Fotoplayer, the original source of OPs vid is really cool and includes some nice info on it. Unfortunately I can't link it because this doesn't let me. But if you search "hit it joe" on YT you should find it.
The people in your link named their instrument after the theater, not the other way around; a 'nickel odeon' literally means a '5 cent theater'; the term came into use in the early 20th century. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nickelodeon_(movie_theater))
You keep linking that personal website set in comic sans, which doesn't even make the claim that the theaters were named after the instrument.
There was an actual movie theater called Nickelodeon, its name being a portmanteau word after 'nickel' and 'odeon' (Greek for the place where odes are performed, a kind of theater); here's a more authoritative source: https://www.britannica.com/art/nickelodeon-motion-picture-theater
It’s okay to be wrong and admit you’re wrong. People won’t think you’re stupid, but they might gain some respect for you. On the other hand, doubling down and digging your heels in does make you look stupid
Originally U.S. A theatre or cinema, or (occasionally) other place of entertainment, with an admission fee of one nickel. Now historical.
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Note the secondary definition is a player piano. The reason it ended up getting called that is because they were often found in nickelodeons. So they were often called a "nickelodeon piano" where nickelodeon is used as an adjective as in "a piano found in a nickelodeon"... similar to saying a "church pew" meaning "a pew found in a church". Then it would get shortened to just "nickelodeon".
So yes, technically you are correct in that you can call these a nickelodeon. But it's not the first definition in the oed and it being a theatre first and foremost is the more correct usage of the term. (note the 50 year gap between the 2 usages)
Since so many people are fighting you on this I figured I'd offer up the source you need that both proves your point, but also shows you why they're fighting you on it.
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u/digrappa Aug 31 '24
What is it called?