it is a string isntrument.
There are some stringed instruments which are in the percussion group because the strings are hit tom make a sournd:
Piano, santur
Cello's, Basses, and piano's.
sansa is an instrument in which you pluck some (usually 16-27) thin metal rods sticking out of a wooden box. It is a traditional African instrument.
A Gitgit is an instrument with 3 or 4 strings somewhat similar to a violin. It has a wooden body. Human hair is used to string the bow.
Yes but metal frets will let the string resonate better
The harp is a unique member of the stringed instrument family. Like other members of the string family, the harp's sound is produced by vibrating strings stretched between parts of a wooden frame or box. On a harp, the strings' vibrations are produced by being plucked by hand, while seven pedals at the bottom of the harp adjust the length of the strings to produce more notes.
Temple block is a percussion instrument used for ceremonies in China, Japan and Korea. This carved instrument is hollow and wooden with a large slit.
It's about the simplest percussion instrument there is. It is a small wooden, often home-made, that a musician plays by tapping his foot on it.
Castanets are a handheld percussion instrument of Spanish origin. Sounds is made by clapping two wooden plates together. It does not require tuning.
When the key is pressed, a felt covered wooden hammer for that note pivots forward and strikes the string or strings. That why the piano can be called a string instrument or a percussion instrument. The lower notes are singe strings, the middle strings have unison pairs, and the higher strings have three unison strings per note. When you release the key, a felt damper presses against the string to stop it from sounding. If you press the sustain pedal, a mechanism will keep the damper felt from pressing the string so the note will keep ringing.
I don't know of 1 string instrument that needs any reed.Reed is a wooden piece that goes in your moth.It vibrates when you blow and make sounds.Reeds are used in instroments like saxophones or clarinets.
A guiro is a percussion instrument that you play with a wooden stick!
The lyre is a stringed musical instrument well known for its use in classical antiquity and later while the xylophone(from the Greek words ξύλον - xylon, "wood" + φωνή - phone, "voice", meaning "wooden sound") is a musical instrument in the percussion family which probably originated independently in Africa and Asia.[