The Aulos was a wind instrument, commonly made of ivory, boxwood, cane, or bone

while some were wood encased in metals, such as bronze or silver. Some auloi were
fitted with metal keys.
The Aulos was most commonly played instrument in Greek music, the aulos was played
in festivals, processions of births and deaths, athletic games - for the athletes to keep their
exercises in rhythm, social occasions, and performances of tragedy in the Greek theatre.
It was associated with the god Dionysus and often played at private drinking parties.
(Mark Cartwright). Were also used in rituals of the Dionysus cults.
The auloi have seven, three or four holes cut into them and is played with a single or
double reed. Reeds are often made from Mediterranean cane.
Two auloi are played normally at the same time, being fitted at the mouthpiece, allowing
a bigger sound and playing two parts at once. The auloi were normally both the same
sizes, but as time went on, they started to differ in length, adding different pitches and
more harmonies.
There are recorded appearances of Auloi dating as far back as the third millennium BCE.
But rose to prominence in Ancient Greek, who in mythology, credit Athena as the
inventor of the aulos as well as the phorbeia: a leather strap that is worn horizontally
around the head, with a hole for the mouth. It is supposed to help with instrument
placement, embouchure, and fatigue. One day she saw a reflection of her playing the
Aulos and she was ashamed of her disfigured face, as she had red bulging cheeks as she
played and cast the instrument away. This is known as the Disfigurement of Athena. The
disfigurement was caused by the playing technique of the time, now know as circular
breathing, and thus she created the phorbeia to prevent such disfigurement.
Marsyas, a phrygian satyr, then discovered the aulos and mastered it, deciding to
challenge Apollo and his lyre in a music contest. Their playing were matched in their first
bout, but then Apollo blayed his lyre upside down, and Marsyas was unable to do so on
the aulos. This caused Apollo to be deemed the winner by all but King Midas, who still
ends up being cursed by Apollo. Marsyas is still punished and is hung and flayed alive,
creating the Marsyas river in Asia Minor (Arosemena Ott).
Auloi also come in different sizes representing different pitches. You can also change the
pitch of the aulos by putting more or less reed in the mouth. More reed equals a higher
pitch, and less reed means a lower pitch.
To make an aulos out of bone, you would need about 8 tibia bones or 4 deer.
Aulos pitcture fracture from attic red-figure plate
Max Brumberg playing video—2:00 mark