]] | [[Category:Dr. Seuss]] | ||
| + | [[Category:Picture books]] | ||
[[Category:Fictional instruments]] | [[Category:Fictional instruments]] | ||
Latest revision as of 07:27, 12 April 2019
Custom-built steam calliope at the Circus McGurkus, from the 1956 Dr. Seuss children's book If I Ran the Circus. It's pipes are "gold brass-plated tin" and makes a "bummbeling din."
It's played by circus owner Morris McGurk himself in the opening parade, drawn by camels and mounted on an alligator or crocodile. McGurk plays "Dixie."
See also
- Welcoming Horn
- Drum-Tummied Snumm
- Harp-Twanging Snarp
- Three-Snarper-Harp
- Three-nozzled bloozer
- One-nozzled noozer
