wooden instrument

Timber music maker

A wooden instrument is a tool or device made primarily of wood—sometimes a musical instrument like a violin or clarinet, sometimes a simple implement like a wooden spoon or mallet.

The phrase appears in contexts ranging from orchestral music to kitchen equipment to folk crafts: The ensemble featured wooden instruments from the baroque period.

Related

xylophone · marimba · cello · double bass · string quartet · recorder · carved · acoustic · strings · mallet · resonance · tone · handcrafted · folk · folk music · orchestra · concert hall · percussion

Opposites
material composition

wooden instrumentbrass instrument

Metal wind instrument

electronic instrument · trumpet · trombone · synthesizer · French horn

sound production method

wooden instrumentelectronic instrument

Circuitry-based musical device

synthesizer · electric keyboard · drum machine · sampler · theremin

Family

wood, wooden, woods, wooded, woodsy, woodwork, woodworking, woodsman, woodlands

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G