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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A small variety of pipe-organ, invented by J. A. Stein in 1770, which was intended to be set upon a harpsichord or similar instrument so that a melody could be played upon it while the accompaniment was played upon the harpsichord.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A free-reed keyboard wind instrument.

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