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A standard woodwind quintet, also referred to as a wind quintet, is a traditional chamber music ensemble consisting of five instruments:
Although the term "woodwind" typically refers to instruments like flutes and reed pipes, the inclusion of the French hornāa brass instrumentāis the standard convention for this specific ensemble configuration.123