The double-reed gives the instrument a sound similar to that of the modern oboe.

The Jakaltek chirimía is 34.5 cm long, without the double-reed in place.

The instrument is described as a goatskin with a double-reed inserted into one leg, and a bamboo blowpipe into the other.

The double-reed is tied onto a thin conical-bore metal tube c.3cm long, which is wound with thread to hold it in place in the chanter.

The Burmese Double-Reed "Nhai".

Celebrating St. Nicholas Day, the Bronx Arts Ensemble Singers and Double-Reed Band bring a narrated selection of old Dutch carols to the Bartow-Pell Mansion Museum in Pelham Bay Park, the Bronx.

For instance, double reeds without the rest of the oboe or bassoon.

The double reeds operate from behind the stage.

Double reeds are a group of musical instruments with two reeds.

It combines the sound of double reeds and the slide for a distinctive and unusual instrument.

His surviving compositions include sonatas for double reeds and basso continuo.

Bagpipes have double reeds which are inside the mouthpiece ("enclosed reeds").

Like oboes, sopilas have double reeds, but are always played in pairs; one larger than the other.

Arundo donax cane is used for the making of double reeds.

The four pipes were fixed in the same stock, and double reeds were used throughout; the bag was inflated by means of bellows.

There is some confusion about the exact nature of the instrument; alternate descriptions indicate single-reeds instead of double reeds.

She smiled and leaned on the button; all five machines sprang into an antiphonal medley, alternating double reeds with flutes.

A drone is most commonly a cylindrically-bored tube with a single reed, although drones with double reeds exist.

Single reeds were used for the drones of bagpipes, but chanters used double reeds.

However, use of bassoons in concert orchestras was sporadic until the late 17th century when double reeds began to make their way into standard instrumentation.

Pep bands typically don't use primarily orchestral instruments (double reeds, strings, etc.), but this is not a hard set limitation.

The double reeds, also of slightly different construction, had a corresponding warmth; and in the Ninth's Adagio one could not imagine lovelier string playing.

The term double reeds can also refer collectively to the class of instruments which use double reeds.

Middle and high school bands frequently have more limited instrumentation and fewer parts (for example, no double reeds, or only two horn parts instead of four).

Saxes have a reed that vibrates, oboes, English horns, and bassoons have double reeds that vibrate.

Vandoren also produces double reeds for oboes, English horns, bassoons and double bassoons.

Being able to craft superior double reeds provided Thom de Klerk with the basis for the exceptional clear and tuneful sound of his bassoon play.

Like oboists, bassoonists make and use double reeds (as opposed to the single reeds of clarinets), but theirs are heavier, and, on average, they last longer.

The gaita navarra utilizes double reeds and most resembles an oboe, unable to be considered a true bagpipe in that it lacks a bag or drone.

In another example of prowess, I deduced that another selection was being performed by a European orchestra because the double reeds, oboe and such, sounded like ill ducklings.

Double reeds are used with both conical- and parallel-bored chanters while single reeds are generally (although not exclusively) limited to parallel-bored chanters.