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

The lad from Lucerne went first, playing briskly upon the harmonicon; the others followed two and two, and Oscar in the middle held aloft the banner.

From Gritli's Children by Brooks, Louise

In return for the money, he sends a child’s harmonicon, the retail price of which is fifty cents.

From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney

He played upon the old harmonicon, "organic law," and "the harmony of the statutes."

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume I by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

"Well, I merely heard you above the steam harmonicon at the switchback," said Miss Dale.

From An Open-Eyed Conspiracy; an Idyl of Saratoga by Howells, William Dean