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What’s an instrument that looks like a pencil sharpener?
I’ve seen this instrument before and it looks like a sharpener. When you turn the handle, it makes a sound like a gear wheel. Can anyone tell me what it’s called?
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I looked at the pictures but they don’t look right and are probably not the one I’m talking about. The instrument is pretty small, like a size of an old-fashioned school pencil sharpener.
People who played these instruments were called organ grinders.
Yahoo search: "organ grinder" instrument
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_grinder Aha! The instrument was called a street organ. Look at both pictures on the page; one is a large fancy instrument, and the other is what I envision when I think of the term "organ grinder."
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January 27th, 2010
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People who played these instruments were called organ grinders.
Yahoo search: "organ grinder" instrument
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_grinder Aha! The instrument was called a street organ. Look at both pictures on the page; one is a large fancy instrument, and the other is what I envision when I think of the term "organ grinder."
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You didn’t say what size it was but I would guess it was a Hurdy Gurdy.
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It’s a string instrument called a hurdy-gurdy. They are quite expensive. See one here:
http://larkinthemorning.com/product.aspx?p=HUR019
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