Melodeon, an instrument of the type of the Harmonium (q.v.), superseded by the American organ. In 1859 over 20,000 melodeons were made in the United States. The name is also applied to an improved variety of the Accordion (q.v.).
Melodeon
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 7: Maltebrun to Pearson, p. 126
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