harmonium

[ hahr-moh-nee-uh m ]

/ hɑrˈmoʊ ni əm /

an organlike keyboard instrument with small metal reeds and a pair of bellows operated by the player's feet.

Origin of harmonium

1840–50; Latinization of Greek harmónion, neuter of harmónios harmonious

And there were the lodgings and the clock and the harmonium ready for the occasion.

Marion Fay |Anthony Trollope
He turned towards the harmonium and made frantic signals to the leader of the glee-party.

Adventures of Bindle |Herbert George Jenkins
In the chapel there is a harmonium, which is played as well as the generality of such instruments are.

Our Churches and Chapels |Atticus
The cushions were torn; the blinds were a wreck; two stops in the harmonium were pulled out bodily.

The Monkey That Would Not Kill |Henry Drummond

Gwendolen noticed that there was a long string fastened to one of the handles of the harmonium.

Half-Past Bedtime |H. H. Bashford

harmonium

/ (hɑːˈməʊnɪəm) /

a musical keyboard instrument of the reed organ family, in which air from pedal-operated bellows causes the reeds to vibrate

C19: from French, from harmonie harmony