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
Leverage shook his head sadly and passed on as Carroll and Evelyn disappeared behind the din of an orchestrion.
From Midnight by Cohen, Octavus Roy
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
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
