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An '''''Organ Grinder''''' is a hand-cranked street instrument that became popular in the eighteenth century. The small hand-cranked table organ was originally designed to teach [[song]] [[bird|birds]] how to sing pretty songs. These bird organs were called [[serinettes]] in French.

An '''''Organ Grinder''''' is the operator of a hand-cranked street instrument that became popular in the eighteenth and nineteenth  centuries. The small hand-cranked table organ was originally designed to teach [[song]] [[bird|birds]] how to sing pretty songs. These bird organs were called [[serinettes]] in French.

Serinettes contained all the basic elements of the modern street organ - [[bellows]], [[pipes]], and a way of making the pipes sound at the right time, which in this case was a [[barrel]] with little pins sticking out of it. These pins would hit keys which in turn would open valves which let air go to the pipes.

Serinettes contained all the basic elements of the modern street organ - [[bellows]], [[pipes]], and a way of making the pipes sound at the right time, which in this case was a [[barrel]] with little pins sticking out of it. These pins would hit keys which in turn would open valves which let air go to the pipes.