Engineering:List of woodwind instruments

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Some musicologists count free-reed instruments separately.

Flutes

  • Fife
  • Piccolo
  • Western concert flute
  • Alto flute
  • Bass flute
  • Contra-alto flute
  • Contrabass flute
  • Subcontrabass flute
  • Double contrabass flute
  • Hyperbass flute
  • Native American flute
  • Irish flute
  • Bansuri (India)
  • Kōauau (New Zealand)
  • Koudi (China)
  • Dizi (China)
  • Daegeum (Korea)
  • Nguru (New Zealand)
  • Nohkan (Japan)
  • Ryūteki (Japan)
  • Shinobue (Japan)
  • Švilpa (Lithuania)
  • Venu (India)
  • Kaval (Anatolian-Turkic, Bulgaria, Macedonia)
  • Fyell (Albanian Polla)
  • Ney (Anatolian-Turkic)
  • Danso (Korea)
  • Hocchiku (Japan)
  • Hun (Korea)
  • Palendag (Philippines)
  • Panflute (Greece)
  • Suling (Indonesia/Philippines)
  • Tumpong (Philippines)
  • Xiao (China)
  • Xun (China)
  • Khlui (Thailand)
  • Matófono (Argentina/Uruguay)

Notched

  • Quena (South America)
  • Shakuhachi (Japan)

Internal Duct (fipple)

  • Almpfeiferl (Austria)
  • Caval (Romania)
  • Diple (or Dvojnice, a double recorder) (Serbia)
  • Flageolet (France)
  • Fluier (Romania)
  • Frula (Serbia, Bosnia & Hercegovina, Croatia)
  • Furulya (Hungary)
  • Gemshorn (Germany)
  • Ocarina (South America, England, China, and various other countries)
  • Organ pipe The pipes of the church/chamber organ are actually fipple flutes.
  • Recorder (General)
  • Tin Whistle (Pennywhistle) (Ireland)
  • Shvi (Armenia)
  • Dilli Kaval (Turkey)

Overblown

  • Fujara (Slovakia)
  • Futujara

Single reed

  • Alboka (Basque Country, Spain)
  • Arghul (Egypt and other Arabic nations)
  • Aulochrome
  • Chalumeau
  • Clarinet
  • Diplica (Baranya)
  • Double clarinet
  • Heckel-clarina
  • Heckelphone-clarinet
Two soprano clarinets: a B clarinet (left) and an A clarinet (right). These use the Oehler system of keywork.

Double-reed

  • Algaita
  • Aulos
  • Balaban (instrument) (Azerbaijan)
  • Bassanelli
  • Bassoon
  • Biforaers (Sicily)
  • Bombardeers (France)
  • Catalan shawm
  • Cromorne (French baroque, different from the crumhorn)
  • Contra Forte
  • Duduk (Armenia)
  • Dulcian
  • Dulzaina (Spain)
  • Heckelphone
    • Piccolo heckelphone
  • Hichiriki (Japan)
  • Kèn bầu (Vietnam)
  • Mizmar (Arabic nations)
  • Nadaswaram
  • Oboe
  • Piri (Korea)
  • Pommer (Europe)
  • Rackett (Europe)
  • Reed contrabass/Contrabass à anche
  • Rhaita (North Africa)
  • Rothphone
  • Sarrusophone (but often played with single reed mouthpiece)
  • Shawm (Schalmei)
  • Sopilas (Croatia)
  • Sornas (Persia)
  • Suona (China)
  • Surnayers (Iran)
  • Taepyeongso (Korea)
  • Tárogatós (Hungary; up to about the 18th century)
  • Tromboon
  • Trompeta china (Cuba)
  • Zurla (Macedonia)
  • Zurna

Capped

A Fox Instruments bassoon.

Triple reed

  • Hne (Myanmar)

Quadruple reed

  • Pi (Thailand)
  • Shehnai (India)
  • Sralai (Cambodia)