Thesaurus of Musical Instruments

"containing 1480 entries
from Accordeon to Žvegljica"

Use the search feature to find any instrument of music in the thesaurus. To expand your search, use the wildcard character *. For example, a search for *phone will find "Aeoliphone", "Saxophone", etc. Always enter the instrument name without accents or diacritics. For example, to find "Ṭanbūr", simply type tanbur.

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Try these searches: horn, keyboard, flute

All terms and hierarchical relationships come from the Library of Congress Subject Headings, 24th edition (2001).

Data Compiled:2002-05-03
Data Revised:2003-02-11
New interface:2007-11-20

Mbira

ML1015 .M25 (History)
MT654 .M38 (Instruction)
M142 .M3 (Music)
UF
African hand piano
Hand piano
Kalimba
Kisaanj
Kututeng
Lamellaphone
Lamellophone
Likembe
Linguaphone
Marimba (Mbira)
Marímbula
Mbila
Nsansi
Sandza
Sansa
Sansi
Sanza
Thumb piano
BT