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barrel organ: References & Edit History

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Deleted Web site: A 1790 John Langshaw Chamber Barrel Organ.	Yamini Chauhan	Oct 31, 2013
	Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Entertainment - Barrel Organ.	Grace Young	Oct 03, 2011
	Media added.	Amy Tikkanen	Nov 08, 2010
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Jul 20, 1998