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Several years ago, an acquaintance sent me a link to folkurban.com. Regrettably, the link no longer exists. Luckily, I kept a printout of what found to be useful for my purposes: instructions for building such instruments as a PVC clarinet, as well as a saxophone. Here is a video showing a PVC clarinet I made just a few days ago:

I do not have instructions or information about the saxophone. Unfortunately, I have either misplaced it or lost it completely. Fortunately, I found alternative resources on the Internet and managed, with their help, to finish my PVC saxophone as of yesterday!

I made an oboe of sorts from a bamboo tiki torch. I had very little to go by: just maybe photos from the Internet and maybe examining an actual oboe on display at a local music store. Anyway, I'm not sure exactly how to play the oboe as might be obvious from this video. Hmm. Might be good for moose calls.

Here's a bamboo clarinet I made several years ago, using folkurban.com as a source of inspiration.

And here is a chalimeau (sp?), a relative of clarinets and I think saxophones. Chalimeaux (pl of chalimeau) are also ancestors of these single reed instruments. I've also heard of outback saxophones--instruments made from single pieces of wood or bamboo. Outback refers to Australia. Note clarinets are tube shaped while saxophones are conical in form.

 Here is  PVC chalimeaux or maybe Outback saxophone. I'm not sure what to call this instrument. It has seven finger holes and two thumb holes. I positioned the holes using a plastic recorder as a model.

 Here's one with eight finger holes and two thumb holes. This time I used a PVC clarinet as a model for finger hole placement.