Woodwind instruments are a family of musical instruments within the more general category of wind. Shop Flutes, Bagpipes, Practice Chanter & Lyra Harps. Woodwind Instruments are a family of musical instruments within the more general category of wind instruments. There are two main types of woodwind instruments: flutes and reed instruments whereas harp is a stringed musical instrument which has a number of individual strings running at an angle to its soundboard, which are plucked with the fingers. Scottish Flutes are responsible for most of the music filling the air.