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Types of Self-Playing Organs
By Christofer Noering

> What about those that are carried around the neck and/or
> with "one leg"?

Hello Ingmar and all:  Of course the buikorgel and pootorgel (?) are
street-organs, too!  What I tried to do was to distinguish the German
fair organ, the American band organ, and the Dutch pierement (remember
the book title "Van speeldoos tot pierement" = From music boxes to
street organs).

Best regards
Christofer Noering

 [ At http://www.draaiorgel.org/english/street%20organs.htm :
 [ "In the early days ... street organs were, like in most other
 [ countries of Europe, small hand-driven instruments that were worn
 [ around the neck and leaned on the belly (buikorgel) [belly organ],
 [ or were supported by an unfoldable leg (pootorgel) [foot or
 [ leg organ].  Sometimes they were mounted on a small cart."
 [  -- Robbie


(Message sent Thu 29 Jan 2004, 09:32:34 GMT, from time zone GMT+0100.)

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