National Instruments

List of National instruments of over 200 countries in alphabetical order.

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  Abkhazia
  Ayumaa
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  Afghanistan
  Rabab
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  Aland Islands
  Not Declared
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  Albania
  Cifteli
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  Algeria
  Algerian mandole
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  American Samoa
  Plate, Pala and Drum
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  Andorra
  The tambori
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  Angola
  Angolan trumpet and pan flute
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  Anguilla
  Buleador, Steel drums
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  Antigua and Barbuda
  The Antigua fife
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  Argentina
  Bandoneón
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  Armenia
  Duduk
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  Aruba
  Tambu
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  Australia
  Didgeridoo
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  Austria
  Violin
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  Azerbaijan
  Tar
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  Bahamas
  Goatskin drum
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  Bahrain
  Jirba bagpipe
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  Bangladesh
  Harmonium Esraj
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  Barbados
  Steel Pan
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  Belarus
  Dulcimer
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  Belgium
  Saxophone
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  Belize
  Banjo
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  Benin
  Marimba
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  Bermuda
  Steelpan
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  Bhutan
  Dramnyen
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  Bolivia
  Charango
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  Bonaire
  Not Declared
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  Bosnia and Herzegovina
  Gusle
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  Botswana
  leg rattles matlhowa, bones marapo, clapping pieces yikandiso and bells ngendjo
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  Brazil
  Guitar violão
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  British Indian Ocean Territory
  Not Declared
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  British Virgin Islands
  Banjo, guitar, bass, triangle and saxophone
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  Brunei
  Gong, Tawak-tawak, Canang, & Gandang lambik
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  Bulgaria
  Bulgarian bagpiper
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  Burkina Faso
  Gyil
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  Burundi
  Inanga
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  Cambodia
  Xylophone
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  Cameroon
  Bikutsi (unofficial)
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  Canada
  Not Declared
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  Cabo Verde
  Guitar, Cavaquinho, Violin, Accordion, and Clarinet.
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  Cayman Islands
  Fiddle
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  Central African Republic
  Mvet
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  Chad
  Maracas, Lute, Kinde
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  Chile
  The Charango
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  China
  Pipa
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  Christmas Island
  Not Declared
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  Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  Kompang and hadrah drums
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  Colombia
  Colombian tiple
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  Comoros
  Oud and violin
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  Republic of Congo
  Mvet
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  Democratic Republic of the Congo
  Mvet
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  Cook Islands
  Not Declared
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  Costa Rica
  Marimba
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  Croatia
  Violins, Cimbule, Tamburice and Harmonike
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  Cuba
  Tres
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  Curaçao
  Conga Drum
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  Cyprus
  Violin
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  Czech Republic
  Bladder pipe
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  Dagestan
  Not Declared
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  Denmark
  Lur
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  Djibouti
  Tanbura, Bowl lyre and Oud.
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  Dominica
  Accordion
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  Dominican Republic
  Güira
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  East Timor (Timor-Leste)
  Babadok
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  Ecuador
  Rondador
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  Egypt
  Harp
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  El Salvador
  Xylophone
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  Equatorial Guinea
  Mvet
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  Eritrea
  lyre
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  Estonia
  Kannel
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  Eswatini (Swaziland)
  Makhoyane
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  Ethiopia
  Krar masenqo saxophone
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  Faroe Islands
  Not Declared
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  Fiji
  Guitar, Ukulele and Mandolin
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  Finland
  Kantele
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  Flanders
  Saxophone
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  France
  Fiddle
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  French Guiana
  Ti Bwa, tanbou foulé, tanbou koupé, tanbou plonbé
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  French Polynesia
  Kettledrums
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  Gabon
  Obala, the ngombi, the balafon and traditional drums.
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  The Gambia
  Kora
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  Georgia
  Panduri
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  Germany
  Lute
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  Ghana
  Gyil
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  Gibraltar
  Not Declared
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  Greece
  Bouzouki
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  Greenland
  Qilaat
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  Grenada
  Steelpan
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  Guam
  Belembaotuyan
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  Guatemala
  Marimba
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  Guernsey
  Not Declared
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  Guinea
  Ngoni, a distant relative of the banjo, and the balafon.
