See Also: melodeon(dictionary)

melodeon (iou)



melodeon noun. Also melodion. M19.
[Alt. of MELODIUM; in sense 3 perh. from MELODY after accordion.]
A wind instrument with a keyboard, the bellows being moved by means of pedals worked by the performer's feet (an earlier form of the American organ). M19.
(Also Melodeon.) A music hall. arch. US. M19.
A kind of accordion. L19.