Harmonium definition

här-mōnē-əm
An organlike keyboard instrument that produces tones with free metal reeds actuated by air forced from a bellows.
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A small kind of reed organ.
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(music) A small keyboard instrument consisting of a series of reed pipes which sound when air is allowed to pass through them by means of a valve that opens when a key is depressed.
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
harmonium
Plural:
harmoniums

Origin of harmonium

  • French from harmonie harmony from Old French armonie, harmonie harmony

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From French harmonium, a term coined by Alexandre Debain.

    From Wiktionary

Harmonium Sentence Examples

  • It is heard, too, when two notes on the harmonium are loudly sounded.

  • The conditions assumed in this investigation are probably nearly realized in a harmonium and in a double siren of the form used by Helmholtz, and in these cases there can be no doubt that actual objective tones are produced, for they may be detected by the aid of resonators of the frequency of the tone sought for.

  • There is not much difficulty in detecting the difference tone by a resonator if it is held, say, close to the reeds of a harmonium, and Helmholtz succeeded in detecting the summation tone by the aid of a resonator.

  • In the summer of 1964 an electric organ was purchased to replace the harmonium, and the first floor was created in 1967.

  • In the evening, Mr Jones can also play the harmonium or the banjo, recently introduced from America.

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