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nounany wind instrument other than the brass instruments
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- flute a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown
- saxophone a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore
- sax a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore
- oboe a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
- thumbhole the hole in a woodwind that is closed and opened with the thumb
- hornpipe an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone
- cromorne a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn)
- crumhorn a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn)
- hautbois a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
- hautboy a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece