orchestrion
[awr-kes-tree-uh n]
- a mechanical musical instrument, resembling a barrel organ but more elaborate, for producing the effect of an orchestra.
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Origin of orchestrion
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They were dancing in the hall when I arrived, and now they're playing the orchestrion!
The Girl on the BoatPelham Grenville Wodehouse
Raymond finally said to me, one evening, in the shadow of the orchestrion.
On the StairsHenry B. Fuller
I never asked what Mr. Gluckstein thought of the orchestrion.
On the StairsHenry B. Fuller
This orchestrion was a superior one, with a varied programme.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich TchaikovskyModeste Tchaikovsky
The "musical instrument of his invention" was called an orchestrion.
An Introduction to the Study of BrowningArthur Symons