Germany

15 instruments

The oldest known musical instrument is a bone flute from 40,000 years ago found in Germany...

Invented by Johann Christoph Denner around 1700. Single reed instrument with the widest pi...

Over 20 feet of tubing coiled into a compact shape. The most difficult brass instrument to...

Invented by Cyrill Demian in Vienna. The bellows provide air to free reeds. Piano accordio...

Invented by Christian Friedrich Buschmann. Over 40 million sold annually. Little Walter de...

The largest and lowest brass instrument. Over 18 feet of tubing. The sousaphone is a tuba ...

The tenor member of the tuba family. A conical bore brass instrument. Known as the cello o...

A free reed instrument with a piano keyboard. Blow into the mouthpiece while pressing keys...

A bowed string instrument with sympathetic strings. Over 100 strings on some models. Princ...

The viola of love. Seven playing strings plus seven sympathetic strings. The flame-shaped ...

Invented by Friedrich Trautwein. Played by pressing a wire against a rail. The pressure co...

The lowest instrument in the orchestra. Over 18 feet of tubing folded into a compact shape...

Neither English nor a horn. The alto member of the oboe family. A bulb-shaped bell gives i...

The lowest clarinet, sounding two octaves below the standard Bb clarinet. Over 9 feet of t...