| Name | Image | Description | Video |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aulochrome |  | The aulochrome is a new woodwind instrument invented by Belgian François Louis in 2001. It consists of two soprano saxophones that can be played either separately or together. The name comes from Greek aulos (name of the most important ancient Greek instrument) and chrome (for chromatic and colored.) | |
| Baritone Saxophone |  | The baritone saxophone, often called "bari sax" (to avoid confusion with the baritone horn, which is often referred to simply as "baritone"), is one of the larger and lower pitched members of the saxophone family. It was invented by Adolphe Sax. The baritone is distinguished from smaller sizes of saxophone by the extra loop near its mouthpiece; this helps to keep the instrument at a practical height (the rarer bass saxophone has a similar, but larger loop). The baritone saxophone is used in classical music (particularly as a member of a saxophone quartet), but composers have rarely called for it in orchestral music. | |
| Carillon |  | A carillon is a musical instrument composed of at least 23 cup-shaped bells played from a baton keyboard using fists and feet (such an instrument with fewer than this number of bells is known as a chime). Carillon bells are made of bell bronze, approximately 78% copper and 22% tin. They could be housed in bell towers, shopping malls, Opera houses or theatres such as the one at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. | |
| Dance Organ |  | A Dance organ is a mechanical organ designed to be used in a dance hall or ballroom. Being intended for use indoors, dance organs tend to be quieter than the similar fairground organ. Dance organs were principally used in Belgium and the southern Netherlands. Early Dance organs were operated by the 'book system' used on fair organs. The more modern instruments are often MIDI controlled. The image shows a dance organ built by Mortier. | |
| Doedelzak |  | Doedelzak is a bagpipe from Flanders. It is the type of bagpipe made famous in the paintings of Pieter Brueghel the Elder. | |
| Saxophone |  | The saxophone (colloquially referred to as sax) is a conical-bored musical instrument usually considered a member of the woodwind family. Saxophones are usually made of brass and are played with a single-reed mouthpiece similar to the clarinet. The saxophone was invented by Adolphe Sax in the early 1840s, and patented in 1846 in two groups of seven instruments each. Within each group the instruments formed a logical series in alternating transposition. The series pitched in B♭ and E♭, designed for military bands, has proved extremely popular and most saxophones encountered today are from this series. While proving very popular in its intended niche of military band music, the saxophone is most commonly associated with popular music, big band music, blues, and particularly jazz. The image shows an E♭ alto saxophone (left), a curved B♭ soprano saxophone, and a B♭ tenor saxophone(right.) | |
| Tenor Saxophone |  | The tenor saxophone is a medium-sized member of the saxophone family, a group of instruments invented by Adolphe Sax in the 1840s. It is the second most common size of saxophone (after the alto) and is a transposing instrument, pitched in the key of B♭, and written as a transposing instrument in the treble clef, sounding a major ninth lower than the written pitch. The tenor saxophone uses a slightly larger mouthpiece, reed, and ligature than the alto. It is used in many different types of ensembles, including concert bands, big band jazz ensembles, small jazz ensembles, and marching bands. |
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