#musical_instrument__musicalinstrument  an instrument used to produce music
  supertype:  instrument  a device that requires skill for proper use
  subtype:  barrel_organ__grind_organ__hand_organ__hurdy_gurdy__street_organ  a musical instrument that makes music by rotation of a cylinder studded with pegs
  subtype:  bass.musical_instrument__bas  the member with the lowest range of a family of musical instruments
     subtype:  bass_fiddle__bass_viol__bull_fiddle__double_bass__contrabass__string_bass  largest and lowest member of the violin family
     subtype:  bass_horn__sousaphone__Sousaphone__tuba  the lowest brass wind instrument
        subtype:  euphonium  a bass horn (brass wind instrument) that is the tenor of the tuba family
        subtype:  helicon__bombardon  a tuba that coils over the shoulder of the musician
     subtype:  bombardon__bombard  a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
  subtype:  calliope__steam_organ__steamorgan  a musical instrument consisting of a series of steam whistles played from a keyboard
  subtype:  celesta  a musical instrument consisting of graduated steel plates that are struck by hammers activated by a keyboard
  subtype:  electronic_instrument  a musical instrument that generates sounds electronically
     subtype:  electric_organ__electronic_organ__Hammond_organ__organ  (music) an electronic simulation of a pipe organ
     subtype:  synthesizer  (music) an electronic instrument (usually played with a keyboard) that generates and modifies sounds electronically and can imitate a variety of other musical instruments
  subtype:  Jew's_harp__jew's_harp__jew'sharp__Jews'_harp__jews'_harp__jews'harp__mouth_bow__mouthbow  a small lyre-shaped musical instrument that is placed between the teeth and played by twanging a wire tongue while changing the shape of the mouth cavity
  subtype:  music_box__musicbox__musical_box__musicalbox  produces music by means of pins on a revolving cylinder that strike the tuned teeth of a comb-like metal plate
  subtype:  percussion_instrument__percussive_instrument  a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by one object striking another
     subtype:  bones__bone__castanets__castanet__clappers__finger_cymbals__maraca  a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
     subtype:  chime__bell__gong  a percussion instrument consisting of vertical metal tubes of different lengths that are struck with a hammer
        subtype:  carillon  set of bells hung in a bell tower
        subtype:  handbell  a bell that is held in the hand
     subtype:  cymbal  a percussion instrument consisting of a concave brass disk; makes a loud crashing sound when hit with a drumstick or when two are struck together
        subtype:  high-hat_cymbal__high_hat  cymbals that are operated by a foot pedal
        subtype:  zill  one of a pair of small metallic cymbals worn on the thumb and middle finger; used in belly dancing in rhythm with the dance
     subtype:  membranophone__drum__tympan  a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretch across each end
        subtype:  bass_drum__gran_casa  a large drum with two heads; makes a sound of indefinite but very low pitch
        subtype:  bongo_drum__bongodrum__bongo  a small drum; played with the hands
        subtype:  snare_drum__snaredrum__snare__side_drum  a small drum with two heads and a snare stretched across the lower head
        subtype:  tabor__tabour  a small drum with one head of soft calfskin
        subtype:  tambour  a drum
        subtype:  tambourine  a shallow drum with a single drumhead and with metallic disks in the sides
        subtype:  tenor_drum__tenordrum  any of various drums with small heads
        subtype:  timbrel  small hand drum similar to a tambourine; formerly carried by itinerant jugglers
     subtype:  glockenspiel__orchestral_bells  a percussion instrument consisting of a set of graduated metal bars mounted on a frame and played with small hammers
     subtype:  gong__tam-tam__tamtam  a percussion instrument consisting of a metal plate that is struck with a soft-headed drumstick
     subtype:  kettledrum__kettle__tympanum__tympani__timpani  a large hemispherical brass or copper percussion instrument with a drumhead that can be tuned by adjusting the tension on it
     subtype:  marimba__xylophone  a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets
     subtype:  forte-piano__fortepiano__piano__pianoforte  a stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
        subtype:  grand_piano__grandpiano__grand  a piano with the strings on a harp-shaped frame; usually supported by 3 legs
