double-reed instrument
Noun
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A woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together (synset 103232719)
is a type of: beating-reed instrument, reed, reed instrument - a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reedsubtypes:
- bassoon - a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family
- cor anglais, english horn - a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch
- cromorne, crumhorn, krummhorn - a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn)
- hautbois, hautboy, oboe - a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
has: double reed - a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwindssame as: double reed
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