harmonium

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In the chapel there is a harmonium, which is played as well as the generality of such instruments are.

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  1. noun An organlike keyboard instrument that produces tones with free metal reeds actuated by air forced from a bellows.

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  • In later life when he had attained to wealth and prosperity the violin and the harmonium were a constant source of solace during long winter evenings in Greenwich and Peckham. —  A Book of Remarkable Criminals
  • Irish alto flute, tin whistle, concertina, harmonium, and duet fiddling, and plenty of stories that put the music into a personal context ... —  GotPoetry.com News
  • "I had a tutor coming to my place to teach me how to play and it is definitely not easy to play a harmonium," she remarks about the musical instrument. —  Screen News
  • Accompanied by The Handsome Band-Lee Alexander (bass), Andrew Borger (drums), Adam Levy (guitar), and Daru Oda (alto flute, harmonium, percussion, and piano) - her live performances have grown richer and more confident. —  DVD Verdict
  • Performers play the harmonium, tenor banjo, trombone, and other instruments rarely found in pop music. —  Bostonist
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  1. French, from harmonie, harmony, from Old French armonie, harmonie; see harmony.

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  1. New Latin, from Greek ἁρμόνιον, neuter of ἁρμόνιος, harmonious, from ἁρμονία, harmony: see harmony.
 

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/hɑrˈmoʊniəm/
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