free-reed instrument

/fri rid/

Definitions of free-reed instrument

1. noun

   a wind instrument with a free reed
   types:

   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