Assertion: reed | /r/HasProperty | bent
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text: They were played with reeds, probably of the oboe or double kind : but Fétis is of opinion that they had single tongues, like our clarinet, only he is inclined to think that the tongue was of metal, not of wood, because in a certain account given of a trial of musical skill, one player was unable to compete because the reed of his instrument was bent.