Thursday, 22 April 2010

A Small Barrel Organ

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Only a small organ but it shows the principle of barrels and pinning.
If you look closely, you can see the extra rows of pins for the other tunes, passing between the wooden 'keys'. The barrel would slide to the left or right to select and play a different tune.
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2 comments:

Foody said...

I seeeeeeee.....

Bernard said...

It is just like a large musical box.
But you would have to change the whole barrel to get a new set of tunes. My roll organ plays hundreds, so now you can see the difference.