Thesaurus of Musical Instruments

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.

Try these searches: horn, keyboard, flute

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

Stringed instruments