reed pipe

American  

noun

1. an organ pipe having a reed that is vibrated by air to produce the sound.

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reed pipe British  

noun

1. a wind instrument, such as a clarinet or oboe, whose sound is produced by a vibrating reed

2. an organ pipe sounded by a vibrating reed

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Etymology

Origin of reed pipe

Middle English word dating back to 1250–1300

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Example Sentences

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reed pipe

Suddenly he sank to his knees, began to blow a slow, wailing melody on his reed pipe, swaying his body as he played.

From Time Magazine Archive

When a horned god sits on a rock, reed pipe in hand, and displays hirsute lower extremities and straight horns, he is the shy god Pan.

From Time Magazine Archive

We walked through the strawberry fields, where campers were picking bushels of berries while a satyr played a tune on a reed pipe.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

The eye is compared with the camera, the larynx with a reed pipe, the heart with a pump, while the ear fitly opens the chapter on acoustics.

From How it Works Dealing in simple language with steam, electricity, light, heat, sound, hydraulics, optics, etc., and with their applications to apparatus in common use by Archibald Williams

The dancers are led by a man who dances apart, waving a handkerchief rhythmically above his head, and either singing a war song or playing on a reed pipe.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume I (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy) Bird

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