After World War I, Frei had to leave Belgium and he made his way to Breda, the Netherlands to repair what were popularly known as Dutch street organs, but were actually built in almost every mainland European country except the Netherlands, which was where they were most populous.
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And whatever the situation, we quietly love our country & ndash; unshakably, without a flag, or a street organ, no sentimentality and no drawn sword . " ( " Heimat ", in " Deutschland, Deutschland �ber alles ", Berlin 1929, p . 226)
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Moving away from the stereotype, in reality the size of the street organ varied from a tiny barrel organ with only 20 or fewer pipes, weighing only a few pounds, through medium sized instruments containing forty or more pipes, mounted on a hand-pushed trolley, up to large ornately decorated book-operated organs, with hundreds of pipes weighing several hundred pounds.
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In the Netherlands the street organ was no more popular initially, but thanks to several organ hire companies who took particular pride in the condition, sound and repertoire of their instruments, the public there became more accepting of the " orgelman " ( organ man ) and as a result the tradition of playing an organ on the street entered Dutch culture where they remained a common sight until the beginning of the 21st century; they have all but vanished, since.
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While Bugs is sitting in Central Park, he looks through the wanted ads, finally focusing on a job as a Hurdy-Gurdy ( actually, a street organ ), thinking at first of'the masters-Beethoven, Brahms, Bach'( pronounced by Bugs as'Beat-hoven, " Brammz,'and'Batch'), but soon thinking of all the money his monkey assistant was able to get from the various apartments he visited.
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In the 1950 Warner Bros . animated short " Hurdy-Gurdy Hare " starring Bugs Bunny, the cartoon ends with Bugs making large amounts of money by having a ( presumably non-union ) monkey turn a street organ and an ape collecting the money from the apartment dwellers, during which he quips, " I sure hope Petrillo doesn't hear about this ! " ( The 1948 strike was ongoing at the time " Hurdy-Gurdy Hare " was in production .)
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__ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ LOCAL CATEGORY-3rd prize Mini Museums " My idea is to incorporate a mini museum corner in every gate holdroom . "-Koh Ai Mui, 38, Civil ServantThe corner can display unique items such as : bells from all over the world; replicas of ceramic / porcelain masterpieces; street organs; self-playing pianolas; music boxes; unique ornamental glassware; and children art from all over the world.
