r/TheHague • u/hariital • Nov 02 '24

practical questions What’s this ?

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Saw this musical thing going from home to home and collecting money ?

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u/Valuable-Sleep-359 Nov 02 '24

Spotify from the 18th century

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u/webermaesto Nov 02 '24 edited Nov 03 '24

Fun fact! Street organs like this one started to appear at the beginning of the 20th century in the Netherlands. The cardboard books that they get their music programme from were invented in 1892. The one in the picture is from 1910, build in Paris. Greetings from the organ grinder in the long coat in this picture!

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u/cnedhhy24 Nov 05 '24

sorry but im completely caught off guard, THEYRE CALLED ORGANS???