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Definition of Harmonium
1. Noun. A free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows.
Definition of Harmonium
1. n. A musical instrument, resembling a small organ and especially designed for church music, in which the tones are produced by forcing air by means of a bellows so as to cause the vibration of free metallic reeds. It is now made with one or two keyboards, and has pedals and stops.
Definition of Harmonium
1. Noun. (music) A small keyboard instrument consisting of a series of reed pipes which sound when air is allowed to pass through them by means of a valve that opens when a key is depressed. ¹
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Definition of Harmonium
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Harmonium
Literary usage of Harmonium
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1881)
"On the Influence of Temperature on the Musical Pitch of harmonium Reeds. ...
Roughly we may say that the pitch of harmonium reeds is affected in the same ..."
2. The Musical World (1860)
"I have the greatest pleasure in giving you my opinion upon your improved harmonium.
The instrument you left with [me I enjoyed playing on extremely, ..."
3. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1890)
"Advantage may lie taken of this peculiarity by the harmonium-player to effect a
crescendo ... The manufacture of the harmonium in Paris has, of late years, ..."
4. Scientific Papers by John William Strutt Rayleigh (1899)
"ON THE DETERMINATION OF ABSOLUTE PITCH BY THE COMMON harmonium*. ... In the case
of the harmonium these beats are readily counted with the aid of a ..."
5. The Orchestra by Ebenezer Prout (1899)
"In a few modern scores the harmonium has been employed instead of the organ.
From the nature of the instrument, its tone has but little carrying power; ..."
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