0 a musical instrument with a keyboard that makes sounds when metal reeds (= thin pieces of metal) are made to vibrate by air:
Reed organs were less expensive and required less space than pipe organs.
The harmonium and melodeon are reed organs.
Estey became the world's largest maker of reed organs.
Before that, we had reed organs that had to be pumped, either by the organist or by the deacons.
The concertina is a portable reed organ similar in principle to the accordion.
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