List of keyboard instruments

<h2 id="chordophones">Chordophones</h2>
<p><a href="/facts/String_instrument/srW2H8dV">Chordophones</a> produce sound from <a href="/facts/Vibrating_strings/IpRY862Y">vibrating strings</a>:
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Bowed_clavier/cb4qFuWR">Bowed clavier</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Clavichord/v0hAns7B">Clavichord</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Clavicymbalum/Gn9vgP3B">Clavicymbalum</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Clavinet/kycAfx0Q">Clavinet</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Dolceola/J8PASbso">Dolceola</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Electric_piano/pdzr9bVM">Electric piano</a>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Electric_grand_piano/AG60weJx">Electric grand piano</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Harpsichord/8RtW7bzM">Harpsichord</a>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Clavicymbalum/Gn9vgP3B">Clavicymbalum</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Lautenwerck/8pX2oht9">Lautenwerck</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Hurdy-gurdy/b2xqCPrI">Hurdy-gurdy</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Marxophone/DIGBQBC1">Marxophone</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Piano/lRI60lQK">Piano</a>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Fortepiano/IpLczWxT">Fortepiano</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Tangent_piano/jPHtEA5z">Tangent piano</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Claviharp/S9QT7jUG">Xenorphica</a></li></ul>
<p>Additionally, members of the harpsichord and piano families may also use alternative setups to make the instruments more compact:
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<ul><li>Portable
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Folding_harpsichord/MfevbyFJ">Folding harpsichord</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Orphica/NgPqesA6">Orphica</a></li></ul></li></ul>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Spinet/QurS0v3S">Spinets</a>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Oval_spinet/g4tmewj1">Oval spinet</a></li></ul></li>
<li>Square
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Square_piano/1LQyv5xx">Square piano</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Virginals/GLQMGBsI">Virginals</a></li></ul></li>
<li>Uprights
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Clavicytherium/7gd2VXxr">Clavicytherium</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Piano/lRI60lQK">Upright pianos</a></li></ul></li></ul>
<h2 id="aerophones">Aerophones</h2>
<p><a href="/facts/Aerophone/QxwSHTyM">Aerophones</a> produce sound primarily by causing a body of air to vibrate, without the use of strings or membranes:
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Accordion/h22CqQVA">Accordion</a>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Chromatic_button_accordion/qysPulWX">Chromatic button accordion</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Diatonic_button_accordion/cfoEwDb0">Melodeon</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Piano_accordion/aqYaSrua">Piano accordion</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Calliope_(music)/AKcdUSvU">Calliope</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Claviola/x9VBYCV6">Claviola</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Concertina/G61saEVo">Concertina</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Harmonetta/rGtBeHav">Harmonetta</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Pump_organ/3QVGEbxH">Pump organ</a>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Harmonium/3QVGEbxH">Harmonium</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Regal_(instrument)/fpRB13N8">Regal</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Pipe_organ/F3CIPMwS">Pipe organ</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Melodica/bxbcgwKj">Melodica</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="idiophones">Idiophones</h2>
<p><a href="/facts/Idiophone/d6A4nqtH">Idiophones</a> produce sound primarily by the vibration of the instrument itself, without the use of air flow, strings, membranes or electricity:
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Carillon/PkG1y4qz">Carillon</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Celesta/DyrPPAp3">Celesta</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Dulcitone/vlzF2Rpc">Dulcitone</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Electric_piano/pdzr9bVM">Electric piano</a>
<ul><li><a href="/facts/Wurlitzer_electric_piano/pdudeypm">Wurlitzer electric piano</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Rhodes_piano/hlIFgrj8">Rhodes piano</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Hohner_Pianet/VYmetKrc">Hohner Pianet</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Glasschord/8A7Q6Vs5">Glasschord</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Keyboard_glockenspiel/wXjk6hNH">Keyboard glockenspiel</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Toy_piano/hIYQzCaV">Toy piano</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Terpodion/YyoMMBvd">Terpodion</a></li></ul>
<h2 id="electrophones">Electrophones</h2>
<p><a href="/facts/List_of_musical_instruments_by_Hornbostel%25E2%2580%2593Sachs_number/K9SBm2K9">Electrophones</a> produce sound by electrical means:
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<ul><li><a href="/facts/Digital_piano/yGp7lHRI">Digital piano</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Electronic_keyboard/4FvTm22U">Electronic keyboard</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Electronic_organ/QJAFqqvu">Electronic organ</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Keytar/hGPzKDnc">Keytar</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Optigan/xhp3KLCj">Optigan</a></li>
<li><a href="/facts/Synthesizer/NrmdVrPa">Synthesizer</a></li></ul>

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<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Kelzenberg, David. "What are Historical Keyboard Instruments?". Archived from the original on 2013-02-12. Retrieved 2012-10-25. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130212121344/http://www.mhks.org/whatare.htm" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130212121344/http://www.mhks.org/whatare.htm</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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