(cheerful music)

- [Voiceover] How many times do you get

one of the only people in the world doing what you're doing?

There's other people that tried it,

but they haven't lasted.

- My name's Art Ritchie and I'm one of

the co-owners of the Carousel Works.

- And I'm Dan Jones, and I'm the other owner

of Carousel Works.

- [Art] We're the largest manufacturer

of wooden carousels in the world.

- Art and I met through a third party that we both knew.

I went over to his shop one day,

and we were talking and one thing led to another,

and from there it just kinda took off.

I was doing restoration and he was doing carvings.

- We've had a 50/50 partnership for 30 years,

and there are very few partnerships

that last over three years, so.

- You know that's not to say that we haven't

had differences over the years.

It's just like being married.

But not that bad.

(laughter)

- [Art] We average, in different stages,

probably three carousels a year.

- [Dan] We're actually working on four right now.

We have carousels all around the world.

- [Art] We made the Cincinnati Riverfront carousel.

- [Dan] We have one in the Bronx Zoo.

- [Art] We have one in the Kansas City Zoo.

- [Dan] the Nashville Zoo.

- [Art] the Atlanta Zoo.

- [Dan] the Riverbank Zoo.

- We even made the Smithsonian National Zoo carousel.

Carousels will put people in the eye of the child.

- Oh, they're absolutely beautiful.

When you watch people ride a carousel,

the kids are just loving to go up and down,

and with these big smiles.

And then the ride comes to a stop.

Can we go again?

It's fantastic.