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end-blown

American

[end-blohn] / ˈɛndˌbloʊn /

adjective

(of a flute) having a mouthpiece at the end of the tube so that the player blows into the instrument.

end-blown British

adjective

music (of a recorder) held downwards and blown through one end

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On his long walks around Tokyo when he couldn’t sleep, he would pass an old man playing the shakuhachi, an end-blown bamboo flute that dates to seventh-century Japan.

From New York Times • Dec. 30, 2018

He started on a simple, end-blown flute, the tanso, and also plays the piercing double reed called the taepyeongso, which calls to mind Coltrane even more directly.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2011

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