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What (who) is hand organ - definition

FRENCH MECHANICAL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT
Hand organ; Barrel Organ; Barrel-organ; Barrel-Organ; Drehorgel; Roller organ; Orgue de Barbarie; Organetto a manovella; Cylinder organ; Grinder organ; Low Countries organ; Organo tedesco; Orgue à manivelle; Leierkasten; Waltzenorgel; Barbary organ
  • Detail of inner part of barrel organ

hand organ         
n. to grind, play a hand organ
barrel organ         
¦ noun a small pipe organ played by turning a handle, which rotates a cylinder studded with pegs that open the valves to produce a preset tune.
barrel organ         
(barrel organs)
A barrel organ is a large machine that plays music when you turn the handle on the side. Barrel organs used to be played in the street to entertain people.
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Barrel organ

A barrel organ (also called roller organ or crank organ) is a French mechanical musical instrument consisting of bellows and one or more ranks of pipes housed in a case, usually of wood, and often highly decorated. The basic principle is the same as a traditional pipe organ, but rather than being played by an organist, the barrel organ is activated either by a person turning a crank, or by clockwork driven by weights or springs. The pieces of music are encoded onto wooden barrels (or cylinders), which are analogous to the keyboard of the traditional pipe organ. A person (or in some cases, a trained animal) who plays a barrel organ is known as an organ grinder.