Harmonium
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har·mo·ni·um 
[hahr-moh-nee-uhm] Pronunciation Key
[hahr-moh-nee-uhm] Pronunciation Key –noun
| an organlike keyboard instrument with small metal reeds and a pair of bellows operated by the player's feet. |
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| har·mo·ni·um
(här-mō'nē-əm) Pronunciation Key
n. An organlike keyboard instrument that produces tones with free metal reeds actuated by air forced from a bellows. [French, from harmonie, harmony, from Old French armonie, harmonie; see harmony.] |
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| harmonium | |
noun | |
| a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Harmonium
Har*mo"ni*um\, n. [NL. See Harmony. ] 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.
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