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whistle
thumb|A metal pea whistle thumb|A 3D-printable whistle
ocarina
The ocarina (otherwise known as a potato flute) is a wind musical instrument; it is a type of vessel flute. Variations exist, but a typical ocarina is an enclosed space with four to twelve finger holes and a mouthpiece that projects from the body. It is traditionally made from clay or ceramic, but other materials are also used, such as plastic, wood, glass, metal, or bone. The Italian Ocarina was invented in 1853 by 17-year-old Giuseppe Donati, who also gave it the name ocarina. Donati handmade each ocarina from clay, with anything from 7 to 10 finger-holes and a spout for a mouthpiece.
kazoo
thumb|right|A metal kazoo thumb|Other examples of kazoos
bullroarer
right|thumb|upright=1.3|Bullroarers from Africa in the Pitt Rivers Museum
jack-in-the-box
thumb|Early 20th century Dutch jack-in-the-box A jack-in-the-box is a children's toy that outwardly consists of a music box with a crank. When the crank is turned, a music box mechanism in the toy plays a melody. After the crank has been turned a sufficient number of times (such as at the end of the melody), the lid pops open and a figure, usually a clown or jester, pops out of the box. Some jacks-in-the-box open at random times when cranked, making the startle even more effective. Many of those that use "Pop Goes the Weasel" open at the point in the melody when the word "pop" would be sung.
rainstick
thumb|300x300px|Traditional cactus rainsticks
toy rattle
rattle for very young children
Stylophone
thumb|Mid-1970s Stylophone with simulated wood panel thumb|right|Stylophone being played with stylus
Q7108425
The is an electronic musical synthesizer. Shaped like an eighth note, the ribbon controller on its stem is used to control pitch, while the notes produced by the synthesizer are played from the Otamatone's "head". It was developed in Japan by the CUBE Works toy company and the Maywa Denki design firm, led by the brothers Masamichi and Nobumichi Tosa, and is produced and marketed by Hamee.
party horn
individual free reed
clackers
Clackers (also known as Clankers, Ker-Bangers, latto-latto in the Philippines and most of Southeast Asia, and numerous other names) are toys that were popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Toy Symphony
18th-century musical work with parts for toy instruments, attributed to either Joseph Haydn, Leopold Mozart, Michael Haydn, or Edmund Angerer
slide whistle
end-blown wind instrument with a sliding piston to vary the pitch
toy piano
musical instrument
eunuch flute
woodwind instrument
pellet drum
class of musical instruments
den-den daiko
The denden-daiko or is a Japanese children's toy drum or tambourine attached to a long handle. It has two small bells attached with strings, which strike the drumhead when the handle is shaken. "Denden" is an onomatopoeia for the sound it makes, which gives the toy its name. They were popular during the 17th century.
moo box
toy producing a noise that resembles the mooing of a cow
cymbal-banging monkey toy
toy depicting a monkey
Paper popper
paper toy
nose whistle
small musical instrument
couesnophone
thumb|upright|Couesnophone by French manufacturer Couesnon The couesnophone, also known as the goofus or queenophone, is a free-reed musical instrument in a saxophone shape, patented by French instrument manufacturer Couesnon in 1924. Its reeds vibrate when the desired keys are activated and the player blows through a tube. It has been described as a type of mouth-blown accordion, with a sound somewhere between that of a harmonica and an accordion.
Rijke tube
device that converts heat into sound by creating a self-amplifying standing wave