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Added 9 October 2026

dulcitone

noun

Latin root: dulcis Coined: 1888, by Thomas Machell Wiktionary

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A keyboard instrument in which sound is produced by a range of tuning forks, which vibrate when struck by felt-covered hammers activated by the keyboard.

Origin

Coined by Thomas Machell, the instrument’s inventor, in 1888, from Latin dulcis (“sweet”) + tonus (“tone”).

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