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单词 pyrophone
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Definition of pyrophone in English:

pyrophone

noun
  • Any of various pieces of apparatus designed to produce musical sounds using flames or explosions; especially a musical instrument (invented by G. F. Kastner in 1869) resembling a small pipe organ, bearing a series of glass tubes, each containing two gas flames burning close together, and producing a resonant sound when the flames are separated by pressing down a key.

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in Galaxy Magazine. After French pyrophone.

 
 

Definition of pyrophone in US English:

pyrophone

noun
  • Any of various pieces of apparatus designed to produce musical sounds using flames or explosions; especially a musical instrument (invented by G. F. Kastner in 1869) resembling a small pipe organ, bearing a series of glass tubes, each containing two gas flames burning close together, and producing a resonant sound when the flames are separated by pressing down a key.

Origin

Late 19th century; earliest use found in Galaxy Magazine. After French pyrophone.

 
 
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