melodeons
Small portable organs
Melodeons are small reed organs, popular in the 19th century, where air is pumped through metal reeds by foot-operated bellows.
The term also refers to a type of button accordion, particularly the diatonic kind used in folk music.
In American history, melodeons were common parlor instruments before pianos became affordable: She played hymns on the old melodeon.
Handheld device forcing air
- reedVibrating sliver for woodwinds
- keyboardArray of input keys
- squeezeboxCollapsible bellows instrument
- diatonicSeven-tone scale-based
button · chromatic · bass · treble · airflow · octave · register · straps
Adjust restlessly; folk violin
- banjoFretted drum-stringed instrument
- jigSpirited folk dance
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
- ceilidhScottish social dance gathering
session · shanty · ballad · harmonica · mandolin · dulcimer · piper · bard
Bouncy partnered folk step
- waltzDance in three-quarter time
- jigSpirited folk dance
- reelWinding cylinder or dance
- ceilidhScottish social dance gathering
square-dance · hoedown · tarantella · mazurka · schottische · two-step · couples · tempo
Formal room for visitors
- VictorianOf a prim era
- antiqueOld valued collectible
- bygoneOf earlier times
- yesteryearTime not long past
heirloom · sepia-toned · vintage · sentimental · reminiscence · grandmother · fireside · Americana
bellows
Handheld device forcing air
- reedVibrating sliver for woodwinds
- keyboardArray of input keys
- squeezeboxCollapsible bellows instrument
diatonic · button · chromatic · bass · treble · airflow · octave · register · straps · handcrafted
fiddle
Adjust restlessly; folk violin
ceilidh · session · shanty · ballad · harmonica · mandolin · dulcimer · piper · bard · tune
polka
Bouncy partnered folk step
ceilidh · square-dance · hoedown · tarantella · mazurka · schottische · two-step · couples · tempo · lively
parlor
Formal room for visitors
yesteryear · heirloom · sepia-toned · vintage · sentimental · reminiscence · grandmother · fireside · Americana · old-timey
Cajun
Louisiana's French descendants
Appalachian · Tex-Mex · norteño · Basque · Breton · Scandinavian · heritage · tradition · regional · ethnomusicology
melodeonsgrand pianos
Large horizontal keyboard instruments
pipe organs · church organs · pianos · percussion instruments · drums