orchestrion

[ awr-kes-tree-uh n ]

/ ɔrˈkɛs tri ən /

a mechanical musical instrument, resembling a barrel organ but more elaborate, for producing the effect of an orchestra.

Origin of orchestrion

1830–40; orchestr(a) + -ion, as in accordion

It was a kind of combination between a gramaphone and an orchestrion.

Septimus |William J. Locke
Raymond finally said to me, one evening, in the shadow of the orchestrion.

On the Stairs |Henry B. Fuller
It would seem from his description of the orchestrion in Data zur Akustik that Vogler knew of no such device.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 8 |Various
Panharmonicon, pan-har-mon′i-kon, n. a mechanical musical instrument of the orchestrion class.

Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) |Various

Jane Hubbard returned from the drawing-room, where she had been switching off the orchestrion.

The Girl on the Boat |Pelham Grenville Wodehouse