harmonicon
AmericanEtymology
Origin of harmonicon
1815–25; noun use of Greek harmonikón, neuter of harmonikós harmonic
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This may result in a piece played on an instrument from the musical instruments collection, such as the work Glenn Kotche, the drummer for the band Wilco, wrote for a 19th-century stone harmonicon.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 15, 2015
The guitar was placed on the lap, the curtain fell and it played; so did the fiddle—out of tune, as usual—and also a little glass harmonicon with actually a soupçon of melody.
From Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis by Davies, Charles Maurice
Cyrus, I worry so, because I'm sure that woman thinks she can catch your father again.—Oh, just listen to that harmonicon downstairs!
From Quaint Courtships by Howells, William Dean
The harmonicon ceased, and the censorious professors were forced to stop their cavilling.
From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
He played upon the old harmonicon, "organic law," and "the harmony of the statutes."
From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady
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