This barrel organ was made by Louis Dumont-Noirtin in France, around, 1795-1805. It is a barrel organ, with 12 tunes. This instrument has a pinned wooden barrel, 16 keys, and 48 pipes. This barrel organ is hand cranked and has three stops: all open pipes, 7 open and 9 closed pipes, and all closed pipes. There is a paper label on the cylinder with the maker’s name.
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