Reed

Reed (Fr.: anche; Ger.: Rohr, Rohrblatt; It.: ancia; Sp.: lenguëta), a thin, elongated piece of cane, wood, metal, plastic., or other material by means of which a number of instrs.—chiefly woodwinds—are sounded. Woodwind reeds are set in vibration by the player's breath. They may be *single reeds or *double reeds, the latter probably being the older of the 2. Single reeds are either idiochord or heteroglott and are divided into *beating, *retreating, or *free reeds. By idioglott we understand…