free-reed instrument

Noun
  1. A wind instrument with a free reed (synset 103398178)
    is a type of: wind, wind instrument - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by bellows or the human breath
    subtypes:
    • 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
    has: free-reed - a reed that does not fit closely over the aperture

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