The piccolo, which is a small version of the flute. Some might say the piccolo since it is quite small. However, there are so many percussion instruments that it is hard to tell which might be the smallest. I would think that castanets might be considered the smallest instrument in the orchestra. They are typically about the size of the palm of your hand.
The violin is the smallest stringed instrument in an orchestra.
Violin is the smallest and viola is a little bit bigger than a violin
The violin is the smallest member of the string family.
The smallest orchestral stringed instrument is the Violin. The size of stringed instruments, from smallest to largest, is as follows: Violin Viola Cello Double Bass
The smallest one which is the violin
The violin is the smallest member of the string family.
viola actually, a viola is a slightly bigger version of the violin. The violin is actually the smallest instrument in the string family, but if you are looking for a smaller violin the smallest one I've heard of is the 1/8th size.
violin, viola cello, bass
Violin, viola, cello, bass.
Violin, viola, cello, bass.
The "World's Smallest Violin" expression was first used when a T. Rex first played it for the rest of the dinosaurs when they were facing extinction. Of course, the T. Rex, being the king of all Dinosaurs, thought this would not effect him so he (archeologists assume male due to enlarged sarcasm gland perfectly fossilized) proceeded to play, what to him was the world's smallest violin. By today's standards this violin was a full size 4/4 violin but to a T. Rex this was tiny. While scale played a huge importance here and continues to do so when modern humans play the smallest violin for their purposes, this was the first instance of: "This is the world's smallest violin I am playing for you."