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

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

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

"I should also have tried to have the American organ tuned, I don't think the bellows is very sound, either."

From Mrs. Bindle Some Incidents from the Domestic Life of the Bindles by Jenkins, Hebert

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)

As the young men dismounted and hitched their horses to the fence, the strains from an American organ were heard.

From Bunch Grass A Chronicle of Life on a Cattle Ranch by Vachell, Horace Annesley