 |
 Accordion | 30 | |
| Arranger | 4 | |
| Autoharp | 1 | |
| Bagpipe | 1 | |
| Bandleader | 77 | |
| Banjo | 12 | |
| Bass | 30 | |
| Bassoon | 2 | |
| Brass | 5 | |
| Cello | 20 | |
| Church Organ | 4 | |
| Clarinet | 22 | |
| Composer | 248 | |
| Concertina | 1 | |
| Conductor | 213 | |
| Cornet | 1 | |
| Dancing Master | 1 | |
| Director (Choir) | 1 | |
| Dobro | 1 | |
| Drums | 32 | |
| Electronics | 10 | |
| Electronics & Tapes | 1 | |
| Film Director & Producer | 2 | |
| Flugelhorn | 3 | |
| Flute | 21 | |
| French Horn | 1 | |
| Guitar | 226 | |
| Harmonica | 14 | |
| Harp | 3 | |
| Harpsichord | 8 | |
| Horn | 3 | |
| Kantele | 6 | |
| Keyboards | 75 | |
| Krumhorn | 1 | |
| Lute | 6 | |
| Lyricist | 2 | |
| Machines | 3 | |
| Mandolin | 9 | |
| Marimba | