orchestrion

Example Sentences

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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

Beecham p�re soon added the latest gadget in mechanical music, a reed orchestrion, which made Wagner sound like a merry-go-round.

From Time Magazine Archive

In the centre of the place was a carrousel from which came the blare of a steam orchestrion playing the "Marseillaise," one of their popular songs.

From Ruggles of Red Gap by Wilson, Harry Leon

I could see the right side of the orchestrion, two oleographs, hanging lamps .

From The Cook's Wedding and Other Stories by Garnett, Constance

The tables in the saloon proper were crowded with diners, all men, and a huge orchestrion was grinding out strange and unfamiliar melodies.

From The Blood Red Dawn by Dobie, Charles Caldwell