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	Barrel organ - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A barrel organ is a mechanical musical instrument made of a series of pipes, and bellows, like any other traditional organ, and of a cylinder studded with staples or bridges or pins corresponding in their placement to a particular tune.
		Because of the very solid and sonorous presence of the organ grinder in the literature and the pictorial history of the 19th century and the early 20th century, the power source is commonly assumed to be a crank, turned by this gentleman or by his monkey.
		The barrel organ should not be confused with the hurdy gurdy, which, although it is also powered by a crank and often used by street performers, produces sound with a rosin-covered wheel rotated against tuned strings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Barrel_organ (602 words)

	Organ grinder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		More often than not the grinder was a man, bearing a medium sized barrel organ held in front of him and supported by a strap around his neck, leaving one hand free to crank and the other to solicit payements for his performance.
		Music lovers usually hated the organ grinders, since most grinders seemed to be tone deaf and lacking any sense of rhythm: They apparently were not interested in keeping their instrument in tune or cranking at a rate suited to the music which was "programmed" in their barrel organ.
		Charles Babbage was a particularly virulent enemy of the organ grinders.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Organ_grinder (649 words)

	BARREL-ORGAN - LoveToKnow Article on BARREL-ORGAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A barrelorgan was built for Fulham church by Wright, and a large instrument with four barrels was constructed by Bishop for Northallerton church in 1820.
		The inventory of the organs and other keyboard instruments belonging to the duke of Modena, drawn up in 1598, contains two entries of an organo Tedesco.i in Englanll these organs were also known as Dutch organs, and the name clung to the instrument even in its diminutive form of hand-orgffn Of the itinerant musician.
		In problem 30 is drawn a large section of the barrel, showing six bars of music represented by the pin tablature, which can be actually deciphered by the help of the keyboard included in the drawing.
	24.1911encyclopedia.org /B/BA/BARREL_ORGAN.htm (1080 words)

	Holy Trinity Church, Tansley (Organ)
		Barrel organs were used at this time in churches to accompany the singing of hymns but they were not like the barrel organs we see today.
		The barrel was turned by a handle which also operated the bellows and the organs were vehicles for music of the highest quality.
		The old organ was removed to his works early in 1896 and a new 2-manual organ was constructed where he used 5 stops from the old barrel organ in the new organ.
	freespace.virgin.net /denys.gaskell/organ.html (606 words)

	Organs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Barrel organs were popular in England in late 18th and early 19th centuries to meet the needs of small parish churches that lacked an organist; prior to that time, organs were rare, and a variety of other instruments were used.
		One of the tunes is not a hymn at all ("In the Cottage") although the inclusion of secular music on barrel organs was not unknown.
		A second barrel organ built by Richard Coates stood in this study; it was probably used by Willson in composing his hymns, as well as for the entertainment of those that had gathered.
	home.interhop.net /aschrauwe/organs.html (939 words)

	FAQ Page
		All that the man inside the organ is actually doing is to feed another music book into the key frame every 10 minutes or so; and to shout at the kids as they try and remove the pipes from the front of the organ to use as whistles.
		This is because keyed organs tend to shorten the durations of the notes, whereas keyless organs tend to lengthen the notes slightly.
		One well-respected organ builder told me that whenever he was called out to a problem with a keyed organ, he could almost guarantee that the problem would be somewhere in the key frame; and it would be almost impossible to fix it without taking the whole thing to pieces.
	www.melright.com /music/faqpage.htm (4782 words)

	Music at the Fortress of Hohensalzburg
		In 1753, the Salzburg court organ constructor, Rochus Egedacher, was responsible for a “complete renovation and expansion of this beautiful mechanism” For the most part re-using the original pipes he rebuilt the instrument as it is known to us today, providing 12 musical pieces, one per month on a new barrel.
		The "ancient organ with three registers" was listed in the "inventory of valuables and other equipment for St George's castle church in Salzburg for the Solar year 1900." It was given a value of 20 Austrian crowns and was described as being in poor condition.
		That organ has 125 pipes for the notes F to g2, in order to be able to intensify the effectiveness of the upper range notes, and was built in the same blockwork manner; that is, without a division of the stops.
	www.salzstier.com /musicartc (3760 words)

