novachord

noun

no·​va·​chord

ˈnōvəˌkȯrd,

-ȯ(ə)d

: a musical instrument resembling a piano and electrically producing and controlling by means of vacuum tubes musical tones ranging in quality from those of the piano and organ to those of stringed and woodwind instruments

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