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This page features translations of traditional musical instrument terms in different languages from Western Europe, accompanied by pictures and videos.

Percussion

Bladder Fiddle

German
Teufelsgeige

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=035n6WsDJtA

Percussion–String

Fortepiano

English	French	German	Italian
fortepiano	piano-forte, forte-piano	Hammerklavier	fortepiano

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1JRjpEG-4s

Hackbrett

German
Hackbrett

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q0_z2-PVNvA

Square Piano

English	German
square piano	Tafelklavier

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWOen9fWXC8

String

Cello

Albanian	Asturian	Basque	Bavarian	Belarusian	Bulgarian	Catalan	Corsican	Czech	Danish	Dutch	Estonian
celo	violonchelu	txelo	Violoncello	віяланчэ́ль, віялянчэ́ль	виолонче́ло	violoncel	viulunceddu	violoncello	cello	cello	tšello

Faroese	Finnish	French	Galician	German	Hungarian	Icelandic	Irish	Italian	Latvian	Lithuanian	Low German	Luxembourgish
sello	sello	violoncelle	violoncello, violonchelo	Cello, Violoncello	cselló, gordonka	selló, knéfiðla	dordveidhil	violoncello	čells	violončelė	violoncello	Cello

Macedonian	Modern Greek	Norman	Norwegian	Occitan	Piedmontese	Polish	Portuguese	Romanian	Russian
виолончело	βιολοντσέλο, τσέλο	bâsse dé viole	cello	violoncèl	violonsel	wiolonczela	violoncelo	violoncel	виолонче́ль

Saterfriesisch	Serbo-Croatian	Slovak	Slovenian	Spanish	Swedish	Ukrainian	Welsh	West Frisian
Violoncello	виоло̀нчело violònčelo	violončelo	čelo, violončelo	chelo, violonchelo	cello	віолонче́ль	soddgrwth, sielo	sello

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGQLXRTl3Z0

Cittern

English	French	German	Italian	Spanish
cittern	cistre	Cister	cetra	cistro

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CfWikeHqOQ

Épinette des Vosges

French
épinette des Vosges

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=035n6WsDJtA

French:

Rebec

French
rebec

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4-tY3JhijE

Tromba Marina

French	German
trompette marine	Trumscheit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YLB92Z7-XB4

Wind

Alphorn

French	German
cor des Alpes	Alphorn

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVnVbTzEoGo

Swiss:

Csakan

German
Stockflöte

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fqTJsnlcUpc

Saxophone

French
saxophone

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89_KXT5ztTU

Schwyzerörgeli

French	German
schwyzerörgeli	Schwyzerörgeli

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUUiaxUWMK0

Swiss:

Tiba

German
Tiba

Swiss: