List of musical instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number: 31

This is a list of instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number, covering those instruments that are classified under 31 under that system. This category includes all instruments consisting of a simple string bearer and strings. An additional resonator may be present, but it is not integral, so removing it should not destroy the instrument - the resonator must not be supporting the strings.

3: Instruments in which sound is produced by one or more vibrating strings (chordophones, string instruments)
31: Instruments which consist solely of a string bearer or a string bearer with a resonator that is not integral to the instrument
311: Instruments with a string bearer shaped like a bar, or consisting of a sideways board (bar zithers)
312: Instrument has a string bearer made of a vaulted surface (tube zithers)
313: Instrument has a string bearer made from canes tied together like a raft (raft zithers)
314: Instrument uses a string bearer that is shaped like a board, or is the ground (board zithers)
315: Instrument with strings stretched across the mouth of a trough (trough zithers)
316: Instrument uses strings stretched across an open frame (frame zither)

This category includes musical bows, zithers and some keyboard instruments like the piano and harpsichord.

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

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