“Minstrel” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
(minister). A musician employed, or strolling (1 Sam. 10:5; 16:16; 2 Kings 3:15). Professional mourners (Matt. 9:23).
“Pipe” From Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:
Flute
Type of perforated wind instruments, as the harp was of stringed instruments (1 Sam. 10:5; 1 Kings 1:40; Isa. 5:12).
“Minstrel” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
The word nagan signifies a player on a stringed instrument, a harpist, though used of players of any musical instrument. Elisha once when solicited to give advice asked for a minstrel to be brought, and “when the minstrel played, the hand of the Lord came upon him” (2 Kings 3:15). The minstrels mentioned in Matthew 9:23 were pipers or flute-players hired to assist in mourning.
“Pipe” From Concise Bible Dictionary:
The simplest of musical instruments, often made of a reed, with holes to vary the notes. They were sometimes double, as seen on the Egyptian monuments, and in present use in Egypt: a number of them fastened together was called an “organ” (1 Sam. 10:5; 1 Kings 1:40; Isa. 5:12; Isa. 30:29; Jer. 48:36; Ezek. 28:13; 1 Cor. 14:7).
Shepherd boy playing to his sheep. Typical reed pipe.
Strong’s Dictionary of Greek Words:
KJV Usage:
minstrel, piper