Musical Instrument Museum
In Phoenix, Arizona, the Musical Instrument Museum is a music lover's paradise. It has instruments from every single country in the world, from a baroque guitar to a gigantic octobass.
List of Instruments
| Accordion |
| Acoustic bass guitar |
| Acoustic guitar |
| Acoustic bass guitar |
| Aeolian Harp |
| Agung a Tamlang) (Philippine slit drum) |
| Agung (Philippine gong) |
| Ahoko (Ivory Coast rattle) |
| Ajaeng |
| Alboka (Spanish double hornpipe) |
| Alphorn |
| Alpine bell |
| Alto clarinet |
| Alto flute |
| Alto horn |
| Alto sarrusophone |
| Alto saxophone |
| Angklung (tuned bamboo slide rattle) |
| Appalachian dulcimer |
| Archlute |
| Arghul (Arabic double pipe) |
| Arpa nottolini (Italian hooked harp) |
| Arpeggione (Italian six-string) |
| Array Mbira (African thumb piano) |
| Aru-ding or kubing (Philippine Jew’s harp) |
| Aulochrome (double soprano saxophone) |
| Babendil (Philippine gong) |
| Baglama/ saz (Turkish strings) |
| Balafon (xylophone from Ghana) |
| Balalaika (Central Asian 2 or 3 stringed guitar) |
| Bandola (plucked lute from Cuba, Chile and Peru) |
| Bandoneón (Argentinian concertina) |
| Bandurria (Spanish / Latin American plucked lute) |
| Banhu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
| Banjo |
| Barbat (Iranian plucked lute) |
| Baritone horn |
| Baritone sarrusophone |
| Baritone saxophone |
| Baroque Wooden Flute |
| Baryton (German Euphonium) |
| Bass Clarinet |
| Bass Drum |
| Bass flute |
| Bass guitar |
| Bass sarrusophone |
| Bass saxophone |
| Bass / baritone oboe |
| Basse a Pistons (French Euphonium) |
| Basse Cor |
| Basset clarinet |
| Basset horn |
| Bassoon |
| Bawu (Chinese wind instrument shaped like a flute ) |
| Bayan (Russian Accordion) |
| Bazooka (telescopic brass tubing) |
| Bell |
| Berimbau (Brazilian musical bow) |
| Bianqing (Chinese stone chimes) |
| Bianzhong (Chinese bronze bells ) |
| Bifora (Sicilian oboe) |
| Biniou (French bagpipe)*** |
| Biwa (Japanese short-necked lute) |
| Bock (German bagpipes) |
| Bodega (French bagpipe) |
| Bodhrán (Irish drum) |
| Boha (French bagpipe) |
| Bombarde |
| Bombardino (Spanish Euphonium) |
| Bongo drum |
| Border pipe/ lowland bagpipe |
| Bordonua (Puerto Rican bass guitar) |
| Bouzouki (Greek lute) |
| Brian Boru bagpipes |
| Bullroarer |
| Button accordian |
| Cabrette (French bagpipe) |
| Calliope (steam organ) |
| Carillon (Dutch harmonising bells) |
| Carillon (Dutch harmonising bells) |
| Castanets |
| Cavaco (Spanish guitar) |
| Cavaquinho (Portuguese guitar) |
| Caxixi (Brazilian idiophone) |
| Celesta (idiophone) invented 1886 in Paris by Auguste Mustel. |
| Cello |
| Ceng (Turkish harp) |
| Chabrette (French bagpipe) |
| Chapman stick (fretboard) |
| Charango (South American fretted lute) |
| Chenda (Indian drum) |
| Chi (Chinese Transverse Flute) |
| Chimes |
| Ching (Cambodian/ Thai finger cymbals) |
| Chitarrone (lower-toned lute) |
| Chitarra battente (Italian guitar) |
| Chromatic accordian |
| Cigar box guitar |
| Cimbalom (Eastern European hammered dulcimer) |
| Cimbasso |
| Cimpoi (Romanian bagpipe) |
| Cittern (Renaissance lute) |
| Clapped hands |
| Clarinet |
