Bifora
The bifora or pifara was a Sicilian double reed instrument of the oboe family, related to the ancient shawm and particularly to the piffero of the northern Italian Apennines. Much larger than the piffero, and made in one piece, it was employed together with drums in ceremonial processions, particularly in the town of San Marco d'Alunzio in the province of Messina. Its use seems to have died out during the twentieth century.
References
- Mario Sarica, Strumenti Musicali Popolari in Sicilia, Assessorato alla cultura, Provincia di Messina 1994. Excerpted in Il Flauto in Sicilia (in Italian)
- Percorsi Guidati: Piffero (in Italian), from AESS: Archivio di Etnografia e Storia Sociale, RegioneLombardia
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Double reed instruments
(also includes those with quadruple and sextuple reeds; does not include bagpipes)
(modern)
- Piccolo oboe
- Piccolo heckelphone
- Oboe
- Oboe d'amore
- Cor anglais (English horn)
- Bass oboe
- Heckelphone
- Lupophon
- Contrabass oboe
- Tenoroon
- Bassoon
- Semi-contrabassoon
- Contrabassoon
- Contraforte
- Contrabassophone
- Reed contrabass
- Sarrusophone
- Rothphone
- Tromboon
(historical)
- Balaban
- Duduk
- Guan
- Gyaling
- Hichiriki
- Hne
- Kèn
- Kèn bầu
- Kèn đám ma
- Kuzhal
- Mizmar
- Nadaswaram
- Ottu
- Pi
- Piri
- Shehnai
- Sundari
- Sorna
- Sralai
- Suona
- Taepyeongso
- Tangmuri
- Zurna/Surnai
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