orchestrelle

noun

or·​ches·​trelle

¦ȯ(r)kə̇¦strel

plural -s

: a reed organ of the late 19th and early 20th centuries constructed on the principle of the mechanical player piano and designed to imitate the effect of an orchestra

Word History

Etymology

orchestra + French -elle, diminutive suffix

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