orchestrion
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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
The orchestrion blares, the chimes ring a knell to peace and harmony, the calliope shrieks to heaven.
From The Wit of Women Fourth Edition by Kate Sanborn
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
When the wheezy orchestrion started up with Greek airs they were much more alert and appreciative.
From The Blood Red Dawn by Charles Caldwell Dobie
I could see the right side of the orchestrion, two oleographs, hanging lamps .
From The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
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