| Clarinette d’amour |
| Classical guitar |
| Clavicembelo (Italian pianoforte) |
| Clavichord |
| Clavichord (European stringed keyboard) |
| Concertina |
| Conch (seashell horn) |
| Conga (Caribbean drum) |
| Contra-alto clarinet |
| Contra-alto flute |
| Contrabass á anche |
| Contrabass clarinet |
| Contrabass flute |
| Contrabass oboe |
| Contrabass Sarrusophone |
| Contrabass saxophone |
| Contrabassoon |
| Cornet/ Cornett/ Cornetto/ Zink |
| Cornish bagpipes |
| Cowbell |
| Croatian bagpipes |
| Cromorne |
| Crotales (Struck cymbals) |
| Crumhorn |
| Crwth (Welsh stringed instrument) |
| Cuatro (Latin American lute) |
| Cuíca (Brazilian drum) |
| Cymbals – crash, hi-hat, ride, splash, tom-toms, zil |
| Cymbalum (Western European hammered dulcimer) |
| Da’uli da’uli (Indonesian xylophone) |
| Dabakan (Philippine drum) |
| Dadihu (contrabass erhu) |
| Dahu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
| Daiko (Japanese drum) |
| Dankiyo (Turkish bagpipe) |
| Daraboukka (Syrian drum) |
| Darabukka (Arabic drum) |
| Darbuka (Greek drum) |
| Darvyra (Greek Duct Flute) |
| Denis d’or (ancient Czech chordophone) |
| Dhol (Iranian drum) |
| Dholak (North Indian hand drum) |
| Didgeridoo (Aboriginal Natural Trumpet) |
| Dihu (Chinese large bowed stringed instrument) |
| Diyingehu (contrabass gehu) |
| Djembe (West African hand drum) |
| Doedelzak (Dutch bagpipe) |
| Dombak (Iranian drum) |
| Domra (Russian mandolin) |
| Dotara (bass ektara) |
| Double Bass |
| Double contrabass flute |
| Doulophone/ cuprophone |
| Drum machine |
| Dubreq stylophone |
| Duct Flute |
| Dudelsack (German bagpipe) |
| Dudy (Czech bagpipes) |
| Duff (Islamic tambourine) |
| Dulcian (pre-1700’s Western European Bassoon) |
| Dulcimer (hammered zither) |
| Dulzaina (Spanish oboe) |
| Dumbelek (Turkish drum) |
| Dun dun (West African large talking drum) |
| Dutar (Central Asian lute) |
| Duxianqin (Chinese one-stringed zither) |
| Ektara (Indian one-string) |
| Electric guitar |
| Electric organ |
| Electric piano |
| Electronic: |
| English Horn/ Cor Anglais (French tenor Oboe) |
| Erhu (Chinese violin) |
| Erxian (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
| Euphonium |
| Fangxiang (Chinese metallophone) |
| Fiddle |
| Finger Cymbals |
| Fingerboard synthesizer |
| Fiscarmonica (Italian Accordian) |
| Flageolets |
| Flugelhorn |
| Flute |
| Folgerphone |
| French Horn |
| Gaida (Southern Balkan bagpipes) |
| Gaita (Portuguese & Spanish bagpipe) |
| Gajdy (Eastern European bagpipes) |
| Gambang (Indonesian xylophone) |
| Gan gan (West African small talking drum) |
| Gandingan (Philippine set of 4 hanging gongs) |
| Gandingan a kayo (Philippine xylophone) |
| Ganza (Brazilian rattle) |
| Gaohu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
| Gayageum (Korean zither) |
| Gehu (Chinese cello-like) |
| Gender (Indonesian brass xylophone) |
| Geomungo/ komungo (Korean zither) |
| Ghatam (Indian drum) |
| Glass marimba |
| Glasschord (crystallophone) |
| Glockenspiel |
| Gong |
| Gottuvadhyam (Indian 21-stringed guitar) |
| Great Highland bagpipe |
| Great Irish warpipes |
| Guan (Chinese pipe) |
| Gugin (Chinese bridgeless zither) |
