Accord’zither (Ger.)

See Zitherharfe, #o'lian, A reed-organ of the American type, the air being drawn through the reeds. It has a keyboard, and may be played like an ordinary organ; but its distinguishing feature is a mechanical arrangement for executing music without using the keyboard, Motive-power and wind are supplied by two pedals (treadles) worked by the feet; the time value of the notes is controlled by perforations in a gradually unrolling sheet ‘of paper, the music-roll; the tempo is regulated by a stop called the Motor; and the expre ion is regulated (a) by the pedal-movement, by two knees wells, and (c) by the registration. In the largest instr.s there are ten speaking stops, and a Zremolo, The Aolian NDIX, article in body of Dictlonary.) is remarkable, not merely for extreme technical precision, but for the great variety and artistic finish of musical effects, both tempo and expre ion being wholly at the player's command.—The ‘ lolian” and the keyboard (which has 4 independent stops) may also be ped together, the keyboard being used to lay an accompaniment to the Zolian. Fine inser., which is the product of long evolution, became known under its present name about the year 1883, in New York, Its repertory includes all cla es of music, and at present (1900) comprises about 20,000 numbers. It has a scale of 58 semitones (the keyboard has 6 octaves); and all its music-rolls also fit the Pianola (4.0).