double-reed instrument

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double-reed instrument - a woodwind that has a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together

double reed

bassoon - a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family

beating-reed instrument, reed instrument, reed - a musical instrument that sounds by means of a vibrating reed

double reed - a pair of joined reeds that vibrate together to produce the sound in some woodwinds

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

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