Definitions for orchestrion

orchestrion or·ches·tri·on

Spelling: [awr-kes-tree-uh n]
IPA: /ɔrˈkɛs tri ən/

Orchestrion is a 11 letter English word.

You can make 1063 anagrams from letters in orchestrion (cehinoorrst).

Definitions for orchestrion

noun

  1. a mechanical musical instrument, resembling a barrel organ but more elaborate, for producing the effect of an orchestra.

Origin of orchestrion

1830-40; orchestr(a) + -ion, as in accordion

Examples for orchestrion

In the silence and vacuity which follow the impromptu on his orchestrion, the composer yearns, broods, aspires.

They were dancing in the hall when I arrived, and now they're playing the orchestrion!

Panharmonicon, pan-har-mon′i-kon, n. a mechanical musical instrument of the orchestrion class.

The orchestrion bellowed and thundered on its platform, filling the ears with its long monotonous song.

The "musical instrument of his invention" was called an orchestrion.

It would seem from his description of the orchestrion in Data zur Akustik that Vogler knew of no such device.

This orchestrion was a superior one, with a varied programme.

I never asked what Mr. Gluckstein thought of the orchestrion.

Raymond finally said to me, one evening, in the shadow of the orchestrion.

It was a kind of combination between a gramaphone and an orchestrion.

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