	Experiences with Barrel Organs
		Up to this size, such organs are blown by the turning handle and two pairs of 'cuckoo feeders'; pausing on a reciting note stops the wind supply with lamentable results; psalmodic barrel organs had a separate blower to overcome this.
		A third barrel was found in the woods in the rectory gardens, a few slats held by a few strands of pinning; it is preserved in the organ case.
		The 'barrel and finger' organ had the virtue of providing an invaluable live deputy organist to the one barrel, and a full chromatic compass - its size usually permitted twelve tunes to be pinned rather than ten.
	website.lineone.net /~glandy/BIOS/apr97/f497.html (941 words)

	Barrel Organs Miserable Dumbledores
		Although the barrel mechanism as applied to the organ was known long before the Restoration, the earliest claim (unsubstantiated) for the installation of such an instrument is at the church of King Charles the Martyr, Peak Forest, Derbyshire, c.
		Few instruments had more than three barrels of ten tunes each, and when in 1874 the rector of Bulwick Church, Northamptonshire, complained of their barrel organ that 'it has 30 tunes of which we are all tired', his brother George Maydwell Holdich designed and built a new two-manual and pedal organ for his parish.
		The limitations of the barrel organ were far less apparent if it were used to supplement the musical accompaniment, and there is evidence it co-existed with a gallery band in many parishes.
	home.freeuk.net /glandy/apr97/c497.html (1234 words)

	HistoryWired: A few of our favorite things
		As the barrel rotates, the positioning of the pins determines the sequence of notes played and hence the melody produced by the 35 organ pipes.
		While portable barrel organs were popularly used on the streets of America in the 1800s, the idea of a pinned barrel system came from European clock mechanisms of the 1300s and large church organs of the 1700s.
		A cousin of the barrel organ is the cylinder music box which incorporates a metal rather than wooden cylinder.
	historywired.si.edu /detail.cfm?ID=157 (242 words)

	globalinfo.org - Aug 9, MEXICO (#38554) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		He cranks his "organillo" or barrel organ, built in 1910 in Germany, and it plays the old melodies slightly out of tune because the parts are no longer available to repair it.
		The barrel organs are carved wooden boxes made of oak, cedar or mahogany, some of which are still decked out with red velvet adornments.
		Organ grinders face no legal repercussions for plying their trade in public spaces, and they are recognized as workers by local authorities.
	www.globalinfo.org /eng/reader.asp?ArticleId=38554 (689 words)

	Journal of San Diego History
		The barrel organ derives its name from a wooden cylinder, mounted in a horizontal position and having on its outer surface a number of brass staples or pins.
		As the "barrel" is revolved by a hand crank, these pins operate a mechanism which opens the pallets, allowing the wind to enter the required pipes; the wind is produced by bellows, also operated by the hand crank.
		The confusion arises from the appearance of a barrel organ at the Mission San Juan Bautista, and from disagreement among historians.
	www.sandiegohistory.org /journal/63january/organ.htm (935 words)

	New Zealand Musicians: Lionel Hartley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The original Fair Ground Barrel Organs (or Band Organs in the U.S.A) were first built around the early 1860's, and the sole purpose was to make a loud noise to attract the customers to rides.
		The heavy wooden or zinc barrel was replaced by a perforated paper roll which was 'read' by air pressure being released through the holes.
		Organs hobby built by Dr Lionel Hartley in New Zealand and Australia use digital MIDI or magnetic tape devices or an innovative original electronic technique where the paper roll is printed on a computer printer instead of being perforated.
	www.geocities.com /buskingmusic/kiwi (291 words)

