Basser

Knowing that a taller pipe must produce a basser sound, the Semites identified the two.

As the beater increased the pace, the bassers would embellish the rhythm with hand claps and singing, while the seekers would follow the increasing tempo of the stickers ^([sic]) beat, by picking up or intensifying the pace of the movement.

"Mickey" I hissed. "Lift the fish basket." The bassers nodded approvingly, one giving the thumbs up signal. Then they gunned it.