The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 plus 5 letter word REED ORGAN
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result REED ORGAN
- Troublesome person with stick always set about music maker
- Roger Dean destroyed harmonium
- Music producer garnered Oscar for new arrangement
- Stops on this red with no gear changes
- Arrangement of 18 24 for keyboard instrument
- Love being transported by gardener playing wind instrument
- Rich girl debuts in Roedean playing keyboard instrument
- Instrument, unusual in one regard
- Music producer to decipher text reported newspaper
- Possibly regal English employed in socialist newspaper
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The straight part
We know that "music maker" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case music maker = reed organ.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.