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**[[Pedal steel guitar]]

**[[Fun With Microtones|Ukulele]]

** Others: banjo, mandolin, balalaika~~, viol~~, sitar, [[Wikipedia:Moodswinger|moodswinger]], etc.

** Others: banjo, bouzuki, mandolin, balalaika, sitar, [[Wikipedia:Moodswinger|moodswinger]], etc.

* Fretless:

**[[Autoharp]]

** [[Electric bass|Fretless bass]]

** [[Qanun]]

** Others: oud, harp, zither, hammer dulcimer, [[Wikipedia:Đàn bầu|đàn bầu]], etc.

** Others: oud, harp, zither (including kantele), hammer dulcimer, [[Wikipedia:Đàn bầu|đàn bầu]], etc.

* Keyboard plucked strings

** Harpsichord

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=== Bowed strings ===

* [[Bowed strings]] (violin, viola, cello, bass, etc.)

* Fretted:

* Others: [[Wikipedia:Huqin|huqin]], etc.

** [[Bowed strings|Viol family and other bowed fretted strings]] (viola da gamba, some types of violone, baryton, arpeggione, GuitarViol, fretted violin, etc.)

* Fretless:

** [[Bowed strings|Violin family]] (violin, viola, cello, bass, some types of violone, etc.)

** Others: [[Wikipedia:Huqin|huqin]], etc.

== Wind instruments ==

=== Brass instruments ===

*[[Horn]]

* [[Flugelhorn]]

* [[Horn]]

* [[Trumpet]]

* [[Trombone]]

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** [[Flute]]

** [[Recorder]]

** [[Shakuhachi]]

** [[Whistle]]

** Others: khaen, etc.

** Others: khaen, some very small organs, etc.

* Reed:

**[[Bassoon]]

** [[Bassoon]]/contrabassoon

** Oboe

** English horn

** Heckelphone/Lupophone

** [[Clarinet]]

** [[Harmonica]]

**[[Saxophone]]

** [[Saxophone]]

** Others: ~~oboe,~~ reed organ, accordion, melodica, etc.

** [[Fretless saxophone]]

** Others: reed organ, regal, accordion, melodica, etc.

* Combination:

** Organ (usually has both flue and reed stops, and may also have percussion stops, especially in the case of theatre organs)

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=== Others ===

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* Bells:

**[[Conic Bellophone in 96edo|Conic bellophone]]

** [http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/instr/kk.htm Sound tower/sound cube]

** [http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/instr/kk.htm Sound tower/sound cube]{{dead link}}

**[[Tubulong]]

**[[Zoomoozophone]]

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** [[Daxophone]]

** Others: musical saw, wine glasses, nail violin, etc.

* [[Keyboard]]s: piano, ~~harpsichord~~, organ, clavichord

* Hammered dulcimers (including [[wikipedia:yangqin|yangqin]] and lavachord, the latter of which also belongs to keyboard instruments)

** Finger-hammered dulcimers: [[harpejji]].

* [[Keyboard]]s: piano, tangent piano (including [[fluid piano]]), organ (when equipped with percussion stops), clavichord (including the Clavinet and its derivatives).

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== Electronic instruments ==

* [[Infinitone (instrument)]] / [[Infinitone]]

* [[Software]], [[DAWs]], [[List of Microtonal Software Plugins|plugins]]

* Synthesizers:

**[[Lumatone]]

** [[Lumatone]]

** [[SoMa Terra]]

** Others: see [[Keyboard#List of generalized keyboards]]

* [[Novation Launchpad]]

* [[Wikipedia:Ondes Martenot|Ondes Martenot]]

* [[Wikipedia:Theremin|Theremin]]

* [[Wikipedia:Trautonium|Trautonium]]

* Web browser-based on-screen keyboards:

** [[User:SAKryukov#Microtonal Fabric|“Microtonal Fabric” family]]

** ReTuner: [https://www.facebook.com/retuner on facebook], [https://encyclotronic.com/apps/microtonal/retuner-r24 on Encyclotronic]

** ReTuner: [https://www.facebook.com/retuner on facebook], [https://encyclotronic.com/apps/microtonal/retuner-r24 on Encyclotronic]{{dead link}}

== Tuning-agnostic instruments ==

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* Musical saw

* String instruments with one pitch per string

** Hammered dulcimer

** Hammered dulcimer (when provided with on-the-fly adjustable tuning mechanism, such as fluid dulcimer or the more modern versions of [[Wikipedia:Yangqin|Yangqin]])

*[[Wikipedia:Theremin|Theremin]]

* [[Wikipedia:Ondes Martenot|Ondes Martenot]]

* [[Wikipedia:Theremin|Theremin]]

* [[Wikipedia:Trautonium|Trautonium]]

* Wind instruments with a slide or other continuous pitch control

** Trombone

**[[Udderbot]]

** [[Fretless saxophone]]

** [[Infinitone]]

** [[Udderbot]]

== See also ==

* [[List of xenharmonic fixed pitch instruments]]

== Further reading ==

* Hugh Davies/Alexander Bonus, [https://archive.org/details/grovedictionaryo0003unse_w4m2/page/459/ Microtonal instruments], The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, Second Edition, 2014

