claviolinen.
/klavɪəˈliːn/ (See quot. 1952.)
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1952 Electronic Engin. 24 454 The Clavioline is a small electronic musical instrument..played from a small keyboard of three octaves, 20 in. in length, which is arranged so that it may be attached to a piano, and played therewith.
1959 K. Waterhouse Billy Liar ix. 117 The concert was already warming up, with the Clavioline thumping away.
1959 K. Waterhouse Billy Liar ix. 126 The pianist did not bother to give me a few bars on the Clavioline.
1967 Crescendo Feb. 21/2 It was about the time that the organ-type piano attachment—the clavioline—was invented.
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