harmoniphone

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From its morphology, harmony +‎ -phone.

Noun[edit]

harmoniphone (plural harmoniphones)

  1. A free-reed musical instrument played with a keyboard, in which the sounds are produced by reeds set in a tube, and vibrating under pressure from the breath; a precursor of the modern melodica.