barrel organ
Street musician's grinder
A barrel organ is a mechanical musical instrument that plays tunes when a hand crank rotates a cylinder studded with pins.
The pins trigger pipes or metal tongues as the barrel turns, producing preset melodies.
Street musicians once commonly played barrel organs, often accompanied by trained monkeys collecting coins from passersby.
Public-space entertainer seeking donations
- grinderCrushing or sharpening device
- monkeyTailed primate mammal
- pavementHard road covering
- cobblestoneRiver-smoothed paving stone
plaza · sidewalk · crowd · tourists · pedestrian · hurdy-gurdy · itinerant · coins
Rotary operating handle
- cylinderCircular-based solid form
- pinsPointed sewing fasteners
- gearsToothed rotating machine parts
- bellowsHandheld device forcing air
perforations · camshaft · music box · hand-operated · mechanism · pneumatic · pipes · valves
Revolving platform with seats
- circusTraveling entertainment with performers
- merry-go-roundRotating amusement ride
- amusementPleased entertainment state
- festivalOrganized public celebration
showman · spectacle · bandstand · midway · funfair · calliope · promenade · pier
Quality from past eras
- yesteryearTime not long past
- memoriesStored past experiences
- bygoneOf earlier times
- sepiaReddish-brown pigment
reminisce · nostalgia · Victorian · Edwardian · old-fashioned · sentimental · timeless · classic
busker
Public-space entertainer seeking donations
cobblestone · plaza · sidewalk · crowd · tourists · pedestrian · hurdy-gurdy · itinerant · coins · hat
crank
Rotary operating handle
bellows · perforations · camshaft · music box · hand-operated · mechanism · pneumatic · pipes · valves · clockwork
carousel
Revolving platform with seats
- circusTraveling entertainment with performers
- merry-go-roundRotating amusement ride
- amusementPleased entertainment state
festival · showman · spectacle · bandstand · midway · funfair · calliope · promenade · pier · seaside
vintage
Quality from past eras
- yesteryearTime not long past
- memoriesStored past experiences
- bygoneOf earlier times
sepia · reminisce · nostalgia · Victorian · Edwardian · old-fashioned · sentimental · timeless · classic · antique
- instrumentsguitar, guitars, piano, pianos, drum
- vintage amusementscarousel, circus, ferris wheel, funhouse, midway
- circus musiccalliope, circus band, drumroll, drum roll, fanfare
- mechanical musicmusic box, player piano, calliope, street organ, hand organ
- keyboard instrumentspiano, organ, harpsichord, clavichord, spinet
- early instrumentslute, harpsichord, viol, recorder, sackbut
barrel organpipe organ
Wind instrument with tuned tubes
church organ · cathedral organ · violin · keyboard instrument · harpsichord
barrel organpipe organ
Wind instrument with tuned tubes
Steinway · cello · harp · harpsichord
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