harmonicon
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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
In the breath of the wind these slips, with all their notes varied like those of a harmonicon, gave forth a most melancholy murmuring.
From Robur the Conqueror by Verne, Jules
"True," replied the professor, "and your planet turns out to be an insignificant harmonicon."
From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
"His latest achievement is an infernal mouth harmonicon."
From The Vehement Flame by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell
In return for the money, he sends a child’s harmonicon, the retail price of which is fifty cents.
From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney