A musical instrument in which tuning forks are brought into contact with a rotating steel cone by means of a keyboard.
Origin
1970s. From Danish melodikon (probably named 1800 by the inventor, Peter Rieffelsen of Copenhagen) from Hellenistic Greek μελῳδικόν, neuter of μελῳδικός.
Definition of melodikon in US English:
melodikon
nounmɪˈlɒdɪkɒn
Music historical
A musical instrument in which tuning forks are brought into contact with a rotating steel cone by means of a keyboard.
Origin
1970s. From Danish melodikon (probably named 1800 by the inventor, Peter Rieffelsen of Copenhagen) from Hellenistic Greek μελῳδικόν, neuter of μελῳδικός.