Definition von barrel organ im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch
A musical instrument in which air from a bellows is admitted to a set of pipes by means of pins inserted into a revolving barrel
A barrel organ is a large machine that plays music when you turn the handle on the side. Barrel organs used to be played in the street to entertain people. A mechanical instrument on which a tune is played by the action of a revolving cylinder fitted with pegs or pins that open pipe valves supplied by a bellows. a musical instrument that you play by turning a handle, often used on the streets in order to get money, especially in the past
a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs
musical instrument played by the action of a rotating cylinder equipped with pins; hand organ