reed pipe
noun
: a pipe-organ pipe producing its tone by vibration of a beating reed in a current of air
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The Met obtained Tsimshian rattles and Tlingit reed pipes from donors around this time.
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Kathleen Sharp For Propublica, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Apr. 2023
Her voice was high and lilting and full of feeling, like a little reed pipe someone might play in a forest to make cartoon animals start to dance.
—Sam Anderson, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2022
Hisey played a vintage reed pipe organ for the audience who came to learn more about Josephine Folger.
—Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 16 Oct. 2017
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Kathleen Sharp For Propublica, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Apr. 2023
Her voice was high and lilting and full of feeling, like a little reed pipe someone might play in a forest to make cartoon animals start to dance.
—Sam Anderson, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2022
Hisey played a vintage reed pipe organ for the audience who came to learn more about Josephine Folger.
—Linda Gandee/special To Cleveland.com, cleveland.com, 16 Oct. 2017
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“Reed pipe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/reed%20pipe. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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