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Does the bagpipes belong to a family of the orchestra? If so, which one and why

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The Woodwinds Woodwinds produce sound by either passing air over a hole in the body of the instrument, a “fipple” or a reed. Instruments in this family include flutes, oboes, clarinets, bassoons, saxophones, pipe and reed organs, recorders, bagpipes, the calliope, harmonicas, whistles, etc.

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