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reed-pipe [reed n.1] †1. A reed-pen. Obs. rare—1.
a1300E.E. Psalter xliv. 2 Mi tunge rede-pipe [L. calamus] mot..be Writer of swiftli writande. 2. A musical pipe made of reed.
1648Hexham, Een riet-pijpe, a Reede-pipe. 1801Strutt Sports & Past. iii. v. 177, I saw three itinerant musicians..One of them turned the winch of an organ.., another blew a reed-pipe. 1885tr. Schurer's Hist. Jew. People I. 272 Reed-pipes were introduced into the choir on the high festivals. 3. An organ-pipe fitted with a reed.
1727–41Chambers Cycl. s.v. Organ, The degree of acuteness and gravity in the sound of a reed-pipe, depends on the length of the tongue. 1840Penny Cycl. XVI. 493/1 The bells of all reed-pipes should be as large as their places in the organ will admit of. 1881Broadhouse Mus. Acoustics 172 The reed pipes of organs and the vibrators of harmoniums produce their tones in the same way. |