Instrument recall

Instrument	Type	Recall
Angle Harp	String	The harp is a form of very simple harp formed of a hollow resonator and a single, obtusely curving arm that sports a small array of strings. It is normally played by holding the resonator against the body or ground while the strings are plucked.
Bagpipes	Wind	Bagpipes generally consist of a set of drones attached to an inflatable bag. A blowpipe is used to inflate the bag, which in turn is used to force a steady stream of air through the drones. Another pipe, often called a chanter or melody pipe, is used to play the melody.
Bandoura
Banjo	String	The banjo is four or five stringed instrument consisting of a wooden or metal rim with a drumskin stretched across it. A neck is mounted on the side of the rim, with a bridge between the neck and the tailpiece.
Bass viol	String	The bass viol, or double bass, is the largest and lowest-pitched bowed string instrument of the viol family. When playing the bass viol, the bassist either stands or sits on a high stool while leaning the instrument against their body with the bass viol turned slightly inwards for more accessibility to the strings. Because of this stance, the body of the bass viol has distinct sloped shoulders.
Bassoon	Wind	The bassoon is a woodwind instrument that typically plays music in the bass and tenor clefs, and occasionally in the treble. Larger than an oboe, a bassoon consists of the bell, which is the uppermost piece, the bass joint which connects the bell and the boot, which culminates in the bocal that holds the instruments two reed that produce the bassoon's signature low, dark and reedy timbre.
Bird-bone flutes	Wind	Small bird bones, each one carefully cleaned and hollowed out, have been drilled with an array of holes and strung upon a rawhide thong for wearing around the neck.
Bodhran	Percussion	The bodhran has a round frame covered with a stretched skin head that is beaten with a tipper when played. A pair of crossbars inside the frame provide a handhold while the player is standing or walking, or rest on the knees when the player is seated.
Bones	Percussion
Box fiddle	String
Cane flute	Wind	The cane flute is a form of end-blown flute that has been drilled with a series of holes down its front. Often crafted from river cane or bamboo, this flute is popular with nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes.
Carnyx	Wind	The carnyx curves sharply upward, meant to be held high above the head when played. Its end is often crafted to resemble the forward-facing heads of creatures with open, laughing mouths.
Castanets	Percussion	The castanets are made from pairs of slightly hollowed disks, one set for each hand, that are clapped together. One hand plays the basic beat, while the other hand taps out more intricate rhythms. Their small size makes them a favorite of dancers who can easily play complex beats to enhance their performance.
Celestina Harp	String	An instrument from Elven culture, the celestina harp is particularly favored by Celestial Elves. Reaching only about waist high to an Elf, with thirty-six metal strings, it has a sloping soundboard with a curved back, a slightly convex pillar. The celestina harp has a bright tone and a resonant quality that carries through the deeper instruments in an orchestra, which has endeared itself to many a musician.
Cello	String
Chalumeaux	Wind	An instrument from Elven culture, the chalumeaux is favored particularly by River Elves. The chalmeaux is a single-reed woodwind instrument, with a cylindrical bore featuring eight tone holes -- seven in front and one in back for the thumb. The mouthpiece is wide by design and the reed is held in place by a metal ring. Chalumeaux are traditionally made of wood, however pieces made entirely of metal are not unknown to the River Elves as they tend to carry sound better over the roar of rushing water.
Cistre	String
Clarin
Claves	Percussion	Claves are a percussion instrument, consisting of a pair of short, thick dowels. Claves are almost always made of wood, typically rosewood, ebony or blackwood. When struck claves produce a bright clicking noise, and are sometimes hollow and carved in the middle to amplify the sound. The usual technique is to hold one lightly with the thumb and fingertips of the non-dominant hand, with the palm up. This forms the hand into a resonating chamber for the clave.
Clay whistle	Wind	The small clay whistle is crafted from ingeniously shaped clay, pottery, or ceramics often found in fanciful shapes or to resemble creatures. An array of small holes run across the front, allowing one to adjust the tones of the whistle while covering or uncovering them.
