I would not want to stick my head into anything like this. (Even a new one.) I'm always afraid, knowing my luck, I'd be in it when it decided to malfunction, catch on fire, electrocute me, etc...I'll pass. LOL!!! I can envision all the big weird hair , too. :)
It's always a shame when things, especially instruments like this- gets left behind. BUT... after having several keyboards and pianos and organs over the years, some of them are quite heavy. One almost has to have Herculean strength or a team of people to move one, so maybe this was the reason they are left behind.
I wasn't around for a few more years in 1974, so this has literally been hanging there my entire life. That blows my mind, all the life I've lived, holidays, vacation, growing up, getting married, etc. etc... and it's been there the entire time. While life can be hectic and stressful, this little Christmas card calendar has been sitting quietly on the sidelines. Interesting how things work out like that sometimes. One of my favorite pictures. :)
Times aren't like they used to be. This would, like a lot of posters here, remain a distinct memory for me had I got the chance to see it. Everything was old school and not computerized. Kids today, at least the ones I'm around (NOT my kid!) don't like anything unless it's lasers, computers, mechanical, etc... or the oft compared to six flags, which is just a huge faceless corporate cookie cutter theme park. Maybe bigger, faster, etc... but this place, even abandoned, and perhaps moreso because of that- was intended to be a place of enchantment and wonder.
This place seems to be holding up pretty well. It's so magical and mysterious, esp. this shot.... a house made with a giant ice cream cone, 'frosting' for mortar and a castle in the background? Very cool. I'd probably live there if I could. I think it would be fun to live in a 'gingerbread' house. Lord knows I have a sweet tooth. XD