telharmonium

noun

tel·​harmonium

¦tel+

: an instrument for producing music at a distant point via telephone wire by means of alternating currents of electricity controlled by an operator who plays on a keyboard

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from tel- entry 1 + -harmonium

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