Concertina
Conch shell	Wind	The shell is crafted from a large shell once inhabited by a sea creature. It is played by placing one's fingers upon a variety of small holes in one side and blowing through the end, directing the air through the spiral inside.
Cornemuse	Wind	An instrument from Elven culture, the cornemuse is favored particularly by Sand Elves and musical historians trace the instrument back to the Sand Elf tribes near Muspar'i. Similar to bagpipes, the cornemuse consists of only a single reed, closed at one end and slotted. The height of the reed can vary for the type of sound range one wishes to convey, although all cornemuses fall into the contra-alto to tenor range. Chanters on this instrument are normally made of bone, but wood is often used, while the bag is almost always traditionally made of leather, although a heavy fabric can be used.
Cornet	Wind	The cornet is a complex instrument, most often crafted from silver or a copper alloy. It is formed from a long tube that loops back upon itself, leaving a flared mouthpiece ta one end and an even larger flaring bell at the other. Three keys are placed upright through the cornet's center, directing the air flowing through it through different tubes to vary the tones it produces.
Cymbals	Percussion
Damaru	Percussion	The damaru are normally crafted from two skulls, lashed together with often decorative cords, and played by beating the top of the skull with each hand. Though in modern times they are more a curiosity for those interested in ritualistic items, they were once commonly used by various barbarian tribes.
Darje
Didjeridu	Wind	The didjeridu is a long wood or bamboo horn with a separate mouthpiece generally sealed on by wax. Usually made of termite-hollowed ironwood or gumwood, the didjeridu produces a deep, resonating tone.
Doumbec
Drum
Dulcimer
Elkabongador	String
Faenellica	String	The faenellica is stringed instrument of Elven design. It has a long neck and a delicate pear-shaped body, with four strings that run down its length, stopping just after the sound hole. The neck is topped with a small pegboard, one knob for each string, to aid the tuning process.
Fiddle	String	The fiddle is a simpler version of the stringed violin, often crafted in fanciful shapes and sizes depending upon what region it is found. It has a flat back and short, unfretted neck that supports a set of four strings secured at one end by an elaborate pegbox. Using a bow, this instrument may be either held against the shoulder or in the lap to be played.
Fife	Wind	The silver fife is a simplistic form of side-blown flute most often crafted from wood or metal. A large blow hole sits at one capped end while a series of six holes grace the upper edge of the far end, allowing one to vary the tones of the instrument by covering or uncovering them.
Flute	Wind	The flute is a slender wind instrument commonly crafted from a variety of materials. Formed from a straight tube easily as long as a grown Halfling's arm, the flute has a small blow hole at its capped end and an array of smaller finger holes gracing its other end. A simplistic network of four keys covers the two holes closest to the open end, allowing the player more control than would be available with the flute's more rustic cousin, the fife.
Frottoir
Gansa-gambang	Percussion	The gansa-gambang is a large example of a metallophone that bears no less than seven curving metal bars placed upon a cradle-shaped body. Gansa-gambang's are often ornamentally carved to resemble dragons or other mythical beasts, with the head and tail rising to either end of the instrument while the belly forms its body. It is most often played with a wooden hammer or beater, and is of a size to make it more suited for homes and guildhouses than travel on the road.
Gemshorn		The gemshorn is crafted from a long piece of animal's horn, often carved with elaborate scrollwork or in such a manner that it resembles a unicorn's horn. Rarely, it is said that gemshorns can be found that so closely remember those horns of the creature of legend that one can scarcely tell that they are not real.
Gittern	String	The gittern is shaped much in the manner of an elongated teardrop with a flat-faced, curving belly and a long, gently bending fretted neck. A set of twelve strings courses over a short bridge and decorative sound hole to a curving peg-box carved with an elaborate scroll.
Guiro		The guiro is a wooden friction instrument generally carved to resemble a gourd with a series of ridges along one side. A scraping stick attached to the guiro by a leather cord produces the distinctive clacking sound by rubbing it across the ridges.
Guti'adar	String	The guti'adar has an elegant, triangular shape across which run its many strings. The long slender body has inconspicuous sound holes on either side of its many strings that run from the base to the gracefully curved upper arm that holds the tuning pins. It is just small enough to be played from the lap or against the chest.
