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 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

The harmonicon ceased, and the censorious professors were forced to stop their cavilling.

From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

"True," replied the professor, "and your planet turns out to be an insignificant harmonicon."

From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

There was a moment's silence, broken by a distant harmonicon.

From Quaint Courtships by Howells, William Dean