Harmoniphon

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Harmoniphon \Har*mon"i*phon\ (h[aum]r*m[o^]n"[i^]*f[o^]n), n.
     [Gr. "armoni`a harmony + fwnh` sound.] (Mus.)
     An obsolete wind instrument with a keyboard, in which the
     sound, which resembled the oboe, was produced by the
     vibration of thin metallic plates, acted upon by blowing
     through a tube.


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