muisc history timeline | Timetoast Timelines

5000 BCE

harp

Percussion, 6-5th millennium BC, Sumerian civilization
https://www.missoulapubliclibrary.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/History-of-the-Harp-for-Library-2-3-21.pdf
2000 BCE

trumpet

brass, 2000 bc, Egypt Scandinavian, china
https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/trumpet/structure/
900 BCE

flute

woodwind, 900 BC, china
https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/flute/structure/
300 BCE

Organ

Percussion, 3rd century BC, ancient greece
https://www.britannica.com/art/organ-musical-instrument
900

dulcimr

strings, 900 A D, the near east
https://www.britannica.com/art/dulcimer
1300

gittern

Strings, 13th century, Algeria https://caslabs.case.edu/medren/medieval-instruments/gittern-medieval/l
1300

Timpani

percussion, 13th century, continent Europe
https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/timpani/structure/
1400

vielle

strings, 10th century, byzantine empire
https://caslabs.case.edu/medren/medieval-instruments/vielle-medieval/
1450

trombone

Brass, 1450, belgium, trombone
https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/trombone/structure/#:~:text=The%20trombone%20is%20said%20to,sackbut%22%20(in%20English).
1498

Crumhorn

woodwind, 15 century, germany
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crumhorn
1500

sackbut

brass, 15 century, burgundy
https://www.britannica.com/art/sackbut
1521

harpsichord

percussion, 1521, vienna
https://www.britannica.com/art/harpsichord
1600

guitar

Strings, 16th century, spain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar
1690

clarinet

woodwind, 1690, Nuremberg
https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/clarinet/structure/
1700

oboe

woodwind, mid 17th century, france
https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/oboe/mechanism/
1700

fortepiano

percussion, 1700, germany
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortepiano_(musical_dynamic)
1720

english horn

Brass, 1720, silesia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cor_anglais
1822

accordion

strings, 1822, berlin
https://www.britannica.com/art/accordion
1832

piccolo

woodwind, 1832, western Europe
https://artsphere.org/piccolo-2/#:~:text=The%20piccolo%20originated%20in%20Western,in%20the%20year%20of%201832.&text=Rocked%20with%20Star!,performance%20by%20Jean%2DLouis%20Beaumadier.
1835

tuba

Brass, sep 12 1835, germany
https://www.yamaha.com/en/musical_instrument_guide/tuba/structure/#:~:text=The%20first%20tuba%20was%20made%20on%20September%2012%2C%201835&text=The%20German%20military%20bandmaster%20Wilhelm,Moritz%20were%20the%20basstuba's%20creators.