Manufacture of musical instruments

This class includes:

• manufacture of string instruments
• manufacture of keyboard stringed instruments, including automatic pianos
• manufacture of keyboard pipe organs, harmoniums and similar keyboard instruments with free metal reeds
• manufacture of accordions and similar instruments, including mouth organs
• manufacture of wind instruments
• manufacture of percussion instruments (e.g. drums, xylophones, cymbals, castanets, maracas)
• manufacture of musical instruments that generate sound electronically (e.g. digital pianos, synthesisers)
• manufacture of musical boxes, fairground organs, calliopes, etc.
• manufacture of instrument parts and accessories, e.g.:
  • metronomes, tuning forks, pitch pipes, cards, discs and rolls for automatic mechanical instruments

This class also includes:

• manufacture of whistles, call horns and other mouth-blown sound-signalling instruments

This class excludes:

• reproduction of pre-recorded sound and videotapes and discs, see 18.20
• manufacture of microphones, amplifiers, loudspeakers, headphones and similar components, see 26.40
• manufacture of record players, tape recorders, etc., see 26.40
• manufacture of toy musical instruments, see 32.40
• publishing of pre-recorded sound and videotapes and discs, see 59.20
• repair of musical instruments not considered cultural heritage and non-historical, see 95.29
• piano tuning, see 95.29