Presently the profound stillness was broken by the harmonium-"Melodeon" is, I believe, the precise name of the instrument-softly sounding a bar of music.
"Faces and Places"
Henry William Lucy
No more will he, well pleased, sweet music bring From our Melodeon, while we join in praise.
"The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales In Verse Together With Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects"
Thomas Cowherd
Then you could do your paintin',' she says, 'an' get you a new Melodeon for the Sunday School, or whatever 'tis you want.
"Country Neighbors"
Alice Brown