recorder

1. (music) A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.Examples: "Recorders are made in various sizes, from the high soprano or descant recorder to the low bass recorder."; "Indeed he hath played on his prologue like a child on a recorder; a sound, but not in government."; "[…] he beheld The city fronted with bright fires, and heard Pipes, and recorders, and the hum of war;"Synonyms: English flute, sweet flute