           subtype:  baby_grand_piano__baby_grand__parlor_grand__parlor_grand_piano__parlour_grand__parlourgrand__parlour_grand_piano__parlourgrandpiano  a small grand piano
           subtype:  concert_grand__concertgrand__concert_piano__concertpiano  a grand piano suitable for concert performances
        subtype:  mechanical_piano__Pianola__player_piano  a mechanically operated piano that uses a roll of perforated paper to activate the keys
        subtype:  upright_piano__uprightpiano__upright  a piano with a vertical sounding board
           subtype:  spinet.upright_piano  small and compactly built upright piano
     subtype:  steel_drum__steeldrum  a concave percussion instrument made from the metal top of an oil drum; has an array of flattened areas that produce different tones when struck (of Caribbean origin)
     subtype:  triangle  a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle
     subtype:  vibraphone__vibraharp__vibes__vibe  an percussion instrument similar to a xylophone but having metal bars and rotating disks in the resonators that produce a vibrato sound
  subtype:  stringed_instrument  a musical instrument in which taut strings provide the source of sound
     subtype:  banjo  a stringed instrument of the guitar family that has long neck and circular body
     subtype:  bowed_stringed_instrument__string  stringed instruments that are played with a bow; "the strings played superlatively well"
        subtype:  bass_fiddle__bass_viol__bull_fiddle__double_bass__contrabass__string_bass  largest and lowest member of the violin family
        subtype:  cello  a large stringed instrument; seated player holds it upright while playing
        subtype:  viol  any of a family of bowed stringed instruments that preceded the violin family
           subtype:  viola_da_braccio  a member of the viol family with approximately the range of a viola
           subtype:  viola_da_gamba__bass_viol  viol that is the bass member of the viol family with approximately the range of the cello
           subtype:  viola_d'amore__violad'amore  viol that is the tenor of the viol family
        subtype:  viola.bowed_stringed_instrument  a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower
        subtype:  violin__fiddle  bowed stringed instrument that is the highest member of the violin family; this instrument has four strings and a hollow body and an unfretted fingerboard and is played with a bow
           subtype:  Amati  a violin made by a member of the Amati family
           subtype:  Guarnerius  a violin made by a member of the guarneri family
           subtype:  Stradavarius__Strad  a violin made by Antonio Stradivari or a member of his family
     subtype:  chordophone  a stringed instrument of the group including harps, lutes, lyres, and zithers
        subtype:  balalaika  a stringed instrument that has triangular body and three strings
        subtype:  harp  a chordophone that has a triangular frame consisting of a sounding board and a pillar and a curved neck; the strings stretched between the neck and the soundbox are plucked with the fingers
           subtype:  aeolian_harp__aeolianharp__aeolian_lyre__aeolianlyre__wind_harp  a harp having strings tuned in unison; they sound when wind passes over them
           subtype:  lyre  a harp used by ancient Greeks for accompaniment
        subtype:  lute  chordophone consisting of a plucked instrument having a pear-shaped body, a usually bent neck, and a fretted fingerboard
        subtype:  mandolin  a stringed instrument related to the lute, usually played with a plectrum
           subtype:  mandola  an early type of mandolin
     subtype:  clavichord  an early stringed instrument like a piano but with more delicate sound
     subtype:  clavier__Klavier  a stringed instrument that has a keyboard
        subtype:  harpsichord  a clavier with strings that are plucked by plectra mounted on pivots
           subtype:  spinet  early model harpsichord with only one string per note
           subtype:  pair_of_virginals__virginal  a legless rectangular harpsichord; played (usually by women) in the 16th and 17th centuries
     subtype:  dulcimer.stringed_instrument  a stringed instrument used in American folk music; an elliptical body and a fretted fingerboard and three strings
     subtype:  guitar  a stringed instrument usually having six strings; played by strumming or plucking
        subtype:  acoustic_guitar  sound is not amplified by electrical means
        subtype:  electric_guitar  a guitar whose sound is amplified by electrical means
        subtype:  gittern  medieval musical instrument resembling a guitar
