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

A wheezing strain from the harmonicon followed her into the May sunshine, then ended, abruptly;—Mrs. Price had begun!

From Quaint Courtships by Howells, William Dean

The orchestra, taken as a whole, was rather noisy; but it comprised one instrument, the "bamboo harmonicon," which deserves to be known out of Burmah because of its sweetness and range of tone.

From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Forbes, Archibald

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

For Charles Augustus, she selected an harmonicon, and toys for the other three Howes.

From Elsie Marley, Honey by Gray, Joslyn