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Is there a tone that sounds like humming hornets? Or which type of pipe could create that sound?

It was in reference to someone playing a pipe on street.

Forgive me if I sound stupid, but I know nothing about flutes. I was wondering what it means if someone played a pipe. Is a pipe the same thing as flute? Is a pitch pipe the same instrument as a pipe? Do a flute and pipe have similar tones?