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Dave Mahr of Decatur, Illinois, performs on his Raffin street organ made in Germany at the Carousel Organ Association of America rally Sunday, May 27, 2018 at Lake Winnepesaukah amusement park in Rossville, Georgia. — Dave Mahr of Decatur, Illinois, performs on his Raffin street organ made in Germany at the Carousel Organ Association of America rally Sunday, May 27, 2018 at Lake Winnepesaukah amusement park in Rossville, Georgia. Dave Mahr of Decatur, Illinois, performs on his Raffin street organ made in Germany at the Carousel Organ Association of America rally Sunday, May 27, 2018 at Lake Winnepesaukah amusement park in Rossville, Georgia.

By Erin O. Smith May 28, 2018 1 min read

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Carousel Organ Association of America rally

Kids at Lake Winnepesaukah amusement park walk past street organs lining the walkway during the Carousel Organ Association of America rally Sunday, May 27, 2018 in Rossville, Georgia. The COAA is an international group of about 900 members across the U.S. as well as Europe, England, Australia and Japan.

Al Good of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, performs with his 20-pipe organ that came as a kit from Australia at the Carousel Organ Association of America rally Sunday, May 27, 2018 at Lake Winnepesaukah amusement park in Rossville, Georgia. Good, who built the organ from a kit, said he spent about 550 hours of work on the organ over 5 months and 26 days. Good said he was a musician, but a stroke kept him from being able to continue playing piano, so he became interested in the street organ.

Al Good of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, talks about his 20-pipe organ that came as a kit from Australia at the Carousel Organ Association of America rally Sunday, May 27, 2018 at Lake Winnepesaukah amusement park in Rossville, Georgia. Good, who built the organ from a kit, said he spent about 550 hours of work on the organ over 5 months and 26 days. Good said he was a musician, but a stroke kept him from being able to continue playing piano, so he became interested in the street organ.

Mikey Mills, 18, of Cold Spring, Kentucky, changes a roll in his Johnson Style 103 organ at the Carousel Organ Association of America rally Sunday, May 27, 2018 at Lake Winnepesaukah amusement park in Rossville, Georgia. Mills said he's had a fascination for organs ever since he was about 3 years old when he heard the music from a carousel for the first time. He enjoys arranging the music that he says has a old-timey sound that is nothing like the stuff you hear today.

Gabby Gracia, 7, of Ooltewah, Tennessee, spins the handle on a street organ as the owner Marlene Beckman of Berryton, Kansas, looks on at the Carousel Organ Association of America rally Sunday, May 27, 2018 at Lake Winnepesaukah amusement park in Rossville, Georgia. The COAA is an international group of about 900 members across the U.S. as well as Europe, England, Australia and Japan.

Bob Buckler of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, sits and watches other perform on organs as he holds a concertina at the Carousel Organ Association of America rally Sunday, May 27, 2018 at Lake Winnepesaukah amusement park in Rossville, Georgia. Buckler said he has two other street organs at home. Buckler was a stage hand and carpenter who worked on plays such as "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Les Miserables," and once he retired he got into organs.

Dave Mahr of Decatur, Illinois, performs on his Raffin street organ made in Germany at the Carousel Organ Association of America rally Sunday, May 27, 2018 at Lake Winnepesaukah amusement park in Rossville, Georgia.

The Carousel Organ Association of America held its rally Sunday, May 27, 2018, at Lake Winnepesaukah amusement park in Rossville, Georgia.