Oboes

thumbnail|240px|Oboe reeds The oboe ( ) is a type of double-reed woodwind instrument. Oboes are usually made of wood, but may also be made of synthetic materials, such as plastic, resin, or hybrid composites.

woodwind musical instrument

conical-bore double-reed instrument

The sornā or sornāy (, also surnā, surnāy and also Zurna) is an ancient Iranian woodwind instrument.

The sopile (or roženice, as it is called in Istria) is an ancient traditional woodwind instrument of Croatia, similar to the oboe or shawm. It is used in the regions of Kvarner, Kastav, Vinodol, Island Krk, and Istria. Sopile are always played in pairs so there are great and small or thin and fat sopila. Sopile are musical instruments offering very interesting possibilities with a unique piercing sound. This is replicated in more modern examples of Kvarner music through use of modified double reed clarinet or soprano Dulzaina. Sopile are, by "mih" and "šurle," and today are very popular in the

double reed instrument in the woodwind family

instrument

Cuban traditional wind instrument

oboe design

thumb|The chirimía on the left is from Jacaltenango, Guatemala, and the one on the right is from Antigua, Guatemala.

A Liebesfuss or Liebesfuß (; ; ) is a pear- or bulb-shaped element that narrows to a small opening on double reed instruments, such as the oboe d'amore, cor anglais, and heckelphone, as well as on some single-reed instruments, such as the clarinet d'amore. It serves as a damper that gives these musical instruments a characteristically soft timbre. It is the eponymous characteristic of the oboe d'amore, which was developed in the baroque period alongside other particularly sweet-sounding instruments, such as the viola d'amore and the clarinet d'amore, which originated around 1740, but died out

thumb|A graïle The graïle, (or Occitan graile) is a woodwind instrument of Languedoc, France, resembling a primitive oboe. It is played in Monts de Lacaune (in the department of Tarn) and surrounding areas including Bezime.