Love a note repeatedly played in the orchestra (4)
I believe the answer is:
oboe
'orchestra' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'love a note repeatedly played in the' is the wordplay.
'love' becomes 'o' (In tennis, 'love' means 'zero').
'a note' becomes 'e' (musical note).
'repeatedly played' becomes 'bo' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in the' indicates putting letters inside.
'o'+'e'='oe'
'oe' placed around 'bo' is 'OBOE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for oboe that I've seen before include "Double-reed woodwind" , "Orchestral piece" , "Orchestral instrument" , "Double-reed wind instrument" , "Woodwind instrument of treble pitch" .)