Harp	String	The harp, designed to be portable, features a long, slender hollow base that rests against the chest when played. A riser extends from the bottom of the base to support a gracefully curved upper arm that completes the triangular shape of the instrument. The twenty-four strings of differing lengths are anchored along the center of the base and stretch upward to connect to the upper arm with small pins that allow the musician to keep the delicate instrument in tune.
Hichiriki
Horn	Wind
Hunting horn	Wind
Jug	Wind	While there can be little doubt the jug once held some form of strong liquor, it is unfortunately empty now. More's the pity.
Khurmary	String
Kithara	String	The kithara is larger, though similar, to a lyre. Looking somewhat reminiscent of an ox head, the squared sound box "head" forms the base from which stretch upward in a fan-shaped array to be anchored by pegs attached to the crossbar connecting the curved "horns".
Lap Harp	String	The harp has an elegant, triangular shape across which run its many strings. The long slender body has inconspicuous sound holes on either side of its many strings that run from the base to the gracefully curved upper arm that holds the tuning pins. It is just small enough to be played from the lap or against the chest.
Large Harp	String	The harp, designed to be portable, features a long, slender hollow base that rests against the chest when played. A riser extends from the bottom of the base to support a gracefully curved upper arm that completes the triangular shape of the instrument. The twenty-four strings of differing lengths are anchored along the center of the base and stretch upward to connect to the upper arm with small pins that allow the musician to keep the delicate instrument in tune.
Lute	String	The lute has a tear-shaped body with deeply curved sides and back and a short neck. The six courses of strings run across a central sound hole down the fretted fingerboard to the tuning pegs affixed to a head that is bent back in a near ninety-degree angle. Its soft sound makes it an excellent accompaniment for the voice.
Lyra viol	String	An instrument from Elven culture, the lyra viol is favored particularly by Mountain Elves. Resembling a cross between a violin and a lute, the lyra viol has a large body with a sharply concave waist to allow the player to brace it over his thigh, and a narrow neck with gut frets. While the musician holds it as one would a lute, the lyra viol is played with a bow rather than a pick. It is considered a sophisticated instrument, and is associated in literature with the court of Queen Morganae Sunderstone.
Lyre	String	The simply constructed lyre consists of a U-shaped body connected at the top with a slender crossbar. The four strings run from the crossbar to the bottom of the body across an open hand hole. It is played with one hand in front to strum the strings, and the other in the back to dampen the notes.
Mandolin	String	The pear-shaped mandolin has a round sound box of equal length with its slightly curving neck and is fitted with courses of four strings. A round sound hole, often decorated with elaborate scrollwork, is placed central in the face of the sound box just above a long bridge.
Minjayrah	Wind	The pale minjayrah is a simple form of flute fashioned from a length of bamboo or reed. In more civilized cultures it is often decorated with bands of minerals or gemstones between the finger holes or notched blow hole at the end, but it is not uncommon to see a fresh minjayrah cut from a freshwater reed in more rustic locales.
Mirliton	Wind	The mirliton is an odd little instrument often crafted from thin wood or paper, with rice paper over the ends. When played, it produces a high, nasal sound as the paper is vibrated by air channeled over the instrument's blow hole.
Mitbiq	Wind	The mitbiq is a double-chambered wind instrument fashioned from two tubes of wood, reed, or bone that have each been lashed together and fitted with a small, slit reed. An array of finger holes have been placed down each of the tubes, allowing the player to evoke a wide range of reedy tones from it.
Moon shell horn	Wind
Naqqara
Nehpar'i
Nguru	Wind	The nguru is a small wind instrument native to Prydaen culture that is traditionally made out of the large tooth of an animal but can be made out of carved wood and bone, or molded clay and is shaped like a tooth with a tapering curved end. The nguru consists of a large round opening where one exhales and a smaller opening at the curved end of the instrument, and has between two to four finger holes and is often intricately carved.
