| 单词 | aeolodicon |
| 释义 | > as lemmasaeolodicon Forming the names of (obsolete) musical instruments in which reeds are made to vibrate by air, as aeolodicon, aeolodion, aeolomelodicon, aeolophon, etc. ΚΠ 1830 Harmonicon 8 350/2 I have just heard a new instrument, the Aëolophon, in which the vibrating springs..are acted on by means of a key-board. 1841 J. F. Warner Universal Dict. Musical Terms p. vii/2 in tr. G. Weber Gen. Music Teacher Aeolopantalon. This is the name of a particular instrument which is really nothing else than a combination of the aeolomelodicon with the piano-forte. 1853 Househ. Words 24 Dec. 403/1 It surpasseth all our ingenuity to explain exactly and minutely the precise differences between the harmonium, the melodium, the æolophon, the æolodium, the æolharmonica, the æolomusicon, and the other members of this gentle fraternity. 1855 N.Y. Musical Rev. 3 Nov. 372/1 (advt.) The Inventor having now fully prepared the way for the successful manufacture of his Æolicons on a large scale..wishes to sell the Patent Right. 1889 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 25 July An æolodicon, a marble fire-place with an immense mirror, two Carrara marble rococo vases and a painted terra-cotta peacock complete the furnishing of this room. 2006 M. W. Jackson Harmonious Triads iv. 102 Aeolodicons were also similar to the more popular physharmonica. < as lemmas |
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