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Instrument my violin player heard? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

oboe

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'instrument' is the definition.
(type of musical instrument)

'my violin player heard?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'player' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'obo' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for oboe that I've seen before include "Cor anglais in its family" , "Double-reed woodwind" , "Woodwind instrument of treble pitch" , "bit of wind" , "Orchestral instrument" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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