The signs as Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque woodwind instruments
Aries- Cornamuse: a double reed instrument from the renaissance with a wind cap over the reed and cylindrical bore
Taurus- Dulcian: a renaissance predecessor of the bassoon with a folded conical bore
Gemini- Recorder: considered renaissance and baroque. The friend we all know and love from elementary school with whistle mouthpieces and bores changing throughout time.
Cancer- Cromorne: a french, capped, double reed instrument from the baroque period. Do not confuse this with the crumhorn, which has a ‘j” shape
Leo- Chalumeau: a single-reed, baroque instrument that is a predecessor of the modern-day clarinet. It has a cylindrical bore with 8 tone holes.
Virgo- Shawm: a double-reed, renaissance, woodwind instrument with a conical bore
Libra- Rackett: also known as the Sausage bassoon. Sausage Bassoon. This double reed woodwind is a predecessor to the bassoon, with 9 parallel bores inside, which are connected at the top and bottom.
Scorpio- Rauschpfeife: a capped, double-reed from the renaissance period. it has a conical bore, unlike the Cornamuse.
Sagittarius- Ocarina- A Medieval egg-shaped woodwind instrument with the mouth piece coming out of the body
Capricorn- Gemshorn- an early Medieval recorder made from a cow horn. It has a conical shape that produces a very sweet sound.
Aquarius- Flageolet- a Medieval woodwind that can be described as a small fipple flute. (origins of instrument are Medieval even though picture says 19th century)
Pisces- Crumhorn: a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed mounted inside the long windcap.














