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

"His latest achievement is an infernal mouth harmonicon."

From The Vehement Flame by Deland, Margaret Wade Campbell

Redwood thought that over, and decided that his son might best begin with a very pure-sounding harmonicon of one octave, to which afterwards there could be an extension.

From The Food of the Gods and How It Came to Earth by Wells, H. G. (Herbert George)

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

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