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

A wheezing strain from the harmonicon followed her into the May sunshine, then ended, abruptly—Mrs. Price had begun!

From An Encore by Stephens, Alice Barber

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

From Quaint Courtships by Howells, William Dean

In return for the money, he sends a child’s harmonicon, the retail price of which is fifty cents.

From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney

"Well, I merely heard you above the steam harmonicon at the switchback," said Miss Dale.

From An Open-Eyed Conspiracy; an Idyl of Saratoga by Howells, William Dean