Category:Seraphine

Ser"a*phine, n. Etym: [from seraph.] (mus.)

Defn: 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.