Legislation re electric-aided bikes

An interesting post from Pascal. From the doc to which he links I learn
European legislation stipulates that only pedelecs “which are equipped with an auxiliary electric motor having a maximum continuous rated power of 0,25 kW, of which the output is progressively reduced and finally cut off as the vehicle reaches a speed of 25 [...]

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Massive cock

Here, in a magical photo by John Robertson. It would be interesting to know which Morris group it belongs to.
We’ve been thinking about cockerel costumes rather like a pantomime horse, large enough to be split into two, large enough to fit a river, a mountain and a wolf (or three children dressed as them) into [...]

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Skinning an organ as a triptych

Mockups from Ancient to Modern

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Carlos Borbolla (1902 – 1990), Cuban dance organ impresario and piano composer

I just found a piece by Miriam Ruiz Pérez in the Cuban national socialist regime’s magazine, La Jiribilla. Apparently Borbolla was born in Manzanillo of a merchant family which made money from the hire, construction and repair of dance organs. As he moved into the business following musical studies in France, he began to replace [...]

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Voice amplifiers

Choosing between expensive and quiet aerobics-style headset+waistband amp and cheap and noisy headset+waistband megaphone.

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Catalan animatronics, inc the Turk's head on Barcelona cathedral organ

Working out how to implement two autonomous psychotic dwarf robots.

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Pierre Charial – combines organ with improvisation

Stuff with Sylvie Courvoisier
In de gecomponeerde muziek is al vaker gebruik gemaakt van mechanisch voortgebrachte klanken. Willem Breuker heeft voor draaiorgels geschreven, Ligeti (wiens werk Charial meermalen heeft uitgevoerd) voor metronomen en speeldozen, Conlon Nancarrow voor pianola’s. Vooral aan de laatste moet je denken als de Fransman de lieflijke tonen van de orgelpijpen opeenstapelt in [...]

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First show – tribute to Restif de la Bretonne / Nouvel Abelard

Based round French motif I’ve been working on -> final barrel organ/box of tricks spec. Adult and kiddies version, with songs, instruments, farting, film etc.

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Willem Breuker barrel organ stuff

Wikipedia it say
1967 Lunchconcert voor drie Amsterdamse draaiorgels
1968 Music for Han Bennink voor draaiorgel
1969 Preparation to voting voor draaiorgel
1970 Een dagje ouder voor klein draaiorgel
I thought off the top of my bonce that he’d done stuff for mixed ensembles, but neither this nor that is on UTube. His normal style is fine, however:

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