harmonicon

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This may result in a piece played on an instrument from the musical instruments collection, such as the work Glenn Kotche, the drummer for the band Wilco, wrote for a 19th-century stone harmonicon.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2015

There was a moment's silence, broken by a distant harmonicon.

From Quaint Courtships by Howells, William Dean

I have had them on a glass harmonicon.

From Lippincott's Magazine, September, 1885 by Various

He was quite a musician, and touched the harmonicon, banjo and accordeon with skill and feeling.

From Caxton's Book: A Collection of Essays, Poems, Tales, and Sketches. by Rhodes, W. H. (William Henry)

The orchestra, taken as a whole, was rather noisy; but it comprised one instrument, the "bamboo harmonicon," which deserves to be known out of Burmah because of its sweetness and range of tone.

From Camps, Quarters, and Casual Places by Forbes, Archibald