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Actions	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Image(s) TitlePortable Street Barrel Organ Creator Gebrüder Riemer (organbuilder)‎ PlaceKratzau Year ca. 1890 Object number0034 Object categorymechanical instruments with organ pipes Object nameportable barrel organ, organ with cylinder DescriptionPortable barrel organ with cylinder, operated by turning a handle. A row of metal pipes is visible in the front, consisting of flue pipes (pan flute) and reeds (clarinet). Behind this is another row of covered, wooden base pipes. Accompanying texts Barrel organs were used by buskers to travel around and were mainly made in Germany and France, as well as the current Czech Republic. The Riemer brothers from Chrastava were suppliers of numerous small-sized and medium-sized barrel organs. The model of this organ is a little more complex. Besides its set of pipes, it also boasts a trumpet and piccolo register. Since 1845, the Gebrüder Riemer (Brothers Riemer) built portable barrel organs, larger barrel organs and barrel pianos. They were based in what is now the Czech Republic, in a town that was economically successful due to its many textile workshops. Riemer's factory also contributed to the city's prosperity by exporting many organs. Brothers Robert, Julius and Heinrich were responsible for founding the company. They were succeeded by their children until the factory ceased to exist in 1909. This particular portable barrel organ made by the Riemer firm features an image of a farm cart with a horse. This kind of scene or theme is quite unusual on such organs, which were usually decorated with flowers or small landscapes. Again, the inlay work consists of floral motifs. Dimensions geheel height: 59 cm geheel width: 62 cm geheel depth: 34 cm Keywordsprogrammadrager: cylinder geluidsbron: organ pipes aandrijving: muscle power klavier keys

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TitlePortable Street Barrel Organ

Creator Gebrüder Riemer (organbuilder)‎

PlaceKratzau

Year ca. 1890

Object number0034

Object categorymechanical instruments with organ pipes

Object nameportable barrel organ, organ with cylinder

DescriptionPortable barrel organ with cylinder, operated by turning a handle. A row of metal pipes is visible in the front, consisting of flue pipes (pan flute) and reeds (clarinet). Behind this is another row of covered, wooden base pipes.

Accompanying texts

Barrel organs were used by buskers to travel around and were mainly made in Germany and France, as well as the current Czech Republic. The Riemer brothers from Chrastava were suppliers of numerous small-sized and medium-sized barrel organs. The model of this organ is a little more complex. Besides its set of pipes, it also boasts a trumpet and piccolo register.

Since 1845, the Gebrüder Riemer (Brothers Riemer) built portable barrel organs, larger barrel organs and barrel pianos. They were based in what is now the Czech Republic, in a town that was economically successful due to its many textile workshops. Riemer's factory also contributed to the city's prosperity by exporting many organs. Brothers Robert, Julius and Heinrich were responsible for founding the company. They were succeeded by their children until the factory ceased to exist in 1909.

This particular portable barrel organ made by the Riemer firm features an image of a farm cart with a horse. This kind of scene or theme is quite unusual on such organs, which were usually decorated with flowers or small landscapes. Again, the inlay work consists of floral motifs.

Dimensions

geheel height: 59 cm
geheel width: 62 cm
geheel depth: 34 cm

Keywordsprogrammadrager: cylinder
geluidsbron: organ pipes
aandrijving: muscle power
klavier keys

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