Part of the mouthpiece of certain woodwind instruments, comprising of a thin piece of wood or metal which shakes very quickly to produce sound when a musician blows over it
United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920)
{i} any of several varieties of tall marsh grass; thin piece of wood or plastic placed on the mouthpiece of reed instruments (the air flow causes it to vibrate and create sound)
Reeds are tall plants that grow in large groups in shallow water or on ground that is always wet and soft. They have strong, hollow stems that can be used for making things such as mats or baskets
A thin strip of wood or reed, placed in the mouthpiece of a wind instrument so that it will vibrate when blown across Organs, Accordions, Harmonicas and the Chinese Sheng use metal reeds
a device consisting of several wires closely set which separate warp threads in a loom The reed determines the spacing of the warp threads, guides the weft carrying device, and beats up the weft against the fell of the cloth
One of the thin pieces of metal, the vibration of which produce the tones of a melodeon, accordeon, harmonium, or seraphine; also attached to certain sets or registers of pipes in an organ
One of a number of thin, flat pieces of pressed-steel wire between which the respective warp ends are drawn after they pass through the correct heddle eye on the proper harness frame in the loom The reed beats the filling picks into their respective place against the fell of the cloth
A comb that goes in the warp and is used to beat the fabric as it is woven Only applies to horizontal looms They are usually metal today but were originally made by fixing slats of reeds between two bars at even intervals
A frame having parallel flat stripe of metal or reed, between which the warp threads pass, set in the swinging lathe or batten of a loom for beating up the weft; a sley
A thin piece of cane, plastic, or metal used as the principal vibrating source many instruments A single reed vibrating against the mouthpiece of the instrument would be found in the clarinet and saxophone families Double reeds vibrate against each other and are found in the oboe and bassoon families Search Google com for Reed
A reed is a small piece of cane or metal inserted into the mouthpiece of a woodwind instrument. The reed vibrates when you blow through it and makes a sound. American journalist. A World War I correspondent, he was in Petrograd during the October Revolution (1917), an experience he recounted in Ten Days That Shook the World (1919). In 1919 he founded the American Communist Labor Party. Reed is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow. American politician. A U.S. representative from Maine (1877-1899), he twice served as Speaker of the House (1889-1891 and 1895-1899). American physician and army surgeon who proved that yellow fever was transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquito. In botany, any of several species of large aquatic grasses, especially the four species in the genus Phragmites (family Poaceae, or Gramineae). The common, or water, reed (P. australis) occurs along the margins of lakes, fens, marshes, and streams from the Arctic to the tropics. It is a broad-leaved grass, about 5-15 ft (1.5-5 m) tall, with feathery flower clusters and stiff, smooth stems. Bur reed (genus Sparganium) and reed mace (genus Typha) are plants of other families. Dried reed stems have been used for millennia as thatching and construction material, in basketry, for arrows and pens, and in musical instruments (see reed instruments). reed organ reed instrument Reed John Reed Sir Carol Reed Thomas Brackett Reed Walter Reed Willis Reeds Plain of
A pattern consisting of alternating fluted or spoon cuts and pairs or single vee cuts Often in books and elsewhere a fine ribbed pattern is mistakenly referred to as reed
A name given to many tall and coarse grasses or grasslike plants, and their slender, often jointed, stems, such as the various kinds of bamboo, and especially the common reed of Europe and North America (Phragmites communis)
a vibrator consisting of a thin strip of stiff material that vibrates to produce a tone when air streams over it; "the clarinetist fitted a new reed onto his mouthpiece"
United States physician who proved that yellow fever is transmitted by mosquitoes (1851-1902) United States journalist who reported on the October Revolution from Petrograd in 1917; founded the Communist Labor Party in America in 1919; is buried in the Kremlin in Moscow (1887-1920) tall woody perennial grasses with hollow slender stems especially of the genera Arundo and Phragmites
A comb with both sides closed which fits into the beater It spaces the warp threads evenly and beats the weft into place For more information, go to reed
a comblike device on a loom that battens or bangs the filling yarn hard against the woven cloth after each movement of the shuttle to tighten the weave