Detail from a Fairground Organ at the Punnetts Town Village Fête, Punnetts Town, East Sussex.

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This fairground organ was made in Paris in 1903. It operates using punched card sheet music and plays both modern and traditional tunes. The music is readily available in Holland where there is a long tradition of street organs and manufacturers now produce a variety of punched card music.

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Size: 5700px × 3786px
Location: Punnetts Town Village Fête, Punnetts Town Recreation Ground, Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21 9DE, UK.
Photo credit: © Brian Hartshorn / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No

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