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

Alpine horn

USE

Alto horn

M110 .A (Music)
ML 955 - ML958
UF
Althorn
Alto cornet
Alto saxhorn
Mellophone
Tenor horn
BT

Baritone horn

USE

Bass horn

USE

Basset horn

ML990 .B35 (History)
M110 .B35 (Music)
BT

English horn

ML990 .E (History)
MT376 (Instruction)
M110 .E5 (Music)
UF
Cor anglais
Tenor oboe
RT
BT
NT

French horn

USE

Horn (Musical instrument)

ML955 - ML958 (History)
MT420 - MT428 (Instruction)
M80 - M84 (Music)
UF
French horn
RT
BT
NT

Post horn

ML990 .P67 (History)
M110 .P (Music)
BT

Ram's horn (Musical instrument)

USE

Russian horn

ML990 .R8
BT

Sax horn

USE

Tenor horn

USE