Definition of "free-reed" [free-reed]

• A reed that does not fit closely over the aperture. (noun)
• A reed whose edges do not overlap the wind passage, -- used in the harmonium, concertina, etc. It is distinguished from the beating or striking reed of the organ and clarinet. (noun)

Gnu Collaboartive International Dictionary of English: licensed under The Code Project Open License (CPOL)

• "The last is the original of all our free-reed musical instruments."
• "On one Saturday, the band Bong Lan combined saxophone, drums and keyboard with khene (a free-reed Thai mouth organ) and seung (a four-stringed guitar) to produce Thai-Western jazz fusion."
• "A portable free-reed musical instrument. advisory adj."