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Moving Infinitone from Electronic Instruments to Tuning-Agnostic Instruments, because the article itself says that this an acoustic instrument, not an electronic instrument (the electronics are used in controlling the slides, not directly in producing sound)
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**[[Pedal steel guitar]]
**[[Pedal steel guitar]]
**[[Fun With Microtones|Ukulele]]
**[[Fun With Microtones|Ukulele]]
** Others: banjo, mandolin, balalaika, sitar, [[Wikipedia:Moodswinger|moodswinger]], etc.
** Others: banjo, bouzuki, mandolin, balalaika, sitar, [[Wikipedia:Moodswinger|moodswinger]], etc.
* Fretless:
* Fretless:
**[[Autoharp]]
**[[Autoharp]]
** [[Electric bass|Fretless bass]]
** [[Electric bass|Fretless bass]]
** [[Qanun]]
** [[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
* Keyboard plucked strings
** Harpsichord ''(ToDo: Add information about harpsichords, including microtonal harpsichords)''
** Harpsichord  
 
 
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=== Bowed strings ===
=== Bowed strings ===
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== Wind instruments ==
== Wind instruments ==
=== Brass instruments ===
=== Brass instruments ===
*[[Horn]]
* [[Flugelhorn]]
* [[Horn]]
* [[Trumpet]]
* [[Trumpet]]
* [[Trombone]]
* [[Trombone]]
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** [[Flute]]
** [[Flute]]
** [[Recorder]]
** [[Recorder]]
** [[Shakuhachi]]
** [[Whistle]]
** [[Whistle]]
** Others: khaen, some very small organs, etc.
** Others: khaen, some very small organs, etc.
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** Others: reed organ, regal, accordion, melodica, etc.
** Others: reed organ, regal, accordion, melodica, etc.
* Combination:
* Combination:
** Organ (usually has both flue and reed stops, and may also have percussion stops, especially in the case of theatre organs) ''(ToDo: Add organ information page including microtonal organs)''
** 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 ===
=== Others ===
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** [[Daxophone]]
** [[Daxophone]]
** Others: musical saw, wine glasses, nail violin, etc.
** Others: musical saw, wine glasses, nail violin, etc.
* [[Keyboard]]s: piano, tangent piano (including [[fluid piano]]), organ (when equipped with percussion stops), clavichord (including the Clavinet and its derivatives). (ToDo: Add organ information page including microtonal derivatives of the Clavinet)
* 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 ==
== Electronic instruments ==
* [[Software]], [[DAWs]], [[List of Microtonal Software Plugins|plugins]]
* [[Software]], [[DAWs]], [[List of Microtonal Software Plugins|plugins]]
* Synthesizers:
* Synthesizers:
**[[Lumatone]]
** [[Lumatone]]
** [[SoMa Terra]]
** Others: see [[Keyboard#List of generalized keyboards]]
** Others: see [[Keyboard#List of generalized keyboards]]
* [[Novation Launchpad]]
* [[Wikipedia:Ondes Martenot|Ondes Martenot]]
* [[Wikipedia:Theremin|Theremin]]
* [[Wikipedia:Theremin|Theremin]]
* [[Wikipedia:Trautonium|Trautonium]]
* Web browser-based on-screen keyboards:  
* Web browser-based on-screen keyboards:  
** [[User:SAKryukov#Microtonal Fabric|“Microtonal Fabric” family]]
** [[User:SAKryukov#Microtonal Fabric|“Microtonal Fabric” family]]
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* Musical saw
* Musical saw
* String instruments with one pitch per string
* 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
* Wind instruments with a slide or other continuous pitch control
** Trombone
** Trombone
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** [[Infinitone]]
** [[Infinitone]]
** [[Udderbot]]
** [[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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