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
Leverage shook his head sadly and passed on as Carroll and Evelyn disappeared behind the din of an orchestrion.
From Midnight by Octavus Roy Cohen
Well, my pater had an orchestrion put in the drawing-room.
From Three Men and a Maid by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
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
