Definition of "orchestrion" []

• A large mechanical instrument resembling a barrel organ that produces sound in imitation of an orchestra. (noun)

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• ""'I see in St. Louis once what they call a orchestrion [93],' says"
• "Orchestrion brings a musical idea from the late 19th and early 20th centuries -- a large mechanical multi-instrument device that utilizes actual orchestral instruments of various types, called an "orchestrion" -- to the technologies of today."
• "Orchestrion brings a musical idea from the late 19th and early 20th centuries - a large mechanical multi-instrument device that utilizes actual orchestral instruments of various types, called an "orchestrion" - to the technologies of today."