Ranket; Racket; Ranket. A wooden cylinder in which the tube has been drilled six times with two rows of holes each of three at the front; two thumb holes at the rear and two holes provided with a wooden funnel on either side of the cylinder; below and above a copper band and a copper tube on which the mouth cane is attached.; anonymous; c. 1780; fruitwood; brass (alloy); cork; l 358 mm