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I am working on a theatre production at Lincoln Center in New York City
on the life of Toulouse Lautrec and we are trying to locate an old
barrel organ to use for the run of the production.  We would like to
play songs on it that are from the era of Toulouse Lautrec in Paris.

Do you have any leads on anyone who might own such an instrument who
would be willing to rent it to us?  We also are in need of the music
from that period for the instrument.

Our production will be mounted next fall but until then we are
rehearsing, doing research and looking for key props such as an
old-looking barrel organ which someone might be able to hold perhaps
and play.

Ideally we would like to find someone in the New York City area who
would come in sometime in the next two weeks to show us how the organ
grinder works and sounds.  It needs to sound authentic to the period
of turn-of-the-century Paris music hall.

Sincerely,
Pamela Rubin Carter

 [ I wonder what songs were played on the 'orgue de Barbarie'
 [ in 1900?  -- Robbie