0 any musical instrument in which sound is produced mainly by the vibration (= continuous quick movement) of air:
The category of aerophones includes wind instruments, accordions, and whirly tubes.
If instruments are to be classified, the more inclusive terms idiophone, membranophone, aerophone and chordophone should replace strings, brass, woodwinds and percussion.
Aerophones form one of the main categories of instruments in the standard classification of Hornbostel and Sachs (1914).
Keyboards are integral to many aerophones (eg the accordion), chordophones (eg the piano), and electrophones (eg the synthesizer).
The sound in an aerophone instrument may be produced by reed vibration.
