The captain owned an organette which he brought into the hall, and he and the doctor took turns at grinding out the music. From Wordnik.com. [Nellie Bly's Book: Around the World in Seventy-Two Days] Reference
For the amusement of his little guests he kept a large assortment of musical-boxes, and an organette which had to be fed with paper tunes. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Letters of Lewis Carroll (Rev. C. L. Dodgson)] Reference
A glee-club was doing its best to help things along, and the music of an organette, an instrument much used at the time in campaign rallies, swelled the joyful tumult. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Pioneer]
"An organette," said the shaggy man. From Wordnik.com. [The Road to Oz] Reference
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