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flutes are the earliest musical instrument known
They're also a large family of instruments within the woodwind group. Woodwinds typically have zero, one, or two reeds. Flutes are those that have zero reeds.
- vessel flute, eg. ocarinas
- many commonly-known instruments: whistle, recorders, slide whistles, panpipes,
fipple, end-blown, transverse/side-blown flutes