orchestrion
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See, for instance, the music room, where a brass-looking, water-spewing elephant trunk fuels the instruments, including an ornate orchestrion.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 16, 2023
In the silence and vacuity which follow the impromptu on his orchestrion, the composer yearns, broods, aspires.
From Robert Browning by Dowden, Edward
The tables in the saloon proper were crowded with diners, all men, and a huge orchestrion was grinding out strange and unfamiliar melodies.
From The Blood Red Dawn by Dobie, Charles Caldwell
A large orchestrion plays from time to time during meals.
From The Gourmet's Guide to Europe by Newnham-Davis, Lieut.-Col. (Nathaniel)
Here also the waiters are dressed in white, and an orchestrion discourses music during meal times.
From The Gourmet's Guide to Europe by Newnham-Davis, Lieut.-Col. (Nathaniel)
