Flute

Various wind instruments occur in the Bible. These instruments were used to warn people or summon them together, though they were also used to make music in the Temple.

A flute was made out of bamboo or sometimes out of wood. There were various kinds of flutes. In addition to the usual flute, there were also double and pan flutes.
A flute was often used outside the Temple to make music. It was the custom in Israel, for example, to play the flute at a funeral.

The Hebrew word for the double flute is chalil. A double flute could be made out of bone, metal or wood and it had a reed. This instrument can be seen as the forerunner of the modern oboe or clarinet.
The double flute was also used at the anointing of a king (see 1 Kings 1:40) and during processions of prophets (see 1 Samuel 10:5).