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Drum is one of the oldest musical instruments. See more »
Accordion
Accordion is any of a family of portable reed instruments with bellows suspended in front of the player by shoulder straps.
See more »Alphorn
Alphorn, also called alpenhorn, is a long tube-shaped instrument used chiefly by herders to call cattle in mountain regions of Switzerland.
See more »Balalaika
Balalaika, bal uh LY kuh, is a stringed musical instrument with a triangular body and a long neck with frets (ridges).
See more »Banjo
Banjo is a stringed musical instrument that has a round metal or wooden body and a long fretted (ridged) neck.
See more »Bassoon
Bassoon is an instrument that serves as the bass voice of the woodwind section of many orchestras and bands.
See more »Bell
Bell is a hollow, metal vessel in the shape of a cup with a clapper (metal tongue) suspended inside.
See more »Bugle
Bugle is a wind instrument that consists of a curved brass or copper cone-shaped tube.
See more »Calliope
Calliope is a musical instrument that consists of a set of tuned whistles controlled by either a keyboard or a mechanical playing system like that of a player piano.
See more »Carillon
Carillon, KAR uh lon, is a set of 23 or more stationary bells arranged to play music.
See more »Castanets
Castanets, kas tuh NEHTS, are a small percussion instrument of indefinite pitch.
See more »Celesta
Celesta, suh LEHS tuh, is a pianolike musical instrument played by means of a keyboard.
See more »Cello
Cello, CHEHL oh, is a stringed musical instrument of the violin family that is played with a bow.
See more »Chimes
Chimes, also called tubular bells, are a percussion instrument that consists of 18 to 20 brass or steel tubes hung on a frame.
See more »Clavichord
Clavichord, KLAV uh kawrd, is a keyboard musical instrument that was a forerunner of the piano.
See more »Concertina
Concertina, kon suhr TEE nuh, is a musical instrument in which metal reeds are made to vibrate by air pressure produced by opening and closing a bellows.
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