barrel organ - translation to greek
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barrel organ - translation to greek

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

barrel organ         
λατέρνα
hand organ         
n. λατέρνα
λατέρνα         
hand organ, barrel organ

Definition

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.

Wikipedia

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.

Examples of use of barrel organ
1. Flinging constraint to the wind, two older women replicated dance steps of the past as they cavorted, as uninhibited as teenagers, to the music of the barrel organ.
2. Just a few feet from my seat, as I enjoyed a lavish helping of Dutch waffles soaked in syrup, a traditional barrel organ belted out an old–time melody that enticed passersby to dance.