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Meanings of reed instrument in English

Russian
язычковые музыкальные инструменты
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Instrument that produces sound by means of a vibrating reed (including free reeds)

язычковые музыкальные инструменты
Portuguese
palheta
Catalan
instrument de llengüeta

A musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed.

palheta
Usage of reed instrument in English
1
His fingers danced over the reed instrument with fluttering bird-like motions.
Mech
2
The mijwiz is a reed instrument.
The new yorker
3
The use of a sheng (a reed instrument) and the Chinese lute make Du Yun's piece the least conventional.
The economist
4
They produced a model of a two-manual free reed instrument with two octaves and a half of pedals which was exhibited at Novello's, in London.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building / Being an Account of Mo...
5
In the hall was the full Marine Band, in evening dress, with their string and reed instruments.
Perley's Reminiscences, v. 1-2 / of Sixty Years in the National ...
6
There among the flowers were hundreds of tiny beings, some playing on tiny reed instruments and flower horns, while others sang.
Raggedy Ann Stories
7
The men composing the band were a mixture of Waganda and Wanyambo, who played on reed instruments made telescope fashion, marking time by hand-drums.
The Discovery of the Source of the Nile