I spotted Chris Macdonald playing his barrel organ at Hahndorf during the Tour Down Under. As he cranks the handle, folding cards are pulled through rollers. As air passes through holes in the cards melodious tones are generated; it takes a steady hand to maintain a uniform tempo.When I researched this instrument I found a description of it on Colin Herring's website.
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11 comments:
Fantastic shot for the day, Gordon! Haven't seen one of those in years!!! Fun! Have a great day!
Sylvia
The only thing missing is a small monkey!
Fascinating piece of musical instrument. Thanks for sharing.
That is one antique machine! I don't think I've anything similar here.
I have never heard of an organ like this one. How the sound comes out is fascinating. Thanks for posting an interesting picture and explaination.
I like your story to this photo ... tough shot but you did great!
Nice on! It is a long time since I have seen (or heard) one of these. They create a great atmosphere.
I've never seen one of those. Thanks for sharing.
On behalf of the ABC Wed. team, thanks for playing.
Yeah, I was looking for the monkey too!
How neat!! Love the blue painted flowers on front!!
hughugs
I've never seen one of these but when I was very young we had a player piano which must have operated on the same principle. Interesting post!
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