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orchestrion

[ awr-kes-tree-uh n ]

/ ɔrˈkɛs tri ən /

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noun

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

RELATED WORDS

jukebox, orchestrina

Nearby words

Origin of orchestrion

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for orchestrion

It was a kind of combination between a gramaphone and an orchestrion.
Septimus|William J. Locke
Raymond finally said to me, one evening, in the shadow of the orchestrion.
On the Stairs|Henry B. Fuller
It would seem from his description of the orchestrion in Data zur Akustik that Vogler knew of no such device.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8|Various
Panharmonicon, pan-har-mon′i-kon, n. a mechanical musical instrument of the orchestrion class.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R)|Various

Jane Hubbard returned from the drawing-room, where she had been switching off the orchestrion.
The Girl on the Boat|Pelham Grenville Wodehouse