recorder

noun

Etymology: From Middle English recorder, from record (“to practice (music)”); ultimately cognate with Etymology 1.

1. A musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute.

   “Recorders are made in various sizes, from the high soprano or descant recorder to the low bass recorder.”

   “Indeed he hath played on his prologue like a child on a recorder; a sound, but not in government.”