Aeolomelodicon

Quick meaning: Aeolomelodicon is a noun meaning (music, historical) An obsolete musical instrument derived from the aeolodicon but having brass tubes affixed to the reeds, making it more like an organ.

Meaning

(music, historical) An obsolete musical instrument derived from the aeolodicon but having brass tubes affixed to the reeds, making it more like an organ.

Example Sentences

One was to launch a new keyboard instrument, a hybrid between the pianoforte and the organ, which during its brief life span was known as the aeolomelodicon.

Naturally, the "foremost Polish pianist", the 15-year-old Chopin, was called on to give a public recital on the aeolomelodicon, a strange instrument invented by Brummer and Hoffman.

In the æolopantalon, invented about the year 1830, by Dlugosz of Warsaw, the æolomelodicon was combined with a pianoforte, so arranged that the player could make use of either instrument separately or both together.

Synonyms for aeolomelodicon

Depending on context, synonyms include choraleon.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include aulos, aulete, archeophone, autophone, aeolian, argol.

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