Barrel organ (hurdy gurdy) of the firma Josef Vavřín, Česká Třebová

The barrel organ comes from the company: The first East Bohemian large-scale production of electrically and manually operated playing chests for amusement companies, Josef Vavřín, Česká Třebová, founded in 1892. The barrel organ is ‘a newcomer’ and dates back to the 1930s. The sliding drum plays 6 music titles according to the list. The barrel organ comes with an original stand. According to a contemporary price and sample list of the company Josef Vavřín Česká Třebová, the No.2 is an open barrel organ, which was recommended to older people, which is easy to carry over the shoulder and offers the 6 latest songs, which also offers 24 steel tones, has a strong sound and is built into a beautiful walnut cabinet. Size: Length 45 cm, height 29 cm and width 27 cm. The original price of the barrel organ was 390 crowns.

Music list:

  1. The roses say more. Waltz. (the movie Marriage on credit)
  2. The love that is not angry. Engliswals.
  3. It's the violet, the violet. Polka.
  4. Scattered happiness. Tango. (the movie Marriage on credit)
  5. Dream of love. March. (the movie The Light of His Eyes)
  6. When the evening falls over Prague. Foxtrot.

down a barrel organ of Josef Vavrin, Year 1892

A barrel organ of Josef Vavrin, Year 1925: City museum of Berlin, online Sammlungen.

A similar barrel organ can be seen in use here: barrel organ, Inv. no.: H 24602, collection of the Šumperk Museum in Šumperk, historical sub-collection.

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