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Barrel organs

The barrel refers to a cylinder with raised teeth which rotates within the organ. As the cylinder rotates, the teeth raise levers, allowing air to pass into pipes.

Museum of Mechanical Music
Museum of Mechanical Music
Museum of Mechanical Music

Fabrication Leipzig. Avec figurine en terre cuite de 1886. Elle démontre les liens anciens entre colporteurs savoyards et orgue de barbarie. C'est l'emblème du musée.

Museum of Mechanical Music

Avec décor de marqueterie.

Swedish Museum of Performing Arts
University of Edinburgh

Technical description: Wooden case. Front with mock pipes and green cloth. Handle, two bellows and reservoir. 14 wooden flue pipes, square section stopped flutes; 14 metal flue pipes, circular section open flutes; triangle. 3 stops. Three barrels, two of …