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> at the street corner

> strange sounds are heard -

> only a barrel organ

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> alex serban

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A barrel organ (or roller organ) is a 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.

 

 

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Thanks for a lovely new word as  topic for haiku.

Gabi

 

 

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バレルオルガン