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Wind instrument or a loud stringed one (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

flute

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'wind instrument' is the definition.
(I know that flute is a type of woodwind instrument)

'a loud stringed one' is the wordplay.
'a loud' becomes 'f' (short for forte - 'loud' in music).
'stringed one' becomes 'lute' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'f'+'lute'='FLUTE'

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(Other definitions for flute that I've seen before include "Wind instrument" , "Champagne glass" , "Blown" , "Narrow wineglass" , "Musical instrument - wineglass" .)

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