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Barrel organs
Jun 06, 2007 1:31 PM GMT Source:
NBTC
Colourful barrel organs in the streetsBarrel organs belong in Amsterdam just as fish do in water. Nowhere in the world do these brightly painted musical instruments sound as beautiful as they do in the narrow streets of the city centre. They give an extra flair to the already colourful streets of Amsterdam.Every organ has its own character, and therefore they each bear their own name and sometimes even a nickname. One, for example, owes its name "The 'Fridge' to the gauze with which

Famous Street organs in museum
May 01, 2008 11:42 PM GMT Source:
Museum Speelklok
The Perlee family, Netherlands’ most famous organ family, announced April 22nd 2008 that their collection of 12 street organs will find a new home in the “National Museum from Musical Clock to Streetorgan” (Utrecht). The family fir



