orchestrion

Example Sentences

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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

Beecham p�re soon added the latest gadget in mechanical music, a reed orchestrion, which made Wagner sound like a merry-go-round.

From Time Magazine Archive

I never asked what Mr. Gluckstein thought of the orchestrion.

From On the Stairs by Fuller, Henry Blake

When the wheezy orchestrion started up with Greek airs they were much more alert and appreciative.

From The Blood Red Dawn by Dobie, Charles Caldwell

The orchestrion bellowed and thundered on its platform, filling the ears with its long monotonous song.

From Men, Women, and Boats by Crane, Stephen