Text Box: Classification of Musical Instruments.
                   
     
     
        Text Box: Wind
      Text Box: Percussion
 
     
               
    Text Box: Plucked
    Text Box: membrane
  Text Box: rod of metal
  Text Box: plates of metal
 
wooden blocks
 
                   
Text Box: by fingers
Text Box: played from side
Text Box: held in the arm (da braccio)
Text Box: held beween legs 
(da gamba)
Text Box: lever
Text Box: in hand
Text Box: ancient lyre
Text Box: by levers Text Box: by hammers in hand Text Box: by fingers & plectrum
               
Text Box: cymbals
Text Box: xylophone, marimba, castanets.
      Text Box: drums
 
  Text Box: triangle
                 
          Text Box: with air-chamber
 
Text Box: without air-chamber
             
           
Text Box: kettle drums.
side drums &c. Text Box: tambour.
Grosse caisse &c.
 
   
     
         
       
       
       
Text Box: pianoforte
Text Box: dulcimer
Text Box: zither
 
         
Text Box: Tube with a series of holes
  Text Box: Tube open at both ends
 
   
             
         
Text Box: with reed
(vibrating tongue)
Text Box: without reed
(vibrating tongue)
Text Box: simple
Text Box: with pistons
Text Box: with slide
     
       
Text Box: hunting horn 
or bugle,
old. trumpet,
horn.
Text Box: cornet,
euphonium &c.,
trumpet,
horn,
trombone &c. Text Box: trombone,
slide trumpet &c.
       
Text Box: double reed
Text Box: oboe,
bassoon.
Text Box: flauto traverso
       
 
Text Box: modern flute
     
   
Text Box: ORGAN. (contains series of reed & flue pipes in the place of pipes with holes. The latter have, however, been used experimentally).