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 **[[Pedal steel guitar]]
 **[[Fun With Microtones|Ukulele]]
-** Others: banjo, mandolin, balalaika, viol, sitar, [[Wikipedia:Moodswinger|moodswinger]], etc.
+** Others: banjo, bouzuki, mandolin, balalaika, sitar, [[Wikipedia:Moodswinger|moodswinger]], etc.
 * Fretless:
 **[[Autoharp]]
 ** [[Electric bass|Fretless bass]]
 ** [[Qanun]]
-** Others: oud, harp, zither, hammer dulcimer, [[Wikipedia:Đàn bầu|đàn bầu]], etc.
+** Others: oud, harp, zither (including kantele), hammer dulcimer, [[Wikipedia:Đàn bầu|đàn bầu]], etc.
+* Keyboard plucked strings
+** Harpsichord
+{{todo|inline=1|complete section|text=Add information about harpsichords, including microtonal harpsichords.}}
 === Bowed strings ===
-* [[Bowed strings]] (violin, viola, cello, bass, etc.)
+* Fretted:
-* Others: [[Wikipedia:Huqin|huqin]], etc.
+** [[Bowed strings|Viol family and other bowed fretted strings]] (viola da gamba, some types of violone, baryton, arpeggione, GuitarViol, fretted violin, etc.)
+* Fretless:
+** [[Bowed strings|Violin family]] (violin, viola, cello, bass, some types of violone, etc.)
+** Others: [[Wikipedia:Huqin|huqin]], etc.
 == Wind instruments ==
 === Brass instruments ===
-*[[Horn]]
+* [[Flugelhorn]]
+* [[Horn]]
 * [[Trumpet]]
 * [[Trombone]]
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 ** [[Flute]]
 ** [[Recorder]]
+** [[Shakuhachi]]
 ** [[Whistle]]
-** Others: khaen, etc.
+** Others: khaen, some very small organs, etc.
 * Reed:
-**[[Bassoon]]
+** [[Bassoon]]/contrabassoon
+** Oboe
+** English horn
+** Heckelphone/Lupophone
 ** [[Clarinet]]
 ** [[Harmonica]]
-**[[Saxophone]]
+** [[Saxophone]]
-** Others: oboe, reed organ, accordion, melodica, etc.
+** [[Fretless saxophone]]
+** Others: reed organ, regal, accordion, melodica, etc.
+* Combination:
+** Organ (usually has both flue and reed stops, and may also have percussion stops, especially in the case of theatre organs)
+{{todo|inline=1|complete section|text=Add organ information page including microtonal organs.}}
 === Others ===
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 * Bells:
 **[[Conic Bellophone in 96edo|Conic bellophone]]
-** [http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/instr/kk.htm Sound tower/sound cube]
+** [http://www.ekmelic-music.org/en/instr/kk.htm Sound tower/sound cube]{{dead link}}
 **[[Tubulong]]
 **[[Zoomoozophone]]
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 ** [[Daxophone]]
 ** Others: musical saw, wine glasses, nail violin, etc.
-* [[Keyboard]]s: piano, harpsichord, organ, clavichord
+* Hammered dulcimers (including [[wikipedia:yangqin|yangqin]] and lavachord, the latter of which also belongs to keyboard instruments)
+** Finger-hammered dulcimers: [[harpejji]].
+* [[Keyboard]]s: piano, tangent piano (including [[fluid piano]]), organ (when equipped with percussion stops), clavichord (including the Clavinet and its derivatives).
+{{todo|inline=1|complete section|text=Add clavichord information page including microtonal derivatives of the Clavinet.}}
 == Electronic instruments ==
-* [[Infinitone (instrument)]] / [[Infinitone]]
 * [[Software]], [[DAWs]], [[List of Microtonal Software Plugins|plugins]]
 * Synthesizers:
-**[[Lumatone]]
+** [[Lumatone]]
+** [[SoMa Terra]]
 ** Others: see [[Keyboard#List of generalized keyboards]]
+* [[Novation Launchpad]]
+* [[Wikipedia:Ondes Martenot|Ondes Martenot]]
 * [[Wikipedia:Theremin|Theremin]]
+* [[Wikipedia:Trautonium|Trautonium]]
 * Web browser-based on-screen keyboards:
 ** [[User:SAKryukov#Microtonal Fabric|&ldquo;Microtonal Fabric&rdquo; family]]
-** ReTuner: [https://www.facebook.com/retuner on facebook], [https://encyclotronic.com/apps/microtonal/retuner-r24 on Encyclotronic]
+** ReTuner: [https://www.facebook.com/retuner on facebook], [https://encyclotronic.com/apps/microtonal/retuner-r24 on Encyclotronic]{{dead link}}
 == Tuning-agnostic instruments ==
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 * Musical saw
 * String instruments with one pitch per string
-** Hammered dulcimer
+** Hammered dulcimer (when provided with on-the-fly adjustable tuning mechanism, such as fluid dulcimer or the more modern versions of [[Wikipedia:Yangqin|Yangqin]])
-*[[Wikipedia:Theremin|Theremin]]
+* [[Wikipedia:Ondes Martenot|Ondes Martenot]]
+* [[Wikipedia:Theremin|Theremin]]
+* [[Wikipedia:Trautonium|Trautonium]]
 * Wind instruments with a slide or other continuous pitch control
 ** Trombone
-**[[Udderbot]]
+** [[Fretless saxophone]]
+** [[Infinitone]]
+** [[Udderbot]]
+== See also ==
+* [[List of xenharmonic fixed pitch instruments]]
+== Further reading ==
+* Hugh Davies/Alexander Bonus, [https://archive.org/details/grovedictionaryo0003unse_w4m2/page/459/ Microtonal instruments], The Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, Second Edition, 2014
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