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WOODWINDS
The flute player blows across the flute mouthpiece as one would blow across a bottle. The oboe and bassoon are double reed instruments. Double reed players blow into a mouthpiece made of two pieces of cane (arundo donax) tied together. Professional oboe and bassoon players make their own mouthpieces or reeds. The clarinet is a single reed instrument. Clarinet players blow into a mouthpiece made out of hard rubber that has a single piece of cane attached to it. |




