We all know the names of common musical instruments, but this list of 11 unusual musical instruments with weird names will show you that there are some out there you’ve never seen or heard about.

“Cello," formerly written “’cello,” is a shortening of Italian “violoncello,” diminutive of “violone,” the older name for the string bass. The contrabass, also known as the double bass, is an octave ...

So why do musical instruments continue to demand such high prices? Here are a few features of an instrument which might add to its overall worth... Let’s use violins as an example: Stradivarius and ...

Similar instruments were sold by the Marxochime Colony, New Troy, Michigan, under the names Pianoette, Pianolin, Sol-o-lin and Violin Uke. Other names sometimes encountered include Banjolin and ...