        subtype:  Hawaiian_guitar__steel_guitar__steelguitar  guitar whose steel strings are twanged while being pressed with a movable steel bar for a glissando effect
        subtype:  uke__ukulele  (Hawaiian) a small guitar having four strings
     subtype:  koto  Japanese stringed instrument that resembles a zither; has a rectangular wooden sounding box and silk strings that are plucked with the fingers
     subtype:  forte-piano__fortepiano__piano__pianoforte  a stringed instrument that is played by depressing keys that cause hammers to strike tuned strings and produce sounds
     subtype:  psaltery  an ancient stringed instrument similar to the lyre or zither but having a trapezoidal sounding board under the strings
     subtype:  samisen  Japanese stringed instrument resembling a banjo with a long neck and a fretted fingerboard and a rectangular soundbox
     subtype:  sitar  a stringed instrument of India; has a long neck and movable frets
     subtype:  zither__cither__zithern  a musical stringed instrument with strings stretch over a flat sounding box; played with a plectrum and with fingers
        subtype:  dulcimer  a trapezoidal zither whose metal strings are struck with light hammers
  subtype:  wind_instrument__wind  a musical instrument in which the sound is produced by an enclosed column of air that is moved by the breath
     subtype:  bagpipe__pipes__pipe  a wind instrument; the player blows air into a bag and squeezes it out through pipes
        subtype:  musette__shepherd's_pipe  a small bagpipe formerly popular in France
     subtype:  brass.wind_instrument__bras  a wind instrument that consists of a brass tube (usually of variable length) blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece
        subtype:  baritone_horn__baritone  the second lowest brass wind instrument
        subtype:  bass_horn__sousaphone__Sousaphone__tuba  the lowest brass wind instrument
        subtype:  bugle  a brass instrument without valves; used for military calls and fanfares
        subtype:  clarion  a medieval brass instrument with a clear shrill tone
        subtype:  cornet__horn__trumpet  a brass musical instrument with a brilliant tone; has a narrow tube and a flared bell and is played by means of valves
           subtype:  serpent  an obsolete bass cornet; resembles a snake
        subtype:  flugelhorn__fluegelhorn  a brass instrument resembling a cornet but with a wider bore
        subtype:  French_horn__horn  a brass musical instrument consisting of a conical tube that is coiled into a spiral and played by means of valves
        subtype:  saxhorn  any of a family of brass wind instruments that resemble a bugle with valves
        subtype:  trombone  a brass instrument consisting of a long tube whose length can be varied by a U-shaped slide
           subtype:  sackbut  a medieval musical instrument resembling a trombone
     subtype:  free-reed_instrument  a wind instrument with a free reed
        subtype:  piano_accordion__pianoaccordion__accordion__squeeze_box__squeezebox  a portable box-shaped free-reed instrument; the reeds are made to vibrate by air from the bellows controlled by the player
        subtype:  American_organ  a free-reed instrument in which air is drawn in through reeds by suction bellows
        subtype:  concertina.free-reed_instrument  free-reed instrument played like an accordion by pushing its ends together to force air through the reeds
        subtype:  harmonica__mouth_organ__mouthorgan__harp__mouth_harp__mouthharp  a small rectangular free-reed instrument having a row of free reeds set back in air holes and played by blowing into the desired hole
        subtype:  harmonium__organ__reed_organ  a free-reed instrument in which air is forced through the reeds by bellows
     subtype:  kazoo  a toy wind instrument that has a membrane that makes a sound when you hum into the mouthpiece
     subtype:  ocarina__sweet_potato__sweetpotato  egg-shaped terra-cotta wind instrument with a mouthpiece and finger holes
     subtype:  pipe_organ__organ  wind instrument whose sound is produced by means of pipes arranged in sets supplied with air from a bellows and controlled from a large complex musical keyboard
     subtype:  organ_pipe__organpipe__pipe__pipework  the flues and stops on a pipe organ
        subtype:  flue_pipe__flue__labial_pipe  organ pipe whose tone is produced by air passing across the sharp edge of a fissure or lip
        subtype:  organ_stop__organstop  a graduated set of organ pipes of like tone quality
           subtype:  diapason_stop__diapason  either of the two main stops on a pipe organ
