Harper Instrument Types
Strings
- gitar
- lute
- harp (usually lap harp or Irish harp; full orchestral harps very, very rare)
- violin/fiddle
- viola
- viola da gamba
- cello
- hammer dulcimer
- gittern
- cittern
- lyre
- mandolin
- sitar
- zither
Woodwinds
- recorder
- pipes
- flute
- clarinet (very rare)
- penny whistles of all varieties
- harmonica
- ocarina (clay or wood)
Brass (very rare)
- bugle
- trumpet (rarer still)
- trombone (even more so)
- serpent horn (made of wood, not metal, takes place of tuba; still, very rare)
- cornet
Percussion
- tambour(ine)
- triangle
- bells (likely ceramic instead of metal)
- castanets
- claves
- rattles
- cymbals and gongs (somewhat rare because of metal use)
- drums (of all shapes and sizes; built with wood bodies instead of metal, and snares for snaredrum made of gut)
- scraper
- wood block
Keyboards
- there is currently exactly /one/ keyboard instrument on all of Pern, and it's in the Shainman Rehearsal Hall at Ista Hold.
The above may also be accessed on the MOO itself by typing help harper_instrument
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