'Players' in the Bible

The singers go in front, the players of instruments last;Between them the maidens playing on tambourines.

The singers as well as the players of flutes will say,“All my springs and sources of joy are in you [Jerusalem, city of God].”

When Jesus came to the ruler’s house, and saw the flute players [who were professional, hired mourners] and the [grieving] crowd making an uproar,

And the sound of harpists and musicians and flutists and trumpeters will never again be heard in you, and no skilled artisan of any craft will ever again be found in you, and the sound of the millstone [grinding grain] will never again be heard in you [for commerce will no longer flourish, and normal life will cease].