Oboe	Wind	The oboe is a tube crafted from wood that tapers slightly to a flared end. A series of six or seven holes are drilled upon the front, in-between the often decoratively banded segments, with a small set of two keys placed upon the lower holes to allow a wide range of tones. A slender double reed is placed in the top of the mouthpiece, giving the oboe its characteristic reedy tone.
Ocarina	Wind	Small and round, the ocarina bears four finger holes, while air is forced through a beveled blowhole to a sound hole just below the tip. The outer shell of the ocarina can be shaped into various whimsical designs, most often animals or foods.
Pan-pipes	Wind	An instrument from Elven culture, the pan-pipes are favored particularly by Forest Elves. Consisting of five or more pipes or tubes of gradually increasing length, and occasionally girth, the pan-pipes are also similar to the syrinx. Unlike the syrinx, pan-pipes are traditionally set in a curved array, enabling the musician to reach all notes by a simple turn of the head. Pan-pipes are normally made of reeds, with the kokona reed and bamboo being the two most popular, however a lightweight wood can be used as well.
Physalis	Wind	The bladder pipe's unusual sound is due to the inability of the performer to control the reed directly. A large animal bladder, usually pig, forms a wind resevoir that forces air through the reed and down the wooden pipe. A series of six or seven holes drilled in the pipe allow the musician to produce a variety of loud, reedy tones. On some bladder pipes, a second drone pipe is added to produce a steady tone, but these are rare.
Pi sitar	String	The sitar has an extremely long, flat, fretted neck that joins at one end with a large, gourd-based sound box. Five strings course down the neck along finely-carved frets to an ornamental gourd resonator, meant to keep the sitar level when placed upon the ground.
Pi tambura
Plains flute	Wind
Priest's rattle	Percussion
Psaltery	String
Pyi-pya	String
Ram's horn	Wind
Ramkie	String	The ramkie is a traditional Prydaen string instrument made out of a very long piece of wood or bone that serves as the neck connected to a front facing hollowed out square made out of a lightweight, durable wood. Often strung with between three to four strings, some more elaborate pieces have up to six.
Rebec	String	The pear-shaped rebec has a small, shallow body that tapers seamlessly into its long neck. The four strings run from the tailpiece affixed to the body to the pegbox atop the neck. It has a reputation as a rustic instrument, with a strident, slightly nasal sound, yet is deceptively difficult to master.
Recorder	Wind	The recorder is a long, flared tube with seven finger holes and a single thumb hole. A slit for a blowhole at the tip directs the flow of air through a block just inside the top of the tube. Notes are produced by covering various holes with the fingers.
Ritual drum	Percussion	The drum has a shallow body with a tightly stretched skin head and a pair of strips attached to the front side to provide a handhold while playing. Colorful beads and feathers can be attached to the edge of the frame as simple decorations.
Sackbut	Wind	The sackbut is a wind instrument characterized by a telescopic slide with which the player varies the length of the tube to change pitches, allowing chromaticism as well as easy and accurate doubling of voices as well as a bell from which the sound emanates. The sackbut is always made of metal, but can be embellished with gems and other ornate work.
Sarangi
Serpent
Shakuhachi	Wind	The shakuhachi is a simple form of flute fashioned from a length of bamboo or reed. In more civilized cultures it is often decorated with bands of minerals or gemstones between the finger holes or notched blow hole at the end, but it is not uncommon to see a fresh shakuhachi cut from a freshwater reed in more rustic locales.
Shaman's Drum	Percussion	About the size of a bodhran, the shaman's drum is a shallow wooden cylinder with cross-braces on the back, allowing the user to hold it while playing, and padded with bearskin along the sides.
Shawm	Wind	With a wide conical bore, the bass shawm is a wooden single-reed instrument noted for the rough nasal quality of its sound.
Shekere	Percussion	The shekere consists of a dried gourd with beads woven into a net covering the gourd. The shape of the gourd determines the sound of the instrument, and bead work is added, as well as color. The shekere may be twisted, shaken or slapped producing a subtle variety of effects.
Shintu	Wind	You recall little of the shintu, beyond the fact that it is supposed to have odd properties when used in water. Though, you're not quite sure if there is more rumor to that than truth.
