instrument à anche libre

Definitions of instrument à anche libre
  1. noun
    a wind instrument with a free reed
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    accordéon
    a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
    harmonium
    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
    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
    a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
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    instrument à vent
    a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
  2. noun
    a reed that does not fit closely over the aperture
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    instrument à anche
    a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
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