The Flick Organ

An ancient instrument once used for educational purposes, the flick organ was discovered in the Russian Sahara, beneath a heap of “hors de combat” pencils, by a couple of ambassadors who had just been shaken by a particularly successful anamorphosis. Auxiliary to the scented knout and the powdered alphabet, this instrument is kept today at the Museum of Bank Transfers and Other Cruelties in Pécs (Hungary), where visitors can address it and even convince it, if it is in the mood, to open its soul.

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