Instruments

The Department of Music has numerous instruments for student use. For information about the loaner instrument program, please contact Delmar Small at (207) 725-3747 or dsmall@bowdoin.edu.

Available Instruments

Keyboards

  • Steinway Grand Piano
  • Electro-pneumatic Pipe Organ
  • Tracker Pipe Organ
  • Synthesizer
  • MIDI Input Device

Brass

  • Piccolo Trumpet
  • Trumpet
  • Flugelhorn
  • Horn
  • Tenor Trombone
  • Bass Trombone
  • Euphonium
  • Tuba

Percussion

  • Timpani
  • Marimba
  • Vibraphone
  • Rototoms
  • Drum Set

Miscellaneous

  • Classical Guitar
  • Folk Guitar
  • Electric Bass Guitar
  • Banjo
  • Oud
  • Accordion
  • Handbells

Asian Instruments

  • Shakuhachi
  • Koto
  • Shamisen
  • Sitar
  • Vina

Woodwinds

  • Piccolo
  • Flute
  • Alto Flute
  • Oboe
  • Clarinet in A
  • Bass Clarinet
  • Bassoon
  • Soprano Saxophone
  • Alto Saxophone
  • Tenor Saxophone
  • Baritone Saxophone

Strings

  • Violin
  • Viola
  • Cello
  • Double Bass

Ethnic Percussion

  • Consort of Ghanaian Ewe Drums
  • Consort of Congas
  • Tabla
  • Tabor
  • Dumbek
  • Consort of Taiko Drums

Early Instruments

  • Consort of Recorders
  • Shawms
  • Krummhorns
  • Dulcian
  • Sackbut
  • Consort of Violas da Gamba
  • Lute
  • Vihuela
  • Harpsichord
  • Clavichord