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A street organ (French: orgue de rue or orgue de barbarie) played by an organ grinder is a French automatic mechanical pneumatic organ designed to be mobile enough to play its music in the street. The two most commonly seen types are the smaller German and the larger Dutch street organ.
Pasadena (/ ˌ p æ s ə ˈ d iː n ə /) is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located in Harris County.It is part of the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 151,950, [4] making it the 23rd most populous city in Texas and the second most populous in Harris County, after Houston.
Two of Pasadena's historic bridges, the Colorado Street Bridge, built in 1913 and known for its distinctive Beaux Arts arches, light standards, and railings, and the La Loma Bridge, built in 1914, are among the sites listed on the Register. Thirty-one of Pasadena's listings are historic districts, which include multiple contributing properties.
1949 - Pasadena Livestock Show and Rodeo begins. 1950 Washburn Tunnel opens. KLVL radio begins broadcasting. [9] Population: 22,483. [6] 1953 - Red Bluff Drive-In cinema in business. [10] 1960 - Population: 58,737. [6] 1961 - San Jacinto Junior College established. 1966 - Pasadena joins the regional Houston-Galveston Area Council of government ...
A barrel organ player in Vienna, Austria A barrel organ player in Warnemünde, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. A barrel organ (also called roller organ or crank organ) is a French [1] mechanical musical instrument consisting of bellows and one or more ranks of pipes housed in a case, usually of wood, and often highly decorated.
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The Raymond–Summit Historic District is a historic district roughly encompassing the 400 blocks of North Raymond and North Summit Avenues in Pasadena, California. The residential historic district includes 22 contributing buildings. The area was part of Rancho San Pascual prior to its development. In 1875, the Lake Vineyard Land and Water ...
A. J. Carter Organ Builder Ltd. (1984–present) – Stanley, West Yorkshire [52] Vincent Coggin Organ Builder (c.1980–present) – Terrington St Clement, Norfolk [53] Cooper & Co. Organ Builders (2011–present) – Ryde [54] Cousans Organs (1877–present) – formerly Lincoln now Leicester [55] Percy Daniel & Co (c.1919–present ...