melodionn.

Brit.

/mᵻˈləʊdɪən/, U.S.

/məˈloʊdiən/

Forms: 1800s– melodion, 1900s– mélodion.

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French mélodion, German Melodion.

Etymology: < French mélodion (1811) or German Melodion (the instrument, which was invented in 1805 by Johann Christian Dietz, may have been named by him in either language) < Hellenistic Greek μελῳδία melody n. + -on, after ancient Greek nouns in -ον.

Music. Now historical.

A musical instrument in which tuned metal bars are brought into contact with a rotating metal cylinder by means of a keyboard.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > musical box > [noun]

musical box1813

musical snuff-box1825

melodion1826

music box1827

barrel organ1842

harmoniphon1880

polyphon1892

1826 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) XVII. ii. 563 This musical instrument was invented..by M. Dietz, a German, and he has given it the name of melodion from the sweetness and harmony by which it is characterized.

1933 R. E. M. Harding Piano-forte 141 A pianoforte with chromatic Kettle-Drums was patented by Nunns and Fischer of New York, U.S.A., in 1847. This instrument..has been called the ‘Melodion with drums’.

1975 S. Marcuse Musical Instruments (rev. ed.) 337/1 Melodion, friction-bar keyboard instr[ument] invented by Johann Christian Dietz..in 1805, similar to the Melodikon. It had curved metal bars sounded by contact with a rotating metal cylinder.

1984 New Grove Dict. Musical Instruments 641/2 Mélodion, a square piano designed in 1805 by Johann Christian Dietz. The mechanism resembled that of Chladni's Klavizylinder.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	melodion
释义	melodionn. Brit. /mᵻˈləʊdɪən/, U.S. /məˈloʊdiən/ Forms: 1800s– melodion, 1900s– mélodion. Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymons: French mélodion, German Melodion. Etymology: < French mélodion (1811) or German Melodion (the instrument, which was invented in 1805 by Johann Christian Dietz, may have been named by him in either language) < Hellenistic Greek μελῳδία melody n. + -on, after ancient Greek nouns in -ον. Music. Now historical. A musical instrument in which tuned metal bars are brought into contact with a rotating metal cylinder by means of a keyboard. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > musical box > [noun] musical box1813 musical snuff-box1825 melodion1826 music box1827 barrel organ1842 harmoniphon1880 polyphon1892 1826 Edinb. Encycl. (1830) XVII. ii. 563 This musical instrument was invented..by M. Dietz, a German, and he has given it the name of melodion from the sweetness and harmony by which it is characterized. 1933 R. E. M. Harding Piano-forte 141 A pianoforte with chromatic Kettle-Drums was patented by Nunns and Fischer of New York, U.S.A., in 1847. This instrument..has been called the ‘Melodion with drums’. 1975 S. Marcuse Musical Instruments (rev. ed.) 337/1 Melodion, friction-bar keyboard instr[ument] invented by Johann Christian Dietz..in 1805, similar to the Melodikon. It had curved metal bars sounded by contact with a rotating metal cylinder. 1984 New Grove Dict. Musical Instruments 641/2 Mélodion, a square piano designed in 1805 by Johann Christian Dietz. The mechanism resembled that of Chladni's Klavizylinder. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1826
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