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  Guinea-Bissau
  Calabash
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  Guyana
  Steelpan
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  Haiti
  Tanbou
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  Honduras
  Marimba
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  Hong Kong
  Not Declared
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  Hungary
  Cimbalom
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  Iceland
  Icelandic fiddle
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  India
  Saraswati veena vina
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  Indonesia
  Angklung
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  Iran
  Tar
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  Iraq
  Qanun
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  Ireland
  Irish Harp
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  Isle of Man
  Not Declared
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  Italy
  Mandolin
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  Cote d’Ivoire
  Ahoko
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  Jamaica
  Abeng
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  Japan
  Koto
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  Jersey
  Not Declared
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  Jordan
  Shababa (unofficial)
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  Kazakhstan
  Dombra
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  Kenya
  Nyatiti
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  Kiribati
  Te Buki (unofficial)
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  North Korea
  Accordions
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  South Korea
  Kayagŭm
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  Kosovo
  Ciftelia
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  Kuwait
  Tar
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  Kyrgyzstan
  Komuz
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  Laos
  Khaen
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  Latvia
  Kokle
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  Lebanon
  Lute
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  Lesotho
  Lesiba
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  Liberia
  Belly harp
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  Libya
  Zokra a bagpipe, flute made of bamboo & tambourine
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  Liechtenstein
  Alphorn
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  Lithuania
  Kankles
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  Luxembourg
  Baritone saxophone (unofficial)
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  Macau
  Bass Guitar
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  North Macedonia
  Gajda
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  Madagascar
  Valiha
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  Malawi
  Mbira/Sansi
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  Malaysia
  Kompang and hadrah drums
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  Maldives
  Bulbul tarang
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  Mali
  Kora
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  Malta
  Maltese tambourine
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  Marshall Islands
  Aje
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  Mauritania
  Tidinit
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  Mauritius
  Séga ravanne
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  Mexico
  Marimba
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  Micronesia
  Percussive sticks
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  Moldova
  Cimbalom, Cimpoi, Cobza & Ney
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  Monaco
  Philomel
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  Mongolia
  Morin Khuur
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  Montenegro
  Gusle
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  Montserrat
  Ukulele and Shak-shak
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  Morocco
  Oud
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  Mozambique
  Timbila wooden xylophone
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  Myanmar (Burma)
  saùng-gauk
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  Namibia
  Ekola
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  Nauru
  Xylophone (unofficial)
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  Nepal
  Madal
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  Netherlands
  Fiddle
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  New Caledonia
  Bamboo Flutes and Conch shells
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  New Zealand
  Taonga puoro
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  Nicaragua
  Marimba
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  Niger
  Obo
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  Nigeria
  Obo
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  Niue
  Not Declared
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  Norfolk Island
  Not Declared
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  Northern Ireland
  Not Declared
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  Norway
  Hardingfele Hardanger
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  Oman
  Tamboura
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  Pakistan
  Rubab
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  Palau
  Ngaok
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  Palestine
  Oud
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  Panama
  Accordion
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  Papua New Guinea
  Kundu
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  Paraguay
  Harp
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  Peru
  Charango
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  Philippines
  Bandurria
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  Pitcairn Islands
  Not Declared
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  Poland
  Ligawka
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  Portugal
  Guitar
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  Puerto Rico
  Puerto Rican cuatro
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  Qatar
  Galahs
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  Romania
  Romanian lute
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  Russia
  Khomus
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  Rwanda
  Inanga
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  Saba
  Steelpans
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  Saint Barthélemy
  Steelpan
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  Saint Vincent & The Grenadines
  Big Drum
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  Samoa
  Samoan pate
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  Saudi Arabia
  Oud
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  Scotland
  Highland bagpipes
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  Senegal
  Kora
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  Serbia
  Serbian Gusle
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  Seychelles
  Violin, Banjo, Acoustic Guitar, Accordion, Drums & Triangle.
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  Sierra Leone
  Heritage Tabuley Drum
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  Singapore
  Violin
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  Sint Maarten
  Steelpan
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  Slovakia
  Fujara
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  Slovenia
  Accordion
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  Solomon Islands
  Conch shell
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  Somalia
  Oud
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  Somaliland
  Oud
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  South Africa
  Lesiba
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  South Sudan
  The Tanbur
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  Spain
  Castanets
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  Sri Lanka
  Ravanahatha
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  St Kitts & Nevis
  Big Drum and string bands
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  St Lucia
  Banjo and Cuatro
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  Sudan
  Tanbur
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  Suriname
  Dhantal, tabla, sitar, harmonium
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  Svalbard
  Hardingfele Hardanger
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  Sweden
  Nyckelharpa
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  Switzerland
  Alphorn
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  Syria
  Syrian Qanun
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  Taiwan
  Guqin
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  Tajikistan
  Karnay
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  Tanzania
  Marimba
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  Tatarstan
  kubyz (jaw harp)
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  Thailand
  Saw Duang
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  Togo
  Kologo (xalam) and the gonjey
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  Tokelau
  the utete (Jew's harp)
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  Tonga
  Idiophones lali
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  Trinidad and Tobago
  Steelpan
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  Tunisia
  Fiddle, Oud, and Kanun
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  Turkey
  Kopuz
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  Turkmenistan
  Dutar
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  Turks and Caicos Islands
  Constentina
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  Tuvalu
  Drum (unofficial)
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  Uganda
  Endongo
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  Ukraine
  Bandura
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  United Arab Emirates
  Oud
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  United Kingdom
  Concertina
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  United States of America
  Banjo
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  Uruguay
  The Tamboril
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  Uzbekistan
  Karnay
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  Vanuatu
  Slit drum
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  Holy See (Vatican City)
  Pipe organ
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  Venezuela
  Cuatro
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  Vietnam
  Dan bau
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  Wales
  Welsh Triple Harp
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  Yemen
  Mirwās
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  Zambia
  Timbila wooden xylophone
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  Zimbabwe
  Mbira dzavadzimu