Dig`i·to'ri·um noun [ New Latin , from Latin digitus a finger.] A small dumb keyboard used by pianists for exercising the fingers; -- called also dumb piano . Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/D/65
A digitorium is a small portable dumb instrument having a short keyboard with five keys like those of a piano, formerly used by piano-players for practice, to give strength and flexibility to the fingers. Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/VD.HTM