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List of period instruments

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File:Hillclavichord.jpg
The clavichord is an example of a period instrument.

In the historically informed performance movement, musicians perform classical music using restored or replicated versions of the instruments for which it was originally written. Often performances by such musicians are said to be "on authentic instruments".

This article consists of a list of such instruments in the European tradition, including both instruments that are now obsolete and early versions of instruments that continued to be used in later classical music.

Renaissance (1400–1600)Edit

File:Frauenfield Abbey, Switzerland, ca 1600 - regal organ - IMG 3904.JPG
Regal, c. 1600, from Frauenfeld Abbey, Switzerland

StringsEdit

WoodwindsEdit

BrassesEdit

KeyboardsEdit

PercussionEdit

Baroque (1600–1750)Edit

File:Baroque violin and Violoncello da spalla.jpg
Baroque violin and violoncello da spalla or viola da spalla (cello like instrument often held to chest or shoulder by a strap while playing)

StringsEdit

File:Harpsichord VitalJulianFrey.jpg
A double-manual harpsichord after Jean-Claude Goujon (1749)

WoodwindEdit

BrassesEdit

KeyboardsEdit

PercussionEdit

Classical (1750–1820)Edit

File:Clarinet 4 key anon Bate (1).jpg
A Classical 4-key boxwood clarinet, ca. 1760

StringsEdit

WoodwindsEdit

KeyboardsEdit

BrassesEdit

PercussionEdit

See alsoEdit

External linksEdit

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