aeolomelodicon

English

Noun

aeolomelodicon (plural not attested)

1. (music, historical) An obsolete musical instrument derived from the aeolodicon but having brass tubes affixed to the reeds, making it more like an organ.

   Synonym: choraleon

   • 1879, Sir George Grove, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889)‎^[1], 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.