Orchestration -- in OED?

Jesse Sheidlower jester at PANIX.COM
Thu May 1 16:58:47 UTC 2014


On Thu, May 01, 2014 at 12:56:43PM -0400, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
> I don't have it handy -- is this meaning of 'orchestration' in OED?
>
> The gardens even had an “orchestration” — a massive type of mechanical
> organ that imitated an entire orchestra. According to Loorya, The New York
> Times reported back then that it was the largest "orchestration" in the
> world.

No, this sense is not in OED.

Jesse Sheidlower

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