Meaning of aeolomelodicon | Babel Free

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An obsolete musical instrument derived from the aeolodicon but having brass tubes affixed to the reeds, making it more like an organ.

historical, no-plural

Examples

“In the æolopantalon, invented about the year 1830, by Dlugosz of Warsaw, the æolomelodicon was combined with a pianoforte, so arranged that the player could make use of either instrument separately or both together.”

“Naturally, the "foremost Polish pianist", the 15-year-old Chopin, was called on to give a public recital on the aeolomelodicon, a strange instrument invented by Brummer and Hoffman.”

“One was to launch a new keyboard instrument, a hybrid between the pianoforte and the organ, which during its brief life span was known as the aeolomelodicon.”

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