Which musical instruments can be played with a keyboard?

A keyboard instrument is defined as any musical instrument on which different notes are produced by pressing a series of keys, buttons, or levers. While the term is often associated with instruments that produce sound via strings, pipes, or reeds, it broadly encompasses a wide variety of acoustic, percussion, and electronic devices.1

Instruments commonly played with a keyboard include:

• Acoustic and Stringed Instruments: The piano (which uses hammers to strike strings) and the harpsichord (which uses quills to pluck strings).2
• Organs: The pipe organ, which uses pressurized air through pipes, as well as reed organs like the harmonium and melodeon.3
• Percussion Instruments: The celesta, which uses hammers to strike metal bars, and the carillon.12
• Electronic Instruments: This category includes electronic organs, electric pianos, and various synthesizers, such as the Ondes Martenot.123
• Other: The accordion is also considered a keyboard instrument.1