What type of instrument is the keyboard?

Answer 1

"Keyboard" can describe any number of instruments. The organ, in the classical sense, is a wind instrument. The piano is a percussion instrument as is the harpsichord, clavichord and virginal although the strings of the harpsichord are plucked so it has been said that the harpsichord falls into the same class as harp. Electronic organs are electronic instruments. However Hammond (and other) tone wheel organs are electro-mechanical instruments. Some pipe organs contain electronically generated voices so they are considered hybrid instruments.

Answer 2

the keyboard has its own type. the keyboard rather than sharing a different name such as brass or wind is called the keyboard category feutering the organ, piano and electric keyboard.

Answer 3

The piano's predecessor is the harpsichord, which, back then, was not touch sensitive because the strings were strickly plucked not struck.