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Roger Dean playing harmonium perhaps (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reed organ

'harmonium perhaps' is the definition.
(I know that harmonium is a type of reed organ)

'roger dean playing' is the wordplay.
'playing' indicates an anagram.
'roger'+'dean'='rogerdean'
'rogerdean' with letters rearranged gives 'REED-ORGAN'.

(Other definitions for reed organ that I've seen before include "Keyboard instrument, harmonium" , "What you might hear" , "small instrument" , "supports traditional services" , "musical instrument" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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