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Amsterdam Street Organ Festival, 2 September 2023
By Wallace Venable

Monica Jones asked about the propulsion units on the organs shown in
230919 MMDigest. Look carefully at minutes 2 through 4 of the video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j34Hudcgwpc
Attachment thumbnail Draaiorgel festival Amsterdam 2 september 2023 You will see a variety of power units as the videographer rushed through the Dam. At least one organ is on a typical trailer pulled by a car, but many are self-propelled. I haven't seen this type of unit before. In the past I think a motorized unit was used under the trailer hitch and the operator walked ahead, leading the organ. The units are sort of an "outboard motor" swiveling through 360 degrees. Most have a gasoline engine and chain drive. Some may be electric. They are mounted behind a standard trailer hitch. The road transport truck or trailer would be parked off-site and the swivel unit used for positioning in restricted spots. Wallace Venable

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