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Definition of end-blown
: played or sounded by blowing into the end : having a mouthpiece on the end
an end-blown flute The simplest end-blown instrument is a tube, open at one end and closed at the other, for example, a segment of bamboo or reed closed at the bottom by the natural septum.— Jeremy Montagu, Origins and Development of Musical Instruments, 2007 — compare side-blown
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The first known use of end-blown was in 1902
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