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Are all woodwind instruments made of wood?

No, with the exception of the flutes, all woodwind instruments have reeds, flutes used to have reeds (similar to Oboe reeds) and that is why they are still classed as woodwind.


What are bagpipe practice chanter reeds made of?

Practice chanter reeds are generally plastic now, but some pipers use cane.


Why won't my new clarinet reeds work?

There may be a couple of reasons. The reeds may be either too thin or too thick for you to play with. Or, it's common to find "bad reeds" in a new box of reeds, yes I know, it doesn't make a lot of sense. Even when the box of reeds is the same thickness there are little variations in the cut that can make one reed play better than another. It's customary for clarinet players to either throw away some of the "new reeds", fix them or simply use them only to study.


What materials is the bagpipes made of?

The bag is traditionally made out of thin, supple leather like goatskin or sheepskin. Synthetic bags are also available.The mouthpiece, chanter and drones are made out of hardwood - usually rosewood or ebony. Plastic compound chanters are also used.The reeds are thin slices of actual reed, although plastic reeds are sometimes used nowadays.The ferrules (decorative rings around the sound holes and drones and chanter to be decorative and also to strengthen them) are usually made of ivory (on old bagpipes only), bone, silver, or even plastic.


What mateials are the instruments made out of?

instruments are made from cane but synthetic reeds are used by a small number of clarinetists