| Guiro (South & Central American notched gourd that is scraped) |
| Guitar |
| Guitar 12 Strings |
| Guitarrón (Mexican large bass guitar) |
| Guqin (Chinese plucked zither) |
| Gusle/ gusla (Balkan guitar) |
| Gusli (Russian harp) |
| Guzheng (Chinese zither) |
| Hammered dulcimer |
| Handbells |
| Hang (steel hand drum) |
| Hardanger fiddle |
| Harmonica/ Mouth Organ |
| Harmonium/ reed organ |
| Harp |
| Harp guitar |
| Harpsichord |
| Heckelphone |
| Hegelong (Philippine fretted boat-lute) |
| Hélicon |
| Hichiriki (Japanese Oboe) |
| Hocchiku (Japanese flute) |
| Hooked harp |
| Horagai (Japanese conch) |
| Horn |
| Hosho (Zimbabwean rattle) |
| Hsaio (Chinese Duct Flute) |
| Huemmelchen (German smallpipes) |
| Huluhu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
| Hun (Korean flute) |
| Hunting Horn |
| Huqin (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
| Hurdy Gurdy |
| Igil (Tuvan bowed instrument) |
| Inci (Philippine flute) |
| Ipu (Hawaiian rattle) |
| Irish bouzouki |
| Irish Uilleann (Indoor bagpipe) |
| Istarski mih (Croatian bagpipe) |
| Janggu (Korean drum) |
| Japanese Bamboo Flute/ Shakuhachi |
| Jew’s harp |
| Jew’s harp (plucked idiophone) |
| Jiaohu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
| Jinghu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
| Jug |
| Kadlong (Philippine fretted boat-lute) |
| Kagul (Philippine slit drum) |
| Kangling (Tibetan serunai) |
| Kaval (Slovakian Duct Flute) |
| Kèn b?u (Vietnamese reed) |
| Kettle drum/ Timpani |
| Keyed Bugle |
| Keyed Trumpet |
| Khene (Northeast Thailand mouth organ) |
| Khim (Cambodian/ Thai hammered dulcimer) |
| Khloy (Cambodian flute) |
| Khol (South Indian drum) |
| Kissar (West African lyre) |
| Knatele (Finnish zither) |
| Kokyu (Japanese bowed instrument) |
| Komungo (Korean zither) |
| Kora (West African 21-string harp-lute) |
| Koto (Japanese zither) |
| Koudi (Chinese flute) |
| Koziol (Polish bagpipe) |
| Kubing (Philippine Jew’s harp) |
| Kulintang a kayo (Philippine xylophone) |
| Kulintang a putao/ kulintang a tiniok (Philippine metallophone) |
| Kulintang/ kolintang (Philippine gong group) |
| Kutiyapi (Philippine fretted boat-lute) |
| Kwa-yen (Chinese hanging drum) |
| Kwintangen kayo/ luntang (Philippine xylophone) |
| Lambeg (Irish drum) |
| Lancashire great-pipe |
| Langeleik (Norwegian stringed instrument) |
| Laruan (Chinese stringed instrument) |
| Lasso d’amore |
| Launeddas (Sardinian triple clarinet) |
| Leier (German hurdy gurdy) |
| Leiqin (Chinese bowed instrument) |
| Lirone |
| Lithophone (stone barred xylophone) |
| Lusheng (Chinese bamboo pipes) |
| Lute |
| Lyre |
| Magyar duda (Hungarian bagpipes) |
| Maguhu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
| Malimba (xylophone from the Congo) |
| Mando-bass (bass mandolin) |
| Mandocello (large mandolin) |
| Mandola (US/ Canadian fretted stringed instrument) |
| Mandolin |
| Mangtong (Chinese bamboo pipes) |
| Maraca |
| Marimba |
| Marimbao (Brazilian stringed instrument) |
| Marinbaphone |
| Mbira/ Sanza/ Thumb Piano (African stringed instrument) |
| Mellophone |
| Mellotron (polyphonic keyboard) |
