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Performing Arts

Musical Instruments

A	Accordion Aeolian Harp Alphorn Amati

B	Bagpipe Balalaika Banjo Barrel Organ Baryton Basset Horn Bassoon Bell Biwa (musical instrument) Boehm, Theobald Bouzouki Bow Brass Instruments Broadwood, John Bugle (musical instrument)

C	Calliope (instrument) Carillon Castanets Cello Chamber Organ Choir Organ Cimbalom Cittern Clarinet Clavichord Conch (musical instrument) Cornamuse Cornet Cornett Cristofori, Bartolomeo Crumhorn Cymbals

D	Damper Pedal Denner, Johann Christoph Diapason Didgeridoo Dolmetsch Family Double Bass Drum Kit Drum (musical instrument) Dulcimer

E	Érard, Sébastien

F	Fender, Clarence Leo Fiddle Fife (musical instrument) Fingerboard Flute Fortepiano

G	Glockenspiel Gong Guarneri Guitar

H	Hammond Organ Hardanger Fiddle Harmonica Harp Harpsichord Hawaiian Guitar Heckel Helmholtz Resonator Horn (music) Hornpipe Hotteterre, Jacques-Martin Hurdy-Gurdy

J	Jew's Harp

K	Kazoo Kithara Kora Koto

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M	Mandolin Maracas Marimba Mbira Metronome Moog, Robert Moog Synthesizer Mridanga Musette Musical Box Musical Instruments Mutation Stop Mute

N	Nyckelharpa

O	Oboe Ocarina Ondes Martenot Ophicleide Organ Overblowing

P	Panpipe Percussion Instruments Piano Player Piano Plectrum Post-Horn Psaltery

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R	Rackett Recorder Reed Instruments

T	Tabla Tambourine Tambura Theremin, Leon Timpani Tin Whistle Tom-Tom Tourte, François Trautonium Triangle (musical instrument) Trombone Trumpet Tuba Tuning Fork

U	'ud Ukulele Una Corda, Due Corde, Tre Corde

V	Vibraphone Vielle Vina Viol Viola Viola d'Amore Violin

W	Willis, Henry Wind-Cap Instruments Woodwind Instruments Wurlitzer

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