	Inter Press Service News Agency
		As he cranks his ”organillo” or barrel organ, built in 1910 in Germany, it plays old melodies out of tune because its best years passed long ago, and the parts are no longer available to repair it.
		In Mexico, the origins of the organ grinder's occupation dates back to the 19th century, during the dictatorship of Porfirio Díaz (1870-1910), when the local gentry were at the peak of their splendour.
		Although organ grinders face no legal impediments for plying their trade in public spaces, and they are recognised as workers by local authorities, they have no access to benefits like social security or a pension, he pointed out.
	www.ipsnews.net /africa/print.asp?idnews=29832 (664 words)

	History of the Hand-Cranked Street Organ, Monkey Organ, or Grinder Organ
		The hand-cranked street organ began life in the eighteenth century as a little tiny hand-cranked table organ that was designed to teach song birds how to sing pretty little songs.
		As performers demanded a fuller sound, organs were built with larger pipes and bellows, and interchangeable barrels.
		Barrel organs were very popular, at least with organ grinders.
	www.floraco.com /organs/history (601 words)

	About Automatic Music Instruments Generally
		Beginning in the 1600's, large residence organs with barrel systems were made for the royalty as well as the very wealthy.
		The portable hand-cranked barrel organ, or"monkey organ" was used in the streets of Europe beginning in the 18th century.
		The organ grinders were providing entertainment up until at least the 1930's and 40's, when, for certain reasons, they gradually disappeared from the scene as main sources of musical entertainment.
	theatreorgans.com /btoc/boxes.htm (810 words)

