Ancient Roman musical instruments

The lyre () (from Greek λύρα and Latin lyra) is a stringed musical instrument that is classified by Hornbostel–Sachs as a member of the lute family of instruments. In organology, a lyre is considered a yoke lute, since it is a lute in which the strings are attached to a yoke that lies in the same plane as the sound table, and consists of two arms and a crossbar.

An aulos (plural auloi; : , plural : ) or was a wind instrument in ancient Greece, often depicted in art and also attested by archaeology.

pipe organ powered by water

thumb|Buccina thumb|Ludovisi Battle sarcophagus: Detail roman wearing mail, and above him a , a junior officer who communicated signals with the military horn or buccina A buccina () or bucina (; ), anglicized buccin or bucine, is a brass instrument that was used in the ancient Roman army, similar to the cornu. An aeneator who blew a buccina was called a "buccinator" or "bucinator" ().

Ancient Roman military signal trumpet

musical traditions of ancient Rome

ancient Roman brass instrument

thumb|upright=1.2|A lituus (reverse, right, over the patera) as cult instrument, in this coin celebrating the pietas of the [[Roman Emperor Herennius Etruscus.]] thumb|upright=1.2|A lituus is shown on the reverse and to the right on this ancient coin. The word lituus originally meant a curved augural staff, or a curved war-trumpet in the ancient Latin language. This Latin word continued in use through the 18th century as an alternative to the vernacular names of various musical instruments.

type of frame drum or tambourine

1st-century BCE musical instrument unearthed in Greece