HARMONIPHONS

Noun

harmoniphons

plural of harmoniphon

Source: Wiktionary


HARMONIPHON

Har*mon"i*phon, n. Etym: [Gr. (Mus.)

Definition: An obsolete wind instrument with a keyboard, in which the sound, which resembled the oboe, was produced by the vibration of thin metallic plates, acted upon by blowing through a tube.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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