Jasper County Democrat, Volume 1, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1898 — The Barrel Organ. [ARTICLE]

The Barrel Organ.

-The fact may not be generally known that we owe the barrel organ primarily to the church. Towards the end of the last century barrel organs were very largely used in tbe different churches. In those days organists were few, and large barrel organs, set to hymn tunes and psalm chants and sacred melodies, were far cheaper and a great deal more trustworthy.