Ser"a*phine (?), n. [From
Seraph.] (Mus.) A wind instrument whose sounding
parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely
through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played
by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot.
The melodeon is a portable variety of this
instrument.
Ser"a*phine (?), n. [From
Seraph.] (Mus.) A wind instrument whose sounding
parts are reeds, consisting of a thin tongue of brass playing freely
through a slot in a plate. It has a case, like a piano, and is played
by means of a similar keybord, the bellows being worked by the foot.
The melodeon is a portable variety of this
instrument.