单词 | pyrophone |
释义 | pyrophonenoun 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. OriginLate 19th century; earliest use found in Galaxy Magazine. After French pyrophone. |
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