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

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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

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)

It was a fairly large room with two windows, solidly furnished with a large mahogany sideboard, dining-table, chairs, and an American organ.

From The Setons by Douglas, O.

I built a church with some bricks I had, and formed a procession up the aisle, to the Wedding March, played on an American organ.

From What Shall We Do Now?: Five Hundred Games and Pastimes by Fisher, Dorothy Canfield

"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