Perroquette

The perroquette is a related to the serinette, the merline, and the barrel organ.

Manufacture

Many of these small, portable mechanical organs were made in Mirecourt, (Vosges) by organ and serinette makers such as Louis Léopold Bourdot Boban, Jean-Baptiste Payonne, Nicolas Poirot, and Delor-Pacherelle.

References

Bibliography

• Alice Julien-Laferrière, Les oiseaux imitateurs et leur éducation musicale aux CXVII/XVIII (tr. "Imitative birds and their musical training in the C17/C18"), n.d., 36 p.
• Helmut Zeraschi, L'orgue de Barbarie et autres instruments mécaniques, (tr. "The barrel organ and other mechanical instruments") Payot, Lausanne, 1980, 251 p.

External links

• Example of a perroquette (with casing closed) (Base nationale des instruments de musique)
• Perroquette by Husson-Jacotel, Mirecourt, restored, video posted 27 November 2017, 1 min 04
• Poirot organ builders