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

Then the chief musician came with a large wooden harmonicon hung from his neck.

From Off to the Wilds Being the Adventures of Two Brothers by Hildibrand, Henri Théophile

The guitar was placed on the lap, the curtain fell and it played; so did the fiddle—out of tune, as usual—and also a little glass harmonicon with actually a soupçon of melody.

From Mystic London: or, Phases of occult life in the metropolis by Davies, Charles Maurice

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

"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