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
"Well, I merely heard you above the steam harmonicon at the switchback," said Miss Dale.
From An Open-Eyed Conspiracy; an Idyl of Saratoga by William Dean Howells
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 Jules Verne
Redwood thought that over, and decided that his son might best begin with a very pure-sounding harmonicon of one octave, to which afterwards there could be an extension.
From The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
A wheezing strain from the harmonicon followed her into the May sunshine, then ended, abruptly;—Mrs. Price had begun!
From Quaint Courtships by William Dean Howells
