单词 | panmelodicon |
释义 | panmelodiconn. Music. Now historical. A keyboard instrument similar to the clavicylinder, in which sound is made by friction between tuned metal bars and a rotating barrel. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical instrument > keyboard instrument > other keyboard instruments > [noun] > others ballarda1382 euphonon1824 glass-chord1825 aerophone1830 terpodion1834 orchestrino1838 panmelodicon1838 clavicylinder1880 dulcitone1888 panmelodion1890 celesta1899 Wurlitzer1925 obeophone1927 celeste1934 1838 Encycl. Brit. XVI. 789/2 Panmelodicon, an instrument invented by Leppich at Vienna in 1810. By means of a conical barrel moved by a wheel, rods of metal, bent to a right angle, were made to sound when the finger-keys were pressed down. 1943 Isis 34 332/1 And to mention various other instruments varying slightly in mechanism, the exact nature of which is of no moment here, but whose names are sufficiently descriptive: the melodicon and panmelodicon. 1993 M. N. Clinkscale Makers of Piano 1700–1820 208/1 Müller also invented a Panmelodicon and a harp with a keyboard. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1838 |
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