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 An Encore by Stephens, Alice Barber

The guitar was placed on the lap, the curtain fell and it played; so did the fiddle—out of tune, as usual—and also a little glass harmonicon with actually a soupçon of melody.

From Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis by Davies, Charles Maurice

Cyrus, I worry so, because I'm sure that woman thinks she can catch your father again.—Oh, just listen to that harmonicon downstairs!

From Quaint Courtships by Howells, William Dean

"His latest achievement is an infernal mouth harmonicon."

From The Vehement Flame by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell