Bird organ

Bird organ (Fr.: serinette; Ger.: Vogelorgel), miniature *barrel organ devised for the somewhat incongruous task of teaching birds to sing. In existence since the late 17th c., the bird organ is a mechanized portative organ with a few flue pipes, usually a single stop at 2' pitch, but larger models also had 4' and even 8' pipes. Laborde in 1780 describes the *serinette as an “orgue de Barbarie” or barrel organ used for training finches to sing, with 2 bellows and a wind chest (the pallets…