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Swiss federal authorities

322000 Manufacture of musical instruments


This type includes:

  • manufacture of string instruments
  • manufacture of keyboard stringed instruments, including automatic pianos
  • manufacture of keyboard pipe organs, harmoniums and similar keyboard instruments with free metal reeds
  • manufacture of accordions and similar instruments, including mouth organs
  • manufacture of wind instruments
  • manufacture of percussion instruments (e.g. drums, xylophones, cymbals, castanets, maracas)
  • manufacture of musical instruments that generate sound electronically (e.g. digital pianos, synthesisers)
  • manufacture of musical boxes, fairground organs, calliopes, etc.
  • manufacture of instrument parts and accessories, e.g.:
  • metronomes, tuning forks, pitch pipes, cards, discs and rolls for automatic mechanical instruments

This type also includes:

  • manufacture of whistles, call horns and other mouth-blown sound signalling instruments

This type excludes:

  • reproduction of pre-recorded sound and videotapes and discs, see 182000
  • manufacture of microphones, amplifiers, loudspeakers, headphones and similar components, see 264000
  • manufacture of record players, tape recorders, etc., see 264000
  • manufacture of toy musical instruments, see 324000
  • publishing of pre-recorded sound and videotapes and discs, see 592000
  • repair of musical instruments not considered cultural heritage and non-historical, see 952900
  • piano tuning, see 952900