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
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
When the wheezy orchestrion started up with Greek airs they were much more alert and appreciative.
From The Blood Red Dawn by Dobie, Charles Caldwell
Well, my pater had an orchestrion put in the drawing-room.
From Three Men and a Maid by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)
