User:TUF-KAT/Hornbostel-Sachs

This is a list of instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number, covering those instruments that are classified under 321.312 under that system. These instruments may be known as spike box lutes or spike guitars.


 * 3: Instruments in which sound is produced by one or more vibrating strings (chordophones, string instruments)
 * 32: Instruments in which the resonator and string bearer are physically united and can not be separated without destroying the instrument
 * 321: Instruments in which the strings run in a plane parallel to the sound table
 * 321.3: Instruments in which the string bearer is a plain handle (handle lutes)
 * 321.31: Instruments in which the handle passes diametrically through the resonator (spike lutes)
 * 321.312: Instruments in which the resonator is built up from wood (spike box lutes, spike guitars)

These instruments may be classified with a suffix, based on how the strings are caused to vibrate.


 * 4: Hammers or beaters
 * 5: Bare hands and fingers
 * 6: Plectrum
 * 7: Bowing
 * 71: Using a bow
 * 72: Using a wheel
 * 73: Using a ribbon
 * 8: Keyboard
 * 9: Using a mechanical drive

