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

The ranat, or harmonicon, is a wooden instrument, with keys made of wood from the bashoo-nut tree.

From The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok by Leonowens, Anna Harriette

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

From Quaint Courtships by Howells, William Dean

Cyrus, I worry so, because I'm sure that woman thinks she can catch your father again.—Oh, just listen to that harmonicon downstairs!

From Quaint Courtships by Howells, William Dean

"True," replied the professor, "and your planet turns out to be an insignificant harmonicon."

From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)