Meanings
- historicalno pluralentertainmentAn obsolete musical instrument derived from the aeolodicon but having brass tubes affixed to the reeds, making it more like an organ.
One was to launch a new keyboard instrument, a hybrid between the pianoforte and the organ, which during its brief life span was known as the aeolomelodicon.
1978, Ruth Jordan, Nocturne: a life of Chopin, page 452 more examples
In the æolopantalon, invented about the year 1830, by Dlugosz of Warsaw, the æolomelodicon was combined with a pianoforte, so arranged that the player could make use of either instrument separately or both together.
1879, Sir George Grove, A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1889), volume 1Naturally, the "foremost Polish pianist", the 15-year-old Chopin, was called on to give a public recital on the aeolomelodicon, a strange instrument invented by Brummer and Hoffman.
1968, Adelaide Murgia, The life and times of Chopin, page 13Synonyms: choraleon
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn obsolete musical instrument derived from the aeolodicon but having brass tubes affixed to the reeds, making it more like an organ.
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aeolomelodicon. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aeolomelodicon
“aeolomelodicon.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aeolomelodicon. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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