Sistrum
Sonajero		The sonajero is native to Prydaen culture, and almost exclusively made of wood. The sonajero consists of a handle and a partially enclosed box container several small cymbals, much like those found on a tambourine. Most sonajeros are single, meaning they only house one section of cymbals but pieces that are more elaborate are known to contain up to four.
Spoons	Percussion	This instrument is, in fact, a pair of spoons (or stylized, spoon-shaped pieces) made of wood or metal. Often affixed together at their bases so that the backs of their heads are almost touching, the spoons are meant to be held in the hand and slapped against another surface to produce a steady rhythm.
Sra'ajhh	String	The sra'ajhh has an elongated, oval-shaped body that curves slightly inward at the sides. An equally long, unfretted neck supports a set of four strings, framed by curving C-shaped sound holes, that run over a shallowly curving bridge to a short, scrollwork pegbox. Somewhat similar to the violin in design, this very much more slender cousin is also played with a curving bow, and often held against the chest while played.
Stamping stick	Percussion	The stamping stick consists of a spindled pole, often iron or copper, with loose rings that slide along the stick to produce sound.
Syrinx	Wind	The syrinx is formed from a row of hollow tubes, often crafted from wood or bone, that have been lashed together similarly to a log raft. Each of the tubes are of a different length, allowing the player to evoke a wide range of tones when air is blown over one end.
Tabla
Tambourine	Percussion	The tambourine has a round frame covered on one side with a drum skin for beating out a rhythm. The frame is also set with several pairs of metal discs, which hang loosely in evenly spaced openings to add a bit of jingle to the instrument's sound. Its size and versatile playing style makes it popular with dancers and gypsies.
Tambura
Tapani	Percussion	The tapani is a double-sided drum often fashioned from strips of laminated wood. Slender, oversized frames supporting stretched hides adorn each end, held in place with cords or rawhide thongs. Those who play the tapani can adjust the tension (and in doing so, the tone) of the instrument by tightening their hands upon those cords.
Temple Drum	Percussion
Tenor steelpan	Percussion	The tenor steelpan is a chromatically pitched percussion instrument made from steel that has been stretched into a bowl shape, and then the note pattern is marked onto the surface, with notes of different shapes and sizes being used to create the pitch of the specific steelpan as well as the notes it produces. The steelpan is then played by being struck using a pair of hammers.
Treble viol	String
Triangle	Percussion	The triangle is a bar of metal, most commonly steel, bent into a triangle shape. Held by a loop at the top, one corner of the angles is always left open which causes the instrument to have its trademark indeterminate pitch. One of the ends of the open angles is always left slightly hooked, allowing the wand with which the triangle is played to be attached by some form of fabric -- never metal.
Txistu	Wind	The txistu is a small and slender flute-like whistle that sports three holes on its upper side and one on its bottom. Its high-pitched sound has a delicate, haunting quality that combined with its convenient one-handed playability make it a very popular woodwind.
Viola	String	The viola is a bowed four-string instrument, slightly larger than a violin in size and with a much deeper sound. The viola's stately and dark timbre contrasts sharply with that of the violin, placing it in the middle of the viol family, as it is lower than the violin but pitched much higher than a violincello.
Violin	String	The violin is a small, oval-shaped stringed instrument made of wood with a slightly bowed back and front. Each side curves sharply inward, accented by elegant F-shaped soundboard holes to either side of a sharply curved bridge supporting four strings.
Violincello		The violincello, or cello, is a medium-sized stringed instrument made of wood with sloping shoulders and S-shaped soundboard holes. Like its cousin the Lyra Viol, it is also most commonly meant to be played with a bow from a seated position, but the skilled performer may also play it while standing.
Walking stick flute	Wind
Whistle	Wind	The whistle is composed of a thin tube with six equidistant holes drilled down its length, topped with a carved mouthpiece.
Yarghul
Zills	Percussion	The zills consist of paired metal discs attached to the thumb and middle finger of each hand. They produce a bell-like tone when tapped together and are often played by dancers while they perform.
Zither
Zurna