Dutch artist Theo Jansen's 'strandbeesten' or Beach Beasts, wind-powered creatures made from yellow plastic tubes, are displayed during an exhibit in Delft, Netherlands, Thursday, June 5, 2025.

Wind instruments — brasses as well as woodwinds like my clarinet — produce sound through human breath. And human breath spreads COVID-19.

Becher, Lia, Amayu W. Gena, Hayder Alsaad, Bernhard Richter, Claudia Spahn, and Conrad Voelker. 2021. “The Spread of Breathing Air from Wind Instruments and Singers Using Schlieren Techniques.” ...