This is not to be mistaken with the Polish single pipe (fujara, fujarka), which is a much smaller (up to 40 cm) old-fashioned instrument usually made of willow bark.

[2] The latter also exists in locally modified modern versions (also played, for example, in Toronto at "The Pride of Poland",[4] a 2005 concert featuring symphonic and Polish folk music).

[5] The pipe and tabor was a common combination throughout Asia in the medieval period, and remains popular in some parts of Europe and the Americas today.

The English pipe and tabor had waned in popularity, but had not died out before a revival by Morris dance musicians in the early 20th century.

A diaulos was an ancient Greek wind instrument composed of two pipes (aulos), which were played similar to an oboe.

Examples of single-reed reedpipes include diplica, launeddas, sipsi, hornpipe, pibgorn, alboka and triple pipes.

They are known from a broad region extending from India in the east to Spain in the west that includes north Africa and most of Europe.