orchestrion

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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

With that and the juggling of our friend here and my sister's late husband's orchestrion, you will have no difficulty in amusing yourselves during the evenings.

From The Girl on the Boat by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)

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

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

With stiff wooden legs, they swept on in a never-ending race, while a great orchestrion clamored in wild speed.

From Men, Women, and Boats by Crane, Stephen