reed instrument
1.a single-reed instrument with a straight tube.
3.a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family.
4.A double-reed woodwind instrument similar to but larger than the oboe and pitched lower by a fifth.
10.A low-pitched woodwind instrument with a double reed, having a long wooden body attached to a U-shaped lateral tube that leads to the mouthpiece. The range of this instrument is typically two octaves lower than that of the oboe.

