© 2006 Mark Venn

The Waites play a wide variety of instruments. These are mainly wind instruments, but strings and percussion also feature regularly.

Particular families are shown in the panel opposite. Many have interesting stories and histories, which often form an amusing and informative part of a Waites concert.

Instruments played by the band include:

Shawm

Curtal

Crumhorn

Recorder

Bagpipe
Flute

Cornamuse

Hurdy gurdy

Harp
Cornett

Rauschpfeife

Rackett

Kortholt

Sackbutt

Rebec

Gemshorn

Fiddle