orchestrion

American  

[awr-kes-tree-uhn] / ɔrˈkɛs tri ən /

noun

1. a mechanical musical instrument, resembling a barrel organ but more elaborate, for producing the effect of an orchestra.

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Etymology

Origin of orchestrion

1830–40; orchestr(a) + -ion, as in accordion

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Example Sentences

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orchestrion

See, for instance, the music room, where a brass-looking, water-spewing elephant trunk fuels the instruments, including an ornate orchestrion.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2023

It was a kind of combination between a gramaphone and an orchestrion.

From Septimus by William John Locke

I never asked what Mr. Gluckstein thought of the orchestrion.

From On the Stairs by Henry Blake Fuller

Well, my pater had an orchestrion put in the drawing-room.

From Three Men and a Maid by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse

In the centre of the place was a carrousel from which came the blare of a steam orchestrion playing the "Marseillaise," one of their popular songs.

From Ruggles of Red Gap by Harry Leon Wilson

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