| Melodeon |
| Melodica |
| Metallophones (metal barred xylophone) |
| Mijwiz (Arabic double pipe) |
| Mittlealtersackpfeife (German medieval bagpipe) |
| Mizwad (Arabic bagpipe) |
| Mohan veena (Indian guitar) |
| Moodswinger (zither) |
| Morin khuur/ morin huur (Mongolian fiddle) |
| Mridangam (South Indian drum) |
| Muchosac (Belgian bagpipe) |
| Musette bressane (French bagpipe) |
| Musette de cour (French bagpipe) |
| Musette du centre (French bagpipe) |
| Musical bow |
| Musical Saw (wood cutting saw) |
| Nadaswaram (Indian wind instrument) |
| Naqara (Mongolian war drum) |
| Natural Trumpet |
| Nay (Syrian wooden flute) |
| Ney (Lebanese Flute) |
| Northumbrian smallpipes |
| Nose flute |
| Nyckelharpa (Swedish key harp) |
| Oboe |
| Oboe d’amore |
| Oboe da caccia |
| Ocarina |
| Octaban (cylinder drum) |
| Octapad (electronic drumpad) |
| Octave mandolin |
| Octavin |
| Octocontra-alto clarinet |
| Octocontrabass clarinet |
| Oliphant/ Cor d’Oliphant |
| Ondes martenot (electronic keyboard and slide) |
| Ophicleide |
| Organ - electric |
| Organ pipe |
| Overtone guitar |
| Paixiao (Chinese flute) |
| Palendang (Philippine flute) |
| Pan pipes |
| Pastoral pipes |
| Piano |
| Piccolo |
| Piccolo clarinet |
| Piccolo heckelphone |
| Piccolo oboe |
| Pipa (Chinese lute) |
| Pipe organ |
| Piva (Northern Italian bagpipe) |
| Psaltery (plucked zither) |
| Pulalu (Philippine flute) |
| Qanun (Turkish zither) |
| Quena (Andean flute) |
| Quinticlave (Ophicleide) |
| Racket |
| Rainstick |
| Raita (Moroccan serunai) |
| Rajao (Portuguese guitar) |
| Ranat ek elk (Thai metallophone) |
| Ranat thum lek (Thai metallophone) |
| Ratchet |
| Rattle |
| Rebab (Arabic bowed stringed instrument) |
| Rebec (15th/ 16th century rebab) |
| Recorder (Descant) |
| Reed contrabass |
| Reed Pipe |
| Riq/ riqq/ rik (Arabic tambourine) |
| Roman tuba |
| Ruan (Chinese plucked stringed instrument) |
| Rudra veena (Indian plucked stringed instrument) |
| Ryuteki (Japanese flute) |
| Sabar (Senegalese drum) |
| Sac de gemecs (Catalonian bagpipe) |
| Sackbutt (trombone family’s ancestor) |
| Säckpipa (Swedish bagpipe) |
| Saenghwang (Korean mouth organ) |
| Sallaneh (Iranian plucked stringed instrument) |
| Sampho (Cambodian barrel drum) |
| Sampler |
| Sang-auk (Burmese harp) |
| Santur (North Indian hammered zither) |
| Sanxian (Chinese lute) |
| Saraswati veena (South Indian lute) |
| Sarrusophone |
| Sarunay/ saronay/ sarunai/ saronai (Philippine metallophone) |
| Saung (Burmese harp) |
| Saw ou (Thai bowed stringed instrument) |
| Saw sam sai (Thai bowed stringed instrument) |
| Saxhorn |
| Saxonette |
| Saxophone |
| Schweizer sackpfeife (Swiss bagpipe) |
| Scottish smallpipes |
| Se (Chinese zither) |
| Serpent |
| Serunai (Islamic reed instrument) |
| Setar (Iranian lute) |
| Shamisen (Japanese 3-stringed instrument) |
| Shawm (Renaissance oboe) |
| Shekere (African rattle) |
| Sheng (Chinese mouth organ) |
| Shinobue (Japanese flute) |
| Shofar (Jewish horn) |
| Sihu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
| Singing bowl/ rin gong (Himalayan standing bell) |
| Siren |
| Sitar (South Asian lute) |
| Sleigh Bells |
