Hornbostel-Sachs classification

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In 1914 E. M. von Hornbostel and C. Sachs proposed a system of classification for musical instruments. Their four main divisions were idiophones, membranophones, chordophones, and aerophones; wind instruments are a subset of the latter. Here's the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of the aerophones:

4 Aerophones
41 Free aerophones
411 Displacement free aerophones
412 Interruptive free aerophones
412.1 Idiophonic interruptive aerophones or reeds
412.11 Concussion reeds
412.12 Percussion reeds
412.121 Individual percussion reeds
412.122 Sets of percussion reeds
412.13 Free reeds
412.131 (Individual) free reeds
412.132 Sets of free reeds
412.14 Ribbon reeds
412.2 Non-idiophonic interruptive instruments
412.21 Rotating aerophones
412.22 Whirling aerophones
413 Plosive aerophones
42 Wind instruments proper
421 Edge instruments or flutes
421.1 Flutes without duct
421.11 End-blown flutes
421.111 (Single) end-blown flutes
421.111.1 Open single end-blown flutes
421.111.11 Without finger-holes
421.111.12 With finger-holes
421.111.2 Stopped single end-blown flutes
421.111.21 Without finger-holes
421.111.22 With finger-holes
421.112 Sets of end-blown flutes or panpipes
421.112.1 Open panpipes
421.112.11 Open (raft) panpipes
421.112.2 Open bundle (pan)pipes
421.112.21 Stopped panpipes
421.112.3 Mixed open and stopped panpipes
421.12 Side-blown flutes
421.121 (Single) side-blown flutes
421.121.1 Open side-blown flutes
421.121.11 Without finger-holes
421.121.12 With finger-holes
421.121.2 Partly stopped side-blown flutes
421.121.3 Stopped side-blown flutes
421.121.31 Without finger-holes
421.121.311 With fixed stopped lower end
421.121.312 With adjustable stopped lower end
421.121.32 With finger-holes
421.122 Sets of side-blown flutes
421.122.1 Sets of open side-blown flutes
421.122.2 Sets of stopped side-blown flutes
421.13 Vessel flutes
421.2 Flutes with duct
421.21 Flutes with external duct
421.211 (Single) flutes with external duct
421.211.1 Open flutes with external duct
421.211.11 Without finger-holes
421.211.12 With finger-holes
421.211.2 Partly stopped flutes with external duct
421.211.3 Stopped flutes with external duct
421.212 Sets of flutes with external duct
421.22 Flutes with internal duct
421.221 (Single) flutes with internal duct
421.221.1 Open flutes with internal duct
421.221.11 Without finger-holes
421.221.12 With finger-holes
421.221.2 Partly stopped flute with internal duct
421.221.3 Stopped flutes with internal duct
421.221.31 Without finger-holes
421.221.311 With fixed stopped lower end
421.221.312 With adjustable stopped lower end
421.221.4 Vessel flutes with duct
421.221.41 Without finger-holes
421.221.42 With finger-holes
421.222 Sets of flutes with internal duct
421.222.1 Sets of open flutes with internal duct
421.222.11 Without finger-holes
421.222.12 With finger-holes
421.222.2 Sets of partly stopped flutes with internal duct
421.222.3 Sets of stopped flutes with internal duct
422 Reedpipes
422.1 Oboes
422.11 (Single) oboes
422.111 With cylindrical bore
422.111.1 Without finger-holes
422.111.2 With finger-holes
422.112 With conical bore
422.12 Sets of oboes
422.121 With cylindrical bore
422.122 With conical bore
422.2 Clarinets
422.21 (Single) clarinets
422.211 With cylindrical bore
422.211.1 Without finger-holes
422.211.2 With finger-holes
422.212 With conical bore
422.22 Sets of clarinets
422.3 Reedpipes with free reeds
422.31 Single pipes with free reeds
422.32 Double pipes with free reeds
423 Trumpets
423.1 Natural trumpets
423.11 Conches
423.111 End-blown
423.111.1 Without mouthpiece
423.111.2 With mouthpiece
423.12 Tubular trumpets
423.121 End-blown trumpets
423.121.1 End-blown straight trumpets
423.121.11 Without mouthpiece
423.121.12 With mouthpiece
423.121.2 End-blown horns
423.121.21 Without mouthpiece
423.121.22 With mouthpiece
423.122 Side-blown trumpets
423.122.1 Side-blown straight trumpets
423.122.2 Side-blown horns
423.2 Chromatic trumpets
423.21 Trumpets with finger-holes
423.22 Slide trumpets
423.23 Trumpets with valves
423.231 Valve bugles (conical)
423.232 Valve horns (perdominantly conical)
423.233 Valve trumpets (predominantly cylindrical)
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