Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments

LISTS OF INSTRUMENTS IN THE COLLECTION

Keyboard Instruments

Instruments of Regional Cultures Worldwide
Wind instruments	String instruments	Percussion instruments

Plucked and Hammered String Instruments Dulcimers, Zithers and Harps Lutes, Citterns and Guitars

Bowed String Instruments Viols and Violins Bows for String Instruments

Flutes and Whistles Recorders and Flageolets Transverse Flutes

Double-reed Woodwind Oboes Bassoons

Single-reed Woodwind Clarinets Saxophones

Bagpipes

Brasswind
French Horns and Cornophones Bugles, Cornetts and Ophicleides	Post-horns, Cornets and Ballad Horns Althorns, Tenor Horns and Baritones Euphoniums and Tubas	Trumpets Trombones	Small Mouthpieces for Brass Instruments Large Mouthpieces for Brass Instruments

Free Reed Instruments and Musical Glasses

Percussion
Xylophones, Cymbals and Bells	Drums	Beaters for Percussion Instruments

Ancillary Equipment

Mechanical Instruments

The purpose of these browsable Brief Lists is to summarise the musical instruments which can be studied in the Collection. Those not on display can be seen by appointment. Much more detailed information is available in the Catalogue of the Collection and, for some instruments, in Workshop Drawings published by the Collection.

The data given for individual instruments are: the Collection's Inventory Number (in parentheses); the name of the instrument [with alternative English language name in brackets], type or system; (maker, place of manufacture, date in parentheses), {serial number in braces}.

In most cases the entries are linked to the corresponding record in MIMO - Musical Instrument Museums Online with descriptions and images.

These lists will be updated from time to time. The date of publication is the copyright date given at the foot of each Brief List.

• Link to searchable interface to photographs and short descriptions of instruments

© Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, 2013.

This article was re-published on 23 December 2022