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  • shakuhachi (end-blown flute) In wind instrument: Flutes and reeds

    …beating parts of a multiple reed or between a beating single reed and a mouthpiece.

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  • shakuhachi (end-blown flute) In wind instrument: The Renaissance

    Double reeds were particularly numerous during the Renaissance, and in many species the reeds were capped. The best known of these was the crumhorn (German Krummhorn), an instrument of narrow cylindrical bore whose unusual J shape complemented its pungent buzzy tone. The cap made it…

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