My Barrel-Organ
I have a Raffin Pipe organ R20/40 with 20 pitches and 40 pipes, 31 of which are made of wood and 9 of metal.
The sound frame is decorated with Italian inlay and gold-plated brass fittings. The barrel-organ has a pair of bellows made of kid-leather and a traditional mechanism. It is thus not an instrument with electrical controls.
Historically the barrel-organ has been known for over 200 years. But it did not become really popular until around 1900 as a "beggar's instrument".
In the meantime the barrel-organ is considered almost fit for good
society.The Technology:
The punched paper tape is read pneumatically like a musical script by means of the punched paper tape control driven by a crank and thus interpreting the music pieces.The traditional style carriage which my barrel-organ stands on is equipped with plate-springs and iron rimy wooden spoke-wheels.
Hexagonal concertina made of nutwood plays with genuine voting plates (tongues) by means of air from the bellows, steered by electromagnetically operating valves.