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brass, brass instrument
a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
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free-reed instrument
a wind instrument with a free reed
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kazoo
a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece
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ocarina, sweet potato
egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes
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organ, pipe organ
wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
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organ pipe, pipe, pipework
the flues and stops on a pipe organ
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pipe
a tubular wind instrument
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post horn
wind instrument used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries
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whistle
a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it
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wood, woodwind, woodwind instrument
any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
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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
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American organ
a free-reed instrument in which air is drawn in through reeds by suction bellows
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bagpipe
a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone
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baritone, baritone horn
the second lowest brass wind instrument
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bass horn, sousaphone, tuba
the lowest brass wind instrument
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beating-reed instrument, reed, reed instrument
a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed
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bugle
a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
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chanter, melody pipe
reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played
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clarion
a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone
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concertina
free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds
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cornet, horn, trump, trumpet
a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
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bourdon, drone, drone pipe
a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
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fipple flute, fipple pipe, recorder, vertical flute
a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece
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flue, flue pipe, labial pipe
organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip
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fluegelhorn, flugelhorn
a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore
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flute, transverse flute
a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown
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French horn, horn
a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
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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
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harmonium, organ, reed organ
a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
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organ stop
a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality
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pandean pipe, panpipe, syrinx
a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
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pitch pipe
a small pipe sounding a tone of standard frequency; used to establish the starting pitch for unaccompanied singing
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reed pipe
organ pipe with a vibrating reed
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saxhorn
any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves
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trombone
a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide