A musical instrument, consisting of a series of hemispherical glasses which, by touching the edges with the dampened finger, give forth the tones; it is now called the glass harmonica, to distinguish it from the common harmonica, formerly called the harmonicon.
A toy instrument of strips of glass or metal hung on two tapes, and struck with hammers.
A small wind musical instrument shaped like a flat bar with holes along the thin edges, held in the hand and producing notes from multiple vibrating reeds arranged inside along its length; it was formerly called the harmonicon. See harmonicon.
a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole
a very common free reed A free reed aerophone is a musical instrument where sound is produced as air flows past a vibrating reed in a frame
Also called "mouth harp."
Mouth organ; a small metal box on which free reeds are mounted, played by moving back and forth across the mouth while breathing into it.
a small instrument held to the lips in both hands to be played
Satsifying social pleasures are forecasted in a dream of tuneful harmonicas.
A harmonica or mouth harp is a free reed, musical wind instrument. It has multiple, variably-tuned brass or bronze reeds which are secured at one end over an airway slot into which it can freely vibrate. The vibrating reeds repeatedly interrupt the airstream to produce sound.