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harmonicon|hɑːˈmɒnɪkən|
[a. Gr. ἁρµονικόν, neut. sing. of ἁρµονικός harmonic.]
A name given to various musical instruments. a. = harmonica 1 a. b. = harmonica 1 b; also applied to instruments similarly constructed. c. A mouth-organ consisting of a row of free reeds arranged in a case so as to give different notes by expiration and inspiration. d. A kind of barrel-organ with a number of stops imitating various orchestral instruments; also called orchestrion. e. chemical harmonicon, an apparatus in which musical tones are produced by flames of hydrogen or other gas burning in glass tubes.
1825Specif. F. H. Smith's Patent (U.S.) 7 Apr., Musical glasses, called the Grand harmonicon. 1842Mechanic's Mag. XXXVII. 70 The pressure of the performer's finger..is the great charm of such instruments as the harmonicon [etc.]. 1864Engel Mus. Anc. Nat. 11 Instruments consisting of a series of pieces of sonorous wood..made to vibrate by being beaten with a stick or hammer, like our harmonicon. 1875Loewy & Foster tr. Weinhold's Introd. Exp. Phys. 374 As in the glass-harmonicon which consists of strips of glass affixed to cords at the nodal points. Ibid. 379 The apparatus..has been termed the chemical harmonicon. 1880Stainer & Barrett Dict. Mus. T., Harmonicon, a toy instrument which consists of free reeds inclosed in a box in such a way that inspiration produces one set of sounds, respiration another. 1885Daily News 17 Aug. 6/1 (Stanf.) A very great curiosity is the rock harmonicon, or musical stones..‘reduced to music’ by Crosthwaite, of Keswick. |