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  1. This circular valved brass instrument having conical bore, a funnel-shaped mouthpiece, and a usual range from B below the bass staff upward for more than three octaves is known as a:
    Trumpet     French Horn     Flute
 
  1. This plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard is known as a:
    Violin     Banjo     Harp
 
  1. This large low-pitched brass instrument usually oval in shape and having a conical tube, a cup-shaped mouthpiece, and a usual range an octave lower than that of the euphonium is known as a:
    Tuba     Trumpet     Trombone
 
  1. This bowed stringed instrument having four strings tuned at intervals of a fifth and a usual range from G below middle C upward for more than 4 ½ octaves and having a shallow body, shoulders at right angles to the neck, a fingerboard without frets, and a curved bridge is known as a:
     Cello    Harp     Violin
 
  1. This musical instrument having steel wire strings that sound when struck by felt-covered hammers operated from a keyboard is known as a:
     Piano    Accordion     Triangle
 
  1. This percussion instrument consisting of a rod of steel bent into the form of a _______,open at one angle and sounded by striking with a small metal rod is known as a:
     Harmonica    Triangle     Cymbal
  
  1. This portable keyboard wind instrument in which the wind is forced past free reeds by means of a hand-operated bellows is known as a:
     Piano    Accordion     Harmonica
 
  1. This musical instrument with a drumlike body, a fretted neck, and usually four or five strings, which may be plucked or strummed is known as a:
     Guitar    Violin     Banjo
  
  1. This percussion instrument consisting of a hollow shell or cylinder with a drumhead stretched over one or both ends that is beaten with the hands or with some implement (as a stick or wire brush) is known as a:
     Drum    Cymbal     Bongo
  
  1. This keyed woodwind instrument consisting of a cylindrical tube which is stopped at one end and which has a side hole over which air is blown to produce the tone and having a range from middle C upward for three octaves is known as a:
     Flute    French Horn     Trumpet
  
  1. This wind instrument consisting of a conical or cylindrical usually metal tube, a cup-shaped mouthpiece, and a flared bell; specifically; a valved brass instrument having a cylindrical tube with two turns and a usual range from F sharp below middle C upward for 2 ½ octaves is known as a:
     Flute    French Horn     Trumpet
  
  1. This brass instrument consisting of a long cylindrical metal tube with two turns and having a movable slide or valves for varying the tone and a usual range one octave lower than that of the trumpet is known as a:
    French Horn    Tuba     Trombone
  
  1. This small rectangular wind instrument with free reeds recessed in air slots from which tones are sounded by exhaling and inhaling is known as a:
    Accordion    Flute     Harmonica

     *The above definitions were obtained from Merriam-Webster Online at: http://www.m-w.com/