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单词 melodikon
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melodikonn.

Brit. /mᵻˈlɒdᵻkɒn/, U.S. /məˈlɑdəˌkɑn/
Forms: 1800s melodicon, 1800s– melodikon.
Origin: A borrowing from Danish. Etymon: Danish melodikon.
Etymology: < Danish melodikon (probably named c1800 by the inventor, Peter Rieffelsen of Copenhagen) < Hellenistic Greek μελῳδικόν , neuter of μελῳδικός melodic adj. Compare melodicon n.
Music. Now chiefly historical.
A musical instrument in which tuning forks are brought into contact with a rotating steel cone by means of a keyboard. Cf. melodion n.
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1857 Encycl. Brit. XIV. 485/2 Melodicon, a keyed instrument invented by Peter Riffelsen at Copenhagen in 1803.
1888 Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 619/2 The inventions of Clagget, London, 1788, of Riffelsen (the melodikon), Copenhagen, 1803, and of Schuster (the adiaphonon), Vienna, 1819, were of this nature.
1975 S. Marcuse Musical Instruments (rev. ed.) 337/1 Melodikon, friction bar ‘piano’ invented ca. 1800 by P. Riffelsen... By depressing a key the corresponding tuning fork was brought in contact with a rotating steel cone.
1984 New Grove Dict. Musical Instruments II. 641/2 Melodikon, a type of Sostenente piano... The sound was produced by tuning-forks coming into contact with a rotating steel cylinder. The lowest note was c.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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