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A street organ (French: orgue de rue or orgue de barbarie) played by an organ grinder is a French automatic mechanical pneumatic organ designed to be mobile enough to play its music in the street. The two most commonly seen types are the smaller German and the larger Dutch street organ.

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Street organ

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A street organ (French: orgue de rue or orgue de barbarie) played by an organ grinder is a French automatic mechanical pneumatic organ designed to be mobile...

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Barrel organ

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as hand organ, cylinder organ, box organ (though that can also mean a positive organ), street organ, grinder organ, and Low Countries organ. In French...

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Organ

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series of pipes Fairground organ, an automatic mechanical organ designed to provide loud music in fairground settings Street organ, a mobile, automatic mechanical...

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Fairground organ

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A fairground organ is a musical organ covering the wind and percussive sections of an orchestra. Originated in Paris, France, it was designed for use in...

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Organ Grinder

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Look up organ grinder in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Organ Grinder may refer to: Organ grinder, a street organ player The Organ Grinder, a 1912 film...

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Water organ

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The water organ or hydraulic organ (Greek: ὕδραυλις) (early types are sometimes called hydraulos, hydraulus or hydraula) is a type of pipe organ blown by...

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Organ trade

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Organ trade (also known as the blood market or the red market) is the trading of human organs, tissues, or other body products, usually for transplantation...

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Monkey jacket

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nicknamed "monkey jacket" after the monkeys that accompanied organ grinders. These street organ monkeys were trained to do tricks and collect coins as the...

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Organ donation

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Organ donation is the process when a person authorizes an organ of their own to be removed and transplanted to another person, legally, either by consent...

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Mechanical organ

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A mechanical organ is an organ that is self-playing, rather than played by a musician. For example, the barrel organ is activated either by a person turning...

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Organ transplantation

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Organ transplantation is a medical procedure in which an organ is removed from one body and placed in the body of a recipient, to replace a damaged or...

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Book music

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used medium for large instruments. Used extensively by fairground and street organ makers, book music was also used by Henri Fourneaux in 1863 in his Pianista...

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Carl Frei

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1967) was a German organ builder, composer and music arranger who founded a company that manufactured fairground and street organs. Born in Schiltach...

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Wanamaker Organ

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The Wanamaker Grand Court Organ, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is the largest fully functioning pipe organ in the world, based on the number...

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Galston Congregational Church Pipe Organ

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Galston Uniting Church Pipe Organ or Pipe Organ from Bourke Street Congregational Church is a heritage-listed church pipe organ located at 11 School Road...

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Draaiorgel de Vijf Beelden

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street organ of the Five Figures), or De Vijf Beeldenkast (en: The Five Figures Cabinet) was a Dutch street organ with 52 keys. Originally, the organ...

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Mack the Knife

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strolling minstrels. In The Threepenny Opera, the Moritat singer with his street organ introduces and closes the drama with the tale of the deadly Mackie Messer...

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Grinder

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German speed/thrash band from the late 80s and early 90s Organ grinder, the operator of a street organ "Grinder", song by Judas Priest from the album British...

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See See the Sun

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'Mammoth' is one of the very few pop singles to feature a barrel organ (or street organ). The organ, The Flamingo, was too big to get through the studio entrance...

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North Tonawanda Barrel Organ Factory

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The North Tonawanda Barrel Organ Factory was a street organ manufacturing company and building, located in North Tonawanda, New York. Started by expatriate...

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The List of Adrian Messenger

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John Roberts Running boy (uncredited) Cameo appearances: Tony Curtis as street organ player Robert Mitchum as Slattery Frank Sinatra as Avatar's trainer Burt...

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London Bridge station organ

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2022 the organ was installed at London Bridge station − in the Stainer Street concourse, near Saint Thomas Street − by the "Pipe Up for Pipe Organs" charity...

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Tulip festival

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demonstrations, street vendors selling poffertjes and an antique Dutch street organ. The Tulip Time Festival in Holland, Michigan is held in early May and...

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James Petrillo

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ends with Bugs making large amounts of money by having a monkey turn a street organ while a gorilla collects donations. Bugs quips, "I sure hope Petrillo...

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Salt Lake Tabernacle organ

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Tabernacle organ is a pipe organ located in the Salt Lake Tabernacle in Salt Lake City, Utah. Along with the nearby Conference Center organ, it is typically...

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