Lexicographical Neighbors of Melodion
Literary usage of Melodion
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. In the Courts of Memory, 1858-1875: From Contemporary Letters by Lillie de Hegermann-Lindencrone (1912)
"I attacked the squeaky melodion, pushed down a pedal, pulled out the "vox humana"
stop—the most harmless one of the melodion, but which gave out a super- ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"Containing or characterized by melody ; musical ; agreeable to the ear; characterized
by a pleasant succession of sounds. melodion (me-lo'di-on), и. ..."
3. American Society by George Makepeace Towle (1870)
"A favourite pastime was to get up a serenading party—for the good folk of that
region, among other virtues, are musical; there is a piano or a melodion in ..."
4. Cities and Sea-coasts and Islands by Arthur Symons (1918)
"At last a man came forward, and the musician began to play a lively tune on his
melodion, keeping time with his feet, and there was a great cry of ..."
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