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DrehorgelBarrel-organ, mechanical musical instrument, operated with a pinned barrel or, in newer versions, with a punched tape. In the 19th century the barrel organ was widely used by beggars in the cities and replaced the harp and the hurdy-gurdy. Hurdy-gurdy Men, Bänkelsänger.
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