melodeon
Americannoun
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a small reed organ.
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a kind of accordion.
noun
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a type of small accordion
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a type of keyboard instrument similar to the harmonium
Etymology
Origin of melodeon
1840–50, < German, formed on Melodie melody; see accordion
Example Sentences
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Ishibashi is credited with piano, electronics, flute, synth, melodeon and vibraphone, Marty Holoubek played bass, while O’Rourke handled guitar and pedal steel duties.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 25, 2022
And it’s only with the six-speed that you can evoke all from the Aston’s petro-powered melodeon, from the tympanic idle to the wild happiness at 7,000 rpm.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 16, 2015
It started in about 1948, when melodeon melodies drifted across the road from the Hornville Tavern into her childhood home.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 31, 2014
A Swiss trio, specialising in an unlikely blend of American Cajun, zydeco, blues and rock, they played melodeon, electric guitar, banjo, harmonica, washboard and drums, and mixed easygoing, rough-and-ready punk energy with impressive musicianship.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 8, 2012
Alcott was a “handy man” with tools, could construct fanciful summer-houses or transform a melodeon into a bookcase, as a piece of his handiwork in the “restored” house will testify.
From The Lure of the Camera by Charles S. Olcott
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