A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

OBOE

Sun, 2 Jun '24
Instrument with a vowel-heavy name
Mon, 6 May '24
Orchestra woodwind
Wed, 17 Apr '24
Orchestra part
Wed, 13 Mar '24
"O," in W.W. II radio lingo
Mon, 12 Feb '24
Long, cylindrical instrument
Thu, 1 Feb '24
Instrument with a bell
Fri, 10 Nov '23
Hautbois, en anglais
Thu, 2 Nov '23
Thin woodwind
Sun, 22 Oct '23
Relative of a musette
Mon, 16 Oct '23
Orchestra woodwind
Sun, 8 Oct '23
It has 45 keys
Wed, 30 Aug '23
her prized ___.
Tue, 25 Jul '23
Instrument sometimes confused with a clarinet
Thu, 13 Jul '23
A woodwind
Thu, 1 Jun '23
Relative of a cor anglais
Sun, 14 May '23
It "sounds like a clarinet with a cold," per Victor Borge
Sun, 7 May '23
Instrument in Joan Tower's "Island Prelude"
Fri, 14 Apr '23
Heckelphone relative
Tue, 28 Mar '23
Orchestra-tuning instrument
Wed, 22 Mar '23
Instrument prominently heard in both Seal's "Kiss From a Rose" and Sonny & Cher's "I Got You Babe"
Sat, 28 Jan '23
Cousin of the Spanish chirimía or Italian piffero
Wed, 21 Dec '22
The duck in "Peter and the Wolf"
Sun, 4 Dec '22
It's used to tune an orchestra
Sun, 20 Nov '22
High wind
Tue, 13 Sep '22
Reedy woodwind
Thu, 28 Jul '22
Instrument with a bell
Tue, 5 Jul '22
Orchestral instrument with a bell key
Wed, 29 Jun '22
Relative of a cor anglais
Thu, 26 May '22
Light wind?
Tue, 26 Apr '22
Cousin of a bassoon
Mon, 21 Mar '22
Reedy wind instrument
Sun, 20 Mar '22
Word from the French for "high wood"
Sun, 6 Mar '22
It's blown in the winds
Sun, 6 Feb '22
The "quail" in Beethoven's "Pastoral" Symphony
Thu, 9 Dec '21
The duck, in "Peter and the Wolf"
Sun, 28 Nov '21
Instrument with a solo in Seal's "Kiss From a Rose"
Wed, 18 Aug '21
Instrument played by indie rock's Sufjan Stevens
Fri, 13 Aug '21
Wind with a three-octave range
Tue, 27 Jul '21
Strauss's "Concerto in D Major for ___ and Small Orchestra"
Tue, 22 Jun '21
Instrument that an orchestra tunes to
Wed, 14 Apr '21
Double-reeded aerophone with keys
Sun, 4 Apr '21
Instrument with a flared end
Fri, 19 Mar '21
Wind up on the pitch?
Fri, 12 Mar '21
One with a solo in Brahms's Symphony No. 1
Wed, 17 Feb '21
Relative of a cor anglais