Harmonium

[hɑ:'mәuniәm]

Definition

(noun.) a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows.

Typed by Eddie--From WordNet

Definition

(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.

Edited by Amber

Definition

n. a reed-organ esp. one in which the air is compressed in the bellows and driven thence through the reeds.—ns. Harmon′ica the musical glasses—an instrument invented by Franklin the sounds of which were produced from bell-shaped glasses placed on a framework that revolved on its centre while the rims were touched by the moistened finger: a musical instrument consisting of a series of glass or metal plates played by striking with a small mallet: a mouth-organ or harmonicon; Harmon′icon a mouth-organ: an acoustic apparatus by which a musical note is evolved when a long dry tube open at both ends is held over a jet of burning hydrogen; Harmon′iphone a musical instrument played with a keyboard in which the sounds are produced by reeds set in a tube and vibrating under pressure from the breath; Harmō′niumist one who plays the harmonium; Harmon′ograph an instrument for tracing curves representing sonorous vibrations; Harmonom′eter one for measuring the harmonic relations of sounds.

Typist: Preston