orchestrion
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- noun
- /ˌɔr.kəˈstrɪ.ən/
- Archaic
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orquestador mecánico
- The orchestrion played a beautiful symphony, replicating the sounds of a full orchestra.
Examples
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An orchestrion, if you're wondering, is like a souped-up player piano from the early 1900s.
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Reblitz Restoration Inc. revived one of the world's most complex and musical orchestrions, the Hupfeld Super Pan Orchestra, which stands 11 feet 4 inches high and 12 feet wide.
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I just love the orchestrion and other mechanical music devices.
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I saw a Seeburg orchestrion when I was 7 years old.
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Today, there are hundreds of orchestrion collectors, most of whom have just a few machines.
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"Every brand of big orchestrion sounded a little different," Reblitz says.
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"Some orchestrions had automatic roll changers so you could play a long program of music without changing rolls yourself," Reblitz says.
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Because of this drastic change, many of the largest models of orchestrions did not survive past the 1920s, and those that did often numbered as few as one.
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Many visitors were amazed by how an orchestrion could produce rich musical tones automatically.
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At the museum, I enjoyed watching the orchestrion as it performed classic tunes from the past.
Synonyms
A machine that makes music when you turn a handle
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Etymology
Orchestrion comes from orchestra, a word that comes from Greek and meant 'place for dancing', but now means a group of musicians. An orchestrion is a big mechanical instrument that plays like an orchestra, so the name helps you remember it is a machine that makes many musical sounds at once.