Perroquette
The perroquette is a mechanical musical instrument related to the serinette, the merline, and the barrel organ.[1]
Manufacture
[edit]Many of these small, portable mechanical organs were made in Mirecourt, (Vosges) by organ and serinette makers such as Louis Léopold Bourdot Boban,[2] Jean-Baptiste Payonne,[2] Nicolas Poirot,[2][3] and Delor-Pacherelle.[4]
- Perroquette by Delor-Pacherelle (Mirecourt)
Perroquette open.
Pin barrel.
Names of the pieces.
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References
[edit]- ↑ Remnant, Mary (1989). Musical Instruments: An Illustrated History : from Antiquity to the Present. 54. Amadeus Press. p. 177. ISBN 978-0-9313-4023-9.
- 1 2 3 Musée de la Lutherie et de l'Archèterie françaises. "Autres instruments". musee-lutherie-mirecourt.fr. Archived from the original on 17 October 2012.
- ↑ "Orgues Poirot, Mirecourt". bertrand.poirot.chez.com.
- ↑ "Liste des noms de luthiers trouvés dans les archives de la ville de Mirecourt". www.luthiers-mirecourt.com.
Bibliography
[edit]- Alice Julien-Laferrière, Les oiseaux imitateurs et leur éducation musicale aux CXVII/XVIII (tr. "Imitative birds and their musical training in the C17/C18"), n.d., 36 p.
- Helmut Zeraschi, L'orgue de Barbarie et autres instruments mécaniques, (tr. "The barrel organ and other mechanical instruments") Payot, Lausanne, 1980, 251 p. ISBN 2-601-00392-8
External links
[edit]- Example of a perroquette (with casing closed) (Base nationale des instruments de musique)
- Perroquette by Husson-Jacotel, Mirecourt, restored, video posted 27 November 2017, 1 min 04
- Poirot organ builders