What is "street organ"

n. a mechanically played organ designed to play in the street.

n. a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs [syn: barrel organ, grind organ, hand organ, hurdy gurdy]

A street organ is an automatic mechanical pneumatic organ designed to be mobile enough to play its music in the street. The two most commonly seen types are the smaller German and the larger Dutch street organ.