aeolomelodicon
English
Noun
aeolomelodicon (plural not attested)
- (music, historical) An obsolete musical instrument derived from the aeolodicon but having brass tubes affixed to the reeds, making it more like an organ.
- 1879, Sir George Grove, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889), volume 1:
- In the æolopantalon, invented about the year 1830, by Dlugosz of Warsaw, the æolomelodicon was combined with a pianoforte, so arranged that the player could make use of either instrument separately or both together.
- 1968, Adelaide Murgia, The life and times of Chopin, page 13:
- Naturally, the "foremost Polish pianist", the 15-year-old Chopin, was called on to give a public recital on the aeolomelodicon, a strange instrument invented by Brummer and Hoffman.
- 1978, Ruth Jordan, Nocturne: a life of Chopin, page 45:
- One was to launch a new keyboard instrument, a hybrid between the pianoforte and the organ, which during its brief life span was known as the aeolomelodicon.
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