A blown idiophone is one of the categories of musical instruments found in the Hornbostel-Sachs system of musical instrument classification. These

idiophones An idiophone is any musical instrument that creates sound primarily by the vibration of the instrument itself, without the use of air flow (as with aerophones), strings (chordophones), membranes (membranophones) or electricity ( electrophones) ...

produce sound when stimulated by moving air. For example, the

aeolsklavier The aeolodion or aeolodicon (also called in Germany ''Windharmonika'') is an obsolete keyed wind instrument resembling the harmonium, its tone being produced from steel springs. It had a range of six octaves, and its tone was similar to that of t ...

features sticks while the

piano chanteur The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a musica ...

features plaques. This group is divided in the following two sub-categories (see:

List of idiophones by Hornbostel–Sachs number The Hornbostel–Sachs system of musical instrument classification defines idiophones as all instruments in which sound is produced primarily by way of the instrument itself vibrating without the use of membranes or strings. Idiophones (1) Struc ...

): *Blown sticks (141) **141.1 Individual blown sticks. **141.2 Sets of blown sticks. ***

Aeolsklavier The aeolodion or aeolodicon (also called in Germany ''Windharmonika'') is an obsolete keyed wind instrument resembling the harmonium, its tone being produced from steel springs. It had a range of six octaves, and its tone was similar to that of t ...

*Blown plaques (142) **142.1 Individual blown plaques. **142.2 Sets of blown plaques.

External links

* http://www.music.vt.edu/musicdictionary/texti/Idiophone.html * http://www.wesleyan.edu/vim/svh.html {{Hornbostel-Sachs, expand=yes Idiophones Blown idiophones