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Larger organs are not usually turned by hand, but use an electric motor. Such larger instruments are called a fairground organ, band organ or orchestrion. [citation needed] In the United Kingdom, many use the term street organ to refer to a mechanically played, piano-like instrument also known as a barrel piano. [citation needed]
A barrel organ player in Vienna, Austria A barrel organ player in Warnemünde, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. A barrel organ (also called roller organ or crank organ) is a French [1] mechanical musical instrument consisting of bellows and one or more ranks of pipes housed in a case, usually of wood, and often highly decorated.
A Faventia barrel piano. A barrel piano (also known as a "roller piano") is a forerunner of the modern player piano.Unlike the pneumatic player piano, a barrel piano is usually powered by turning a hand crank, though coin-operated models powered by clockwork were used to provide music in establishments such as pubs and cafés. [1]
Built and converted fairground and street organs circa 1890-1930 Verbeeck Belgium England: Antwerp London: Five generations of family members have built and repaired portable hand-cranked organs, street organs (including the world-famous Dutch street organ "The Arab"), fairground organs, and dance organs since 1884. Business names have included:
Pre World War I, street organs were hand cranked and easily portable, but fell out of tune and repair due to the undulations of the cobbled Dutch streets. Frei started maintaining organs, but noticed that many owners wanted something louder (thanks to the increased street noise made by early cars), and distinct (thanks to the wider availability ...
Joseph concentrated on the piano business while Antoine continued to expand into the organ building. [1] By 1852 the company, under Antoine's management, was based in the rue Neuve des Petits Champs, and by the 1870s had added a workshop in the rue St. Sabin, building portable barrel and orchestral organs.
Foucher-Gasparini street organ (exhibited at Museum Speelklok) Foucher-Gasparini was a builder of barrel organs. It was based in Paris, France and existed from 1865 to 1928. Gasparini travelled from Italy to learn organ building, forming a partnership with Frenchman Foucher in Paris from 1865. The organs were noted for their soft tones, with ...
The North Tonawanda Barrel Organ Factory was a street organ manufacturing company and building, located in North Tonawanda, New York. Started by expatriate German Eugene de Kleist with backing from Allan Herschell, the company was later purchased by the Wurlitzer company.