The perroquette is a mechanical musical instrument[de] related to the serinette, the merline, and the barrel organ.

Manufacture

Many of these small, portable mechanical organs were made in Mirecourt, (Vosges) by organ and serinette makers such as Louis Léopold Bourdot Boban, Jean-Baptiste Payonne, Nicolas Poirot, and Delor-Pacherelle.

  • Perroquette by Delor-Pacherelle (Mirecourt)
  • Perroquette open.
  • Pin barrel.
  • Names of the pieces.

Bibliography

  • Alice Julien-Laferrière, (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

  • (Base nationale des instruments de musique)
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