[1] The carousel has 68 hand-carved wooden animals, including horses, lions, camels, goats and giraffes.

The organ is equipped with automatic stops, percussion instruments (also known as "traps") and a duplex roll-frame, which allows for continuous music.

Employees from the municipal government change the music rolls every two days.

On very hot and humid days, carousel employees usually opt to play recorded carousel music, due to the fact that the high temperature and humidity de-tune the organ.

The band organ was restored in 1985, and again in 2005, and is continuously maintained by the city of St.