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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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

Aeoliphone

USE

Alto saxophone

USE

Archiphone

M6 - M14.5 (Music)
BT

Baritone saxophone

USE

Bass saxophone

USE

Contrabass saxophone

USE

Dynaphone

USE

Epiphone guitar

BT

Heckelphone

ML990 .H4 (History)
M110 .H4 (Music)
BT

Log xylophone

USE

Marimbaphone

USE

Mellophone

USE

Photophone

USE

Pyrophone

ML597 (History)
UF
Chemical harmonicon
Harmonicon, Chemical
BT

Sarrusophone

ML990 .S (History)
MT415 (Instruction)
RT
BT

Saxophone

ML975 - ML978 (History)
MT500 - MT508 (Instruction)
M105 - M109 (Music)
UF
Alto saxophone
Baritone saxophone
Bass saxophone
Contrabass saxophone
Sopranino saxophone
Soprano saxophone
Subcontrabass saxophone
Tenor saxophone
BT

Sopranino saxophone

USE

Soprano saxophone

USE

Sousaphone

BT

Subcontrabass saxophone

USE

Tenor saxophone

USE

Vibraphone

ML1048 (History)
MT725 .V (Instruction)
M175 .X6 (Music)
UF
Vibraharp
RT
BT

Xylophone

ML1048 (History)
MT719 - MT719.8 (Instruction)
M175 .X6 (Music)
UF
Song bells
Straw fiddle
RT
BT
NT

Xylophone controller (Musical instrument)

USE

Zoomoozophone

BT