free-reed instrument - a wind instrument with a free reedAmerican organ - a free-reed instrument in which air is drawn in through reeds by suction bellows concertina - free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds free-reed - a reed that does not fit closely over the aperture harmonica, mouth harp, mouth organ, harp - a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole wind instrument, wind - a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath |