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Amsterdam Street Organ Festival, 2 September 2023
By Ron Schmuck

Motorized Dutch Street Organ Organ Carts

Hello everyone. I have had a number of requests seeking a picture
of the way the Dutch street organ carts are motorized so they can
be moved by one person through the busy streets of Amsterdam, etc.
You can see these in action in a recent video I found of this years
festival on YouTube at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j34Hudcgwpc&t=2742s 
[ pushing an un-motorized 3-wheel draaiorgel cart ]

Many of the Dutch street organs are still being used daily on
the streets of many towns and cities all over the Netherlands but
especially in Amsterdam. They are now mounted on a sort of trailer
which can be towed by a vehicle, then moved through the streets
by a little gasoline-powered engine which looks very much like
a one-wheeled motorcycle.

You can see a picture of one such unit on my web site at
http://www.nickelodeonco.com/dutch-street-organ-cart-motorized.html 

I hope this helps and I will definitely post next years Amsterdam's
Street Organ Festival early enough on the MMD for everyone to come.
All the very best and see ya in Amsterdam 2024.

Ron Schmuck - Nickelodeon Co. 
Mount Forest, Ontario, Canada 
http://www.nickelodeonco.com/ 


(Message sent Fri 22 Sep 2023, 17:55:24 GMT, from time zone GMT-0700.)

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