American organ

American  

noun

1. a reed organ having a suction bellows that draws the air in through the reeds.

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Etymology

Origin of American organ

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

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American organ

The festival will also include a performance by the flamboyant American organ virtuoso, Cameron Carpenter, who has been described as the 'bad boy of the organ world'.

From BBC ● Mar. 18, 2014

One managed to get inside an American organ, and effectually baffled all our efforts to secure him.

From Wild Nature Won By Kindness by Brightwen, Elizabeth

A famous actor solemnly recited a Mystic Ballad to the accompaniment of an American organ.

From Jean Christophe: in Paris The Market-Place, Antoinette, the House by Cannan, Gilbert

Sobriety still held and long faces; the American organ was never opened, and Pauline and her satellite, Miss Cordova, were mostly buried in their bedrooms, concocting an impromptu trousseau.

From Ringfield A Novel by Harrison, S. Frances (Susie Frances)

I find delay in all things; at least, so it appears to me, who have too strong a development of the American organ of 'go-ahead-ativeness' to feel easy under its tantalizing effects.

From Samuel F. B. Morse, His Letters and Journals In Two Volumes, Volume II by Morse, Samuel F. B. (Samuel Finley Breese)