#wind_instrument__wind a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
supertype: #musical_instrument__musicalinstrument an instrument used to produce music
part: #bell.opening #embouchure
subtype: #bagpipe__pipes__pipe a wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through pipes
subtype: #musette__shepherd's_pipe a small bagpipe formerly popular in France
subtype: #brass.wind_instrument__bras a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
subtype: #baritone_horn__baritone the second lowest brass wind instrument
subtype: #bass_horn__sousaphone__Sousaphone__tuba the lowest brass wind instrument
subtype: #euphonium a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family
subtype: #helicon__bombardon a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician
subtype: #bugle a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
subtype: #clarion a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone
subtype: #cornet__horn__trumpet a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
subtype: #serpent an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake
subtype: #flugelhorn__fluegelhorn a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore
subtype: #French_horn__horn a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
subtype: #saxhorn any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves
subtype: #trombone a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide
subtype: #sackbut a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone
subtype: #free-reed_instrument a wind instrument with a free reed
subtype: #piano_accordion__pianoaccordion__accordion__squeeze_box__squeezebox a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
subtype: #American_organ a free-reed instrument in which air is drawn in through reeds by suction bellows
subtype: #concertina.free-reed_instrument free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds
subtype: #harmonica__mouth_organ__mouthorgan__harp__mouth_harp__mouthharp a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole
subtype: #harmonium__organ__reed_organ a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
subtype: #kazoo a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece
subtype: #ocarina__sweet_potato__sweetpotato egg-shaped terra-cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes
subtype: #pipe_organ__organ wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
subtype: #organ_pipe__organpipe__pipe__pipework the flues and stops on a pipe organ
subtype: #flue_pipe__flue__labial_pipe organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip
subtype: #organ_stop__organstop a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality
subtype: #diapason_stop__diapason either of the two main stops on a pipe organ
subtype: #dulciana the organ stop having a tone of soft sweet string quality
subtype: #flue_stop an organ stop with the tone of a flue pipe
subtype: #reed_stop an organ stop with the tone of a reed instrument
subtype: #vox_humana__voxhumana an organ reed stop producing tones imitative of the human voice
subtype: #sourdine an organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound
subtype: #vox_angelica__voxangelica__voix_celeste an organ stop producing a gentle tremolo effect
subtype: #reed_pipe organ pipe with a vibrating reed
subtype: #panpipe__pandean_pipe__pandeanpipe__syrinx a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
subtype: #tabor_pipe__taborpipe__pipe a tubular wind instrument
subtype: #chanter__melody_pipe reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played
subtype: #drone_pipe__dronepipe__drone__bourdon a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
subtype: #pitch_pipe__pitchpipe a small pipe sounding a tone of standard frequency; used to establish the starting pitch for unaccompanied singing
subtype: #post_horn wind instrument used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries
subtype: #woodwind_instrument__woodwind__wood any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
subtype: #beating-reed_instrument__reed a musical instrument that sounds by means of a reed
subtype: #double-reed_instrument a woodwind that has a double reed
subtype: #bassoon a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family
subtype: #contrabassoon__contrafagotto__double_bassoon the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family
subtype: #tenoroon a tenor bassoon; pitched a fifth higher than the ordinary bassoon
subtype: #English_horn__cor_anglais__coranglai a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch
subtype: #krummhorn__crumhorn__cromorne a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn)
subtype: #oboe__hautboy__hautbois a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
subtype: #heckelphone__basset_oboe a oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe
subtype: #musette_pipe__musettepipe a small simple oboe
subtype: #oboe_da_caccia an alto oboe; precursor of the English horn
subtype: #oboe_d'amore a oboe pitched a minor third lower than the ordinary oboe; used to perform baroque music
subtype: #shawm a medieval oboe
subtype: #bombardon__bombard a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
subtype: #free-reed a reed that does not fit closely over the aperture
subtype: #single-reed_instrument__single-reed_woodwind a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone)
subtype: #clarinet a single-reed instrument with a straight tube
subtype: #bass_clarinet a large clarinet whose range is an octave below the B-flat clarinet
subtype: #basset_horn a tenor clarinet; pitched in the key of F below the B-flat clarinet
subtype: #B-flat_clarinet__licorice_stick the ordinary clarinet with a middle range
subtype: #pibgorn__hornpipe__stockhorn an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone
subtype: #sax__saxophone a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore
subtype: #fipple_flute__fipple_pipe__recorder__vertical_flute a woodwind with a vertical pipe and 8 finger holes and a whistle mouthpiece
subtype: #treble_recorder__flageolet__shepherd'spipe a small fipple flute with with four finger holes and two thumb holes
subtype: #pennywhistle__tin_whistle__tinwhistle__whistle an inexpensive fipple flute
subtype: #transverse_flute__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
subtype: #fife a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band
subtype: #nose_flute a flute that is played by blowing through the nostrils (used in some Asian countries)
subtype: #piccolo a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute
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