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free-reed instrument

DEFINITIONS OF: free-reed instrument

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n a wind instrument with a free reed

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accordion, piano accordion, squeeze box
a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
American organ
a free-reed instrument in which air is drawn in through reeds by suction bellows
concertina
free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds
harmonica, harp, mouth harp, mouth organ
a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole
harmonium, organ, reed organ
a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
bandoneon
a type of concertina popular in South America
Type of:
wind, wind instrument
a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
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