List of musical instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number: 32

This is a list of instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number, covering those instruments that are classified under 32 under that system. This category includes all string instruments in which the resonator cannot be removed without resulting in the destruction of the instrument.

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

322: Instrument whose strings are at right angles to the sound table, such that a line between the lower tips of the strings would point at the neck (harps)

323: Instrument has strings that lay at right angles to the sound table, so that a line joining the lower tips of the strings would be perpendicular to the neck, and the instrument has a notched bridge

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

List

• Aeolian harp
• Balalaika
• Bandura
• Banjo
• Chapman Stick
• Cello
• Cymbalum
  • Electric Cymbalum
• Đàn nguyệt
• Đàn tỳ bà
• Double Bass
• Fiddle
• Geomungo or komungo
• Guitars:
  • Bass guitar
  • Classical guitar
  • Electric guitar
  • Slide guitar
  • Steel guitar
• Hammered dulcimer
• Hardanger fiddle
• Harp
• Hurdy gurdy
• Khim
• Kobza
• Kora
• Koto
  • Overtone Koto
• Kutiyapi, kutyapi or kutiapi
• Lute
• Lyre
• Mandolin
• Moonlander
• Nyckelharpa
• Sarangi
• Shamisen, samisen or sangen
• Sitar
• Torban
• Ukulele
• Vertical viola (and other members of the violin octet family)
• Vielle
• Viol or viola da gamba
• Viola
• Viola d'amore
• Violin
• Washtub bass
• Xalam (or khalam)

References

• von Hornbostel, Erich M.; Curt Sachs (March 1961). "Classification of Musical Instruments: Translated from the Original German by Anthony Baines and Klaus P. Wachsmann". The Galpin Society Journal 14: 3–29. doi:10.2307/842168. JSTOR 842168.