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  1. Portable pipe organ, played by turning a
  2. handle. This works a pump and drives a
  3. replaceable cylinder upon which music is
  4. recorded as a pattern of ridges controlling
  5. the passage of air to the pipes.
  6. It was a common entertainment and parish
  7. church instrument in England during the 18th
  8. and 19th centuries.
  9.