           subtype:  dulciana  the organ stop having a tone of soft sweet string quality
           subtype:  flue_stop  an organ stop with the tone of a flue pipe
           subtype:  reed_stop  an organ stop with the tone of a reed instrument
              subtype:  vox_humana__voxhumana  an organ reed stop producing tones imitative of the human voice
           subtype:  sourdine  an organ stop resulting in a soft muted sound
           subtype:  vox_angelica__voxangelica__voix_celeste  an organ stop producing a gentle tremolo effect
        subtype:  reed_pipe  organ pipe with a vibrating reed
     subtype:  panpipe__pandean_pipe__pandeanpipe__syrinx  a primitive wind instrument consisting of several parallel pipes bound together
     subtype:  tabor_pipe__taborpipe__pipe  a tubular wind instrument
        subtype:  chanter__melody_pipe  reed pipe with finger holes on which the melody is played
        subtype:  drone_pipe__dronepipe__drone__bourdon  a pipe of the bagpipe that is tuned to produce a single continuous tone
        subtype:  pitch_pipe__pitchpipe  a small pipe sounding a tone of standard frequency; used to establish the starting pitch for unaccompanied singing
     subtype:  post_horn  wind instrument used by postilions of the 18th and 19th centuries
     subtype:  woodwind_instrument__woodwind__wood  any wind instrument other than the brass instruments
        subtype:  beating-reed_instrument__reed  a musical instrument that sounds by means of a reed
           subtype:  double-reed_instrument  a woodwind that has a double reed
              subtype:  bassoon  a double-reed instrument; the tenor of the oboe family
                 subtype:  contrabassoon__contrafagotto__double_bassoon  the bassoon that is the largest instrument in the oboe family
                 subtype:  tenoroon  a tenor bassoon; pitched a fifth higher than the ordinary bassoon
              subtype:  English_horn__cor_anglais__coranglai  a double-reed woodwind instrument similar to an oboe but lower in pitch
              subtype:  krummhorn__crumhorn__cromorne  a Renaissance woodwind with a double reed and a curving tube (crooked horn)
              subtype:  oboe__hautboy__hautbois  a slender double-reed instrument; a woodwind with a conical bore and a double-reed mouthpiece
                 subtype:  heckelphone__basset_oboe  a oboe pitched an octave below the ordinary oboe
                 subtype:  musette_pipe__musettepipe  a small simple oboe
                 subtype:  oboe_da_caccia  an alto oboe; precursor of the English horn
                 subtype:  oboe_d'amore  a oboe pitched a minor third lower than the ordinary oboe; used to perform baroque music
                 subtype:  shawm  a medieval oboe
                    subtype:  bombardon__bombard  a large shawm; the bass member of the shawm family
           subtype:  free-reed  a reed that does not fit closely over the aperture
           subtype:  single-reed_instrument__single-reed_woodwind  a beating-reed instrument with a single reed (as a clarinet or saxophone)
              subtype:  clarinet  a single-reed instrument with a straight tube
                 subtype:  bass_clarinet  a large clarinet whose range is an octave below the B-flat clarinet
                 subtype:  basset_horn  a tenor clarinet; pitched in the key of F below the B-flat clarinet
                 subtype:  B-flat_clarinet__licorice_stick  the ordinary clarinet with a middle range
              subtype:  pibgorn__hornpipe__stockhorn  an ancient (now obsolete) single-reed woodwind; usually made of bone
              subtype:  sax__saxophone  a single-reed woodwind with a conical bore
        subtype:  fipple_flute__fipple_pipe__recorder__vertical_flute  a woodwind with a vertical pipe and 8 finger holes and a whistle mouthpiece
           subtype:  treble_recorder__flageolet__shepherd'spipe  a small fipple flute with with four finger holes and two thumb holes
           subtype:  pennywhistle__tin_whistle__tinwhistle__whistle  an inexpensive fipple flute
        subtype:  transverse_flute__flute  a high-pitched woodwind instrument; a slender tube closed at one end with finger holes on one end and an opening near the closed end across which the breath is blown
           subtype:  fife  a small high-pitched flute similar to a piccolo; has a shrill tone and is used chiefly to accompany drums in a marching band
           subtype:  nose_flute  a flute that is played by blowing through the nostrils (used in some Asian countries)
           subtype:  piccolo  a small flute; pitched an octave above the standard flute

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