	The Barrel Organ at Mission San Juan Bautista
		The customary instruments in use at the Missions were the violin, the viola, the violincello, the bass-viol, the flute, the sweet German flute, the trumpet, horns, the bandola (lute), the guitar, drums and the triangle.
		A Brief History of the Barrel Organ in Anglican Church Worship by Christopher Turner M.A. The conditions which led to the use of the barrel organ in Anglican churches did not occur in Catholic churches, however.
		The barrel organ was probably used more for entertainment in the missions, although some of the quotations above indicate that the mission orchestras had a tendency to launch into secular tunes as incidental music for the mass.
	www.standingstones.com /sanjuan.html (8436 words)

	~~~ Hooghuys Organ Pages ~~~ The Organs: Barrel organs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		When Louis Hooghuys started building mechanical organs in 1880, his first instruments were barrel organs – which were typical for those days, since the organ book wasn't invented until 1892 (presumably by Gavioli).
		At least two 33-key Hooghuys barrel organs are still in existence: one is to be found at the Mechanical Music Museum and Bygones at Cotton (Stowmarket, GB), while the other is in the possession of the Perlee family at Amsterdam.
		Invoice for a barrel organ ordered by Chiappa and Sons at London on 26 January 1895; the organ had the serial no. 282 and was delivered on 21 April 1896.
	users.skynet.be /hooghuys/theorgans/barrelorgans.html (443 words)

	AllRefer.com - barrel organ (Music: Theory, Forms, And Instruments) - Encyclopedia
		barrel organ, mechanical musical instrument requiring nothing but the regular rotary motion of a handle to keep it going.
		It probably originated at the beginning of the 18th cent., and was once used extensively in English churches.
		A portable type of barrel organ whose cylinder is turned by a hand crank has been mistakenly called hurdy-gurdy, from which it is fundamentally different.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/B/barrelor.html (228 words)

	The "organito" (the barrel organ)
		Barrel organs of different sizes and features were available.
		The barrel organ or "organito" was the greatest tango promoter by late of the 19th.
		In 1965 the monthly magazine "Leoplán" published an interview to a barrel organ player who called himself Don Rafael and told that the lucky parrot was an Argentine invention..., "that (he) had 60 different clichés to print colorful papers that the little parrot would take out when the door were opened.
	www.todotango.com /english/biblioteca/cronicas/organito.html (417 words)

	Insurance Section
		The first book-playing instruments played on the 87 key scale, and this type of organ was to prove one of the company’s greatest enduring successes in terms of numbers built and the enviable reputation they forged, both musically and technically.
		In 1910 the ride and organ passed to another Lancashire showman, Ben Mitchell; in about 1913 he took the unusual step of having the organ converted from book to barrel operation complete with an automatic tune-changing mechanism so that no operator was required.
		The organ was then used in a Walzer ride which Silcock, the eldest of the four Silcock brothers, had acquired that same year from Messrs.
	www.acpilmer.com /gallery_dunford.html (1405 words)

	The Salzburg Stier (Bull) Barrel Organ
		The organ was installed as a form of siren/alarm clock in 1500 under the instruction of the Archbishop Leonard von Keutschach, who ruled the independent dukedom of Salzburg from 1495 until 1519.
		THE BARRELS are receiving particular attention at the world famous museum and restoration facilities of The National Museum, Van Speelklok Tot Pierement, Netherlands.
		In 1753 Leopold Mozart increased the repertoire to twelve compositions on the barrel.
	www.salzstier.com (1380 words)

	Cooperstown Chamber Music Festival - The Freeman's Journal Article (7/29/2005) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William Cooper purchased a large and elegant upright barrel organ in 1797 when he was a congressman in Philadelphia.
		She noted that it was a warm day the first time the barrel organ was played, and the music reached the nearby school, where a young James was a pupil.
		Boardman, who has played the organ on several occasions, says it is "fun and exhilarating to play, and at the same time you are very, very aware you are playing an antique." She says that the barrel organ works on the same principles as a music box, but on a grand scale.
	www.cooperstownmusicfest.org /tfj20050729.htm (664 words)

	Jürgen Kraft: WI-M99 Barrel Organ (Wood) from Wilesco
		The original reproduction of a classic transportable organ from the beginning of last century is a new further development from Wilesco.
		The design of this barrel organ is adapted from a classic transportable organ from the beginning of last century, which was mainly manufactured in Waldkirch/Schwarzwald, a town which was famous for its organs.
		The sound of an original barrel organ is generated with organ pipes, but the ones of our model are done mechanically.
	www.sell-it-easy.de /shop_e/query.php?cp_tpl=5504_24&cp_pid=123011930&cp_cat=24 (297 words)

	Barrel Organs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		A barrel organ is an organ that is not played by human hands, but by a music program.
		By the second half of the 19th century, thousands of portable barrel organs, large and small, could be seen and heard all over Europe.
		And, though the production of barrel organs had ceased in most countries by the 1930s, the Dutch pierement continued to be produced.
	www.aida.net /barrel-t.htm (218 words)

	Bill Wineburgh's Arthur W.J.G. Ord-Hume Barrel Organ Book Description
		This huge oversight is the mechanical or barrel organ, which played so great a part in church music in the early days and, later, was to become a king in its own right in the field of secular music.
		Seeking to continue that tradition and appreciation, The Barrel Organ will rejuvenate and enlighten the world of organs and music with this thorough study of a little-known area of musicology.
		The barrel and keyframe of the Leigh Court Hospital organ
	members.aol.com /WWineburgh/ordbo.htm (794 words)

	Argentinian Barrel Organ Museum - La Salvia - Official Web Site
		The Argentinean Barrel Organ Museum (Museo del Organito Argentino), and your activities, have been declared of Cultural and Tourist Interest by the Honorable Camera of Deputies of the Argentina Nation.
		It is the common denomination for hand-turned barrel organs and street organs used in "Río de la Plata" (River Plate, territory embracing Argentina and Uruguay).
		Meanwhile, denominations such as "Barrel Organ", "Street Organ", "Fair Organ", "Mechanical Street Organ" and "Band Organ" are used in USA and the United Kingdom depending on the sizes, features and use.
	www.organito.com.ar /index_en.htm (176 words)

	Barrel organ by Nachada
		The sharmanka was a portable organ without keyboard, used by wandering musicians.
		The organ grinders usually set up near bars or "houses of ill repute" and were subjected to moralizing lectures for exploiting pretty girls of eight to ten, making them dance, tumble, and do various tricks with hoops to amuse the drunken audiences.
		And even in the early twentieth century, when wind organs were being replaced by more modern methods of mechanical reproduction of musical instruments (foremost by the gramophone), the Odessa sharmankas continued to sell well both in the empire and abroad.
	mmd.foxtail.com /Pictures/nechada.html (686 words)

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