- a wind instrument, such as the harmonium, accordion, or harmonica, in which the sound is produced by reeds, each reed producing one note only
- a type of pipe organ, such as the regal, in which all the pipes are fitted with reeds
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reed′ or′gan,
- Music and Dancea musical keyboard instrument, as the harmonium or American organ, having small metal reeds through which air is forced to produce the sound.
- 1850–55, American.
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reed organ n
'reed organ' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
accordion
- concertina
- harmonica
- harmonium
- organ
- pipe organ
- American organ
- melodeon
- regal
- stop
- swell box