A portable barrel organ operated by means of a crank turned by hand; a hurdy-gurdy.
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| 释义 | society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > musical box > [noun] > barrel-organ (15) hand organ1721 A portable barrel organ operated by means of a crank turned by hand; a hurdy-gurdy. street organ1769 barrel organ1772 A musical instrument of the organ type, the keys of which are mechanically acted on by a revolving barrel or cylinder studded with metal pins. Also… music box1773 A barrel organ. Obsolete. rare. grinding-organ1801 a barrel organ. panharmonicon1811 A mechanical musical instrument resembling a barrel organ and operated by a pinned cylinder, with a variety of pipes and percussion instruments… flute-organ1828 (see quot. 1828). orchestrino1838 A keyboard instrument designed to imitate the sounds of various other instruments (see quots.). orchestrion1838 †(a) A keyboard instrument constructed so as to imitate various other musical instruments. Obsolete. (b) A mechanical instrument, resembling a barrel… organ1841 Other musical instruments. = barrel organ, n. piano organ1842 A type of mechanical piano; a barrel organ. autophone1850 Usually with capital initial. A type of small barrel organ producing music by means of perforated cards. Now historical. grind-organ1888 a barrel organ. Subcategories:— parts of (2) |
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