| Slide guitar |
| Slide whistle |
| Slit drum |
| Snare Drum |
| Sopranino clarinet |
| Sopranino saxophone |
| Soprano clarinet |
| Soprano mandolin |
| Soprano saxophone |
| soprillo |
| Sorna (Afghan serunai) |
| Sousaphone |
| Spoons |
| Sralai (Cambodian reed) |
| Steel drum |
| Steel guitar |
| Subcontrabass flute |
| Subcontrabass saxophone |
| Suling (Indonsian/Philippine flute) |
| Suona (Chinese serunai) |
| Synclavier |
| Synthesizer |
| Tabla (Indian/ Pakistani drum) |
| Tagutok (Philippine slit drum) |
| Taiko (Japanese drum) |
| Talking drum |
| Tambour (French drum) |
| Tambourine |
| Tamburitza (Croatian/ Serbian mandolin) |
| Tan-tan (Brazilian hand drum) |
| Taphon (Thai drum) |
| Tar (Persian lute) |
| Tárogató (Hungarian shawm) |
| Tea chest bass (skiffle bass) |
| Tenor horn |
| Tenor mandola (European/ UK fretted stringed instrument) |
| Tenor sarrusophone |
| Tenor saxophone |
| Tenoroon (tenor bassoon) |
| Teponaztli (Mexican wooden drum) |
| Thavil (Indian drum) |
| Theorbo (lower-toned lute) |
| Theremin (oscillator) |
| Timpani/ kettle drum |
| Timple (Canary Islands/ Murcia ukulele) |
| Tin whistle |
| Tjelempung/ Celempung (Javanese zither) |
| Tom-tom |
| Tonette (plastic recorder) |
| Torupill (Estonian bagpipe) |
| Transverse Flute (Traditional Flute) |
| Trekspill (Norwegian Accordian) |
| Tres (Cuban chordophone) |
| Triangle |
| Tro u (Cambodian bowed stringed instrument) |
| Tromba marina (European stringed instrument) |
| Trombone |
| Tromboon/ babone |
| Trompeta china (Cuban suona) |
| Trumpet |
| Trumpet Bb |
| Tsampouna (Greek bagpipe) |
| Tsuri-daiko (Japanese hanging drum) |
| Tuba |
| Tubular Bells |
| Tuhu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
| Tulum (Turkish bagpipe) |
| Tumpong (Philippine flute) |
| Turntables |
| Ud/ oud (Arabic and Islamic lute) |
| Udu (African clay drum) |
| Ukulele (Hawaiian guitar) |
| Valiha (Indonesian and Madagascan zither) |
| Vertical flute |
| Vertical viola |
| Veuze (French bagpipe) |
| Vibraphone/ vibraharp |
| Vichitra veena (Indian stringed instrument) |
| Vielle (French hurdy gurdy) |
| Vihuela (Spanish 2-string guitar) |
| Viola |
| Viola d’amore |
| Viola da gamba |
| Viola organista |
| Violin |
| Violotta |
| Vladimirsky Rozhok |
| Volinka (Russian bagpipes) |
| Wagner Tuba |
| Washboard |
| Washint (Ethiopian flute) |
| Washtub bass |
| Welsh pipes |
| Whip |
| Whistle |
| Willow flute |
| Wind Chimes |
| Xalam/ khalam (West African Banjo-like instrument) |
| Xiao (Chinese flute) |
| Xiaodihu (tenor erhu) |
| Xun (Chinese flute) |
| Xylophone |
| Xylorimba (extended range xylophone) |
| Yang chi’in (Chinese zither) |
| Yang Chin (Chinese hammered dulcimer) |
| Yayli tanbur (Turkish lute) |
| Yazheng (Chinese zither) |
| Yehu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
| Yu (Chinese bamboo pipes) |
| Yueh Ch’in (Chinese lute) |
| Yun Lo (Chinese gong) |
| Zampogna (Italian bagpipe) |
| Zaqq (Maltese bagpipe) |
| Zhongdihu (bass erhu) |
| Zhuihu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
| Zither |
| Zonghu (Chinese bowed stringed instrument) |
| Zufalo (Italian flute) |
| Zurna (Turkish serunai) |