melodeon

• Across the room, Amin was showing the American wife how to play his musical instrument, which he called a melodeon. —  Kahawa
• "I guess we could get us some kind of a melodeon, 'fore we done such a thing as that Isabel was going on in that persuasive voice; it seemed to call the town to her to do her bidding No, we ain't goin' to do it their way. —  Country Neighbors
• If a melodeon is used as an accompaniment to the piece, it should be played to imitate the roaring of the ocean POVERTY The sun is bright and glad, but not for me My heart is dead to all but pain and sorrow No care nor hope have I in all I see Save from the fear that I may starve to-morrow Alas, for you, poor famishing, patient wife And pale-faced little ones! —  Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants
• The scene to be represented is a parlor furnished with sofa, chairs, carpet, pictures, table, and a melodeon, which is placed on the side of the stage. —  Home Pastimes; or Tableaux Vivants
• During the time the melodeon was on the way we had become acquainted with William Trembly, a fine tenor; James Holmes, bass; William Cobb, tenor; Will Belding, bass; Samuel Grove, tenor; and William H. Knight, bass Illustration: Pioneer home of the family of Rev. Dr. Henry Kroh, the father of Margaret Blake-Alverson, Stockton, California, December, 1851 Father had returned to take charge of his store and we had moved into the only house to be found, a story and a half high with eight rooms and a canvas kitchen. —  Sixty Years of California Song

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