| OOMPAH | Sound made by instrument such as tuba (6) |
| TWANG | Sound made by instruments that want to go off key? (5) |
| HUMDRUM | Dull noise made by instrument (7) |
| BLOWN | Broken, like a fuse, as tuba is played (5) |
| MUSIC | Sounds made by instruments |
| SCROLL | Volute or similar motif in the form of a curl of paper/parchment, as seen in art, on the capital of a column or at the end of a stringed instrument such as a violin (6) |
| MALLET | Implement for playing a percussion instrument such as a marimba, glockenspiel or xylophone; or, a longhandled stick for croquet or polo (6) |
| CHORDS | Harmonic sets of three or more musical notes played simultaneously; or, an old or poetic word for the strings of instrument such as a harp (6) |
| FIPPLE | The plug in the mouthpiece of a wind instrument such as a recorder (6) |
| PISTON | One of the valves of a brass instrument such as a trumpet (6) |
| PARTCH | Harry, American composer and inventor of instruments such as the chromelodeon (6) |
| SALUTE | Hail as generated by instrument (6) |
| DSHARP | It could be played by instrument daughter's carried (6) |
| BUNGLE | Duff note held by instrument (6) |
| GEISHA | Female entertainer kinda surrounded by instruments, mostly |
| GONG | Instrument such as a tam-tam or one for calling people to dinner; informal word for a medal such as a knight bachelor award; or, a saucershaped bell of an alarm clock (4) |
| VALVE | Device for varying the pitch of a brass instrument such as a trumpet, French horn, trombone or tuba (5) |
| IDIOPHONE | Instrument such as a bell, castanet, cymbal, gong or rattle that produces sound from its own substance (9) |
| FIPPLEFLUTE | An end-blown musical instrument such as the recorder or flageolet (6,5) |
| BELL | Instrument such as Big Ben (4) |
