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orchestrelle|ˈɔːkɪˌstrɛl| [f. orchestra + Fr. dim. suffix -elle.] (See quot. 1961.)
a1910‘Mark Twain’ in Harper's Mag. (1911) Jan. 215/1 Paine began playing on the orchestrelle Schubert's Impromptu. 1912A. B. Paine Mark Twain III. 1227 He added..a great æolian Orchestrelle, with a variety of music. 1925T. Dreiser Amer. Tragedy (1926) I. ii. xviii. 288 Fox-trots and one-steps were being supplied by an orchestrelle of considerable size. 1961E. Ames Daughter of House (1963) i. vi. 95 The orchestrelle..was a kind of organ which could either be played manually, or—by switching to electrical controls—could be made to play perforated rolls like a player piano. |