orchestrion
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of orchestrion
1830–40; orchestr(a) + -ion, as in accordion
Example Sentences
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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
Beecham p�re soon added the latest gadget in mechanical music, a reed orchestrion, which made Wagner sound like a merry-go-round.
From Time Magazine Archive
It would seem from his description of the orchestrion in Data zur Akustik that Vogler knew of no such device.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 "Haller, Albrecht" to "Harmonium" by Various
It was a kind of combination between a gramaphone and an orchestrion.
From Septimus by Locke, William John
He felt, too, from her various glances and shrugs, that the house was more of a horror to her than ever, and, above all, that abominable orchestrion more hugely preposterous.
From On the Stairs by Fuller, Henry Blake
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