Thicker reedplates/Projection

["Keith Freeman" <keith.freeman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>           I am still unclear how this differs (or differs not?) from a
>           flute, pennywhistle etc., but I see how it is
> not like a guitar string or a music box.
Rick, I think the important distinction is that a woodwind instrument has 
its own column of air of a particular shape (some have a cylindrical, 
others a conical bore) surrounded by, and interacting acoustically with, 
a tube of a particular material.

- -Keith