a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs

the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments

a musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard

a musical instrument that generates sounds electronically

a small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity

a musical instrument that is played by means of a keyboard

produces music by means of pins on a revolving cylinder that strike the tuned teeth of a comb-like metal plate

a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another

a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound

a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath

the group of instruments that are played by striking with a hand or object

a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player

a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body

largest and lowest member of the violin family

the guitar with six strings that has the lowest pitch

the lowest brass wind instrument

a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family

a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance

stringed instruments that are played with a bow

a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) that is blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece

a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard

a percussion instrument consisting of a set of tuned bells that are struck with a hammer; used as an orchestral instrument

a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers

an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound

a stringed instrument that has a keyboard

a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together

a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end

a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings

(music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ

a wind instrument with a free reed

a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers

a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a softheaded drumstick

a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking

a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece

a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it

Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither; has a rectangular wooden sounding board and usually 13 silk strings that are plucked with the fingers

an Australian percussion instrument used for playing bush music; a long stick with bottle caps nailed loosely to it; played by hitting it with a stick or banging it on the ground

a percussion instrument consisting of a hollow gourd containing pebbles or beans; often played in pairs

a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets

egg-shaped terra cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes

wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard

the flues and stops on a pipe organ

a keyboard instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds

a tubular wind instrument

wind instrument used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries

an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings

a percussion instrument that is made from a dried cactus branch that is hollowed out and filled with small pebbles and capped at both ends; makes the sound of falling rain when tilted; origin was in Chile where tribesmen used it in ceremonies to bring rain

a Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and three strings and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox; played with a plectrum

a stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable frets; has 6 or 7 metal strings for playing and usually 13 resonating strings

a concave percussion instrument made from the metal top of an oil drum; has an array of flattened areas that produce different tones when struck (of Caribbean origin)

(music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments

an electronic musical instrument; melodies can be played by moving the right hand between two rods that serve as antennas to control pitch; the left hand controls phrasing

a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle

a percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound

a small wind instrument that produces a whistling sound by blowing into it

any wind instrument other than the brass instruments

a musical stringed instrument with strings stretched over a flat sounding board; it is laid flat and played with a plectrum and with fingers