| Definition/Meaning | Word/Phrase |
|---|
| portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player |
accordion
,
piano accordion
,
squeeze box
|
| free-reed instrument in which air is drawn in through reeds by suction bellows |
American organ
|
| reed instrument with several pipes through which air is forced via a bag |
bagpipe
|
| woodwind with U-shaped lateral tube, double-reed |
bassoon
|
| double-reed low-pitched wind instrument |
bassoon
|
| double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family |
bassoon
|
| musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed |
beating-reed instrument
,
reed
,
reed instrument
|
| variety of reed grass |
Calamagrostis acutiflora
,
feather reed grass
,
feathertop
|
| reed grass |
Calamagrostis
,
genus Calamagrostis
|
| tall North American reed having relative wide leaves and large plumelike panicles; widely distributed in moist areas; used for mats, screens and arrow shafts |
carrizo
,
common reed
,
ditch reed
,
Phragmites communis
|
| reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played |
chanter
,
melody pipe
|
| American wren that inhabits tall reed beds |
Cistothorus palustris
,
long-billed marsh wren
|
| single-reed instrument with a straight tube |
clarinet
|
| free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds |
concertina
|
| woodwind, largest lowest-pitched double-reed |
contrabassoon
,
double bassoon
|
| double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch |
cor anglais
,
English horn
|
| Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn) |
cromorne
,
crumhorn
,
krummhorn
|
| woodwind larger and lower-pitched than oboe, double-reed |
English horn
|
| reed that does not fit closely over the aperture |
free-reed
|
| wind instrument with a free reed |
free-reed instrument
|
