Any musical wind instrument that produces sound by either directing a stream of air against the edge of a hole or by making a reed or a double reed vibrate (see reed instrument ).
In a brass instrument , by contrast, the airstream passes directly from the player's vibrating lips into the air column. The orchestral woodwinds include the flute , piccolo, clarinet , oboe , English horn , and bassoon . Other woodwinds include the saxophone , recorder , panpipe , shakuhachi , and shawm .