types:
cuivre
a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
kazoo
a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece
ocarina
egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes
orgue
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
accordéon
a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
harmonium
a free-reed instrument in which air is drawn in through reeds by suction bellows
cornemuse
a tubular wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through the drone
baryton
the second lowest brass wind instrument
tuba
the lowest brass wind instrument
clairon
a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
clairon
a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone
concertina
free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds
cor,
cornet,
cornet à pistons
a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
bourdon
a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
flûte à bec
a tubular wind instrument with 8 finger holes and a fipple mouthpiece
tuyau à bouche
organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip
flûte,
flûte traversière
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
cor,
cor français
a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
harmonica
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
harmonium
a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
jeu d'orgue
a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality
flûte de Pan
a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
diapason à bouche
a small pipe sounding a tone of standard frequency; used to establish the starting pitch for unaccompanied singing
saxhorn
any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves
trombone
a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide