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Listen to the piercing sound of the Piccolo’s, Flutes, and Clarinets. Hear the passionate, sensual sounds of the Saxophone. The unique eloquence of the double reeds is quite apparent during an orchestral performance. The woodwinds are most widely known for their stamina, and endurance. They often times have to bail out the brass section during difficult runs and cadenzas. First of all, the woodwind section starts out with the flutes and the piccolo. The flute is the earliest wind instrument and it’s said that a man heard the wind go over a field of grass and tried to interpret the sound. In 1831 Virtuoso Nicholson played the 7-keyed flute. In 1832 Theabald Boehm made the first conical bored flute. In 1847 the revoluti