telharmonium

[ tel-hahr-moh-nee-uhm ]

noun

1. a musical keyboard instrument operating by alternating currents of electricity which, on impulse from the keyboard, produce music at a distant point via telephone lines.

Word History and Origins

Origin of telharmonium¹

tel- ¹ + harmonium

Example Sentences

He did not dwell on the failures, but he told how he had been the first to use a typewriter for manuscript work; how he had been one of the earliest users of the fountain-pen; how he had installed the first telephone ever used in a private house, and how the audience now would have a demonstration of the first telharmonium music so employed.

From Project Gutenberg

It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

From Project Gutenberg

Just why the telharmonium has not made good its promises of popularity I do not know.

From Project Gutenberg

Just why the telharmonium has not made good its promises of popularity I do not know.

From Project Gutenberg

It was the music feature of this party that was distinctive; it was supplied by wire through an invention known as the telharmonium which, it was believed, would revolutionize musical entertainment in such places as hotels, and to some extent in private houses.

From Project Gutenberg