melodion
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The ladies of the committee ranged themselves so as to make a background of solemn benevolence on the platform, in the middle of which stood a primeval melodion with two octaves and four stops.
From In the Courts of Memory, 1858 1875; from Contemporary Letters by L. de (Lillie de) Hegermann-Lindencrone
There was an old-time melodion in one corner and an up-to-date phonograph in another.
From The Trail of Conflict by Emilie Baker Loring
Serena's willing fingers laboured patiently over the yellow keys of the reluctant melodion.
From The Ruling Passion; tales of nature and human nature by Henry Van Dyke
You know Pat plays the melodion, and he asked Peter to sing, and Peter can't sing a bit, and he was laughed at.
From The Untilled Field by George (George Augustus) Moore
He early learned to play upon keyed instruments, the melodion, the piano, and the organ, the latter being his favorite.
From Charles Carleton Coffin War Correspondent, Traveller, Author, and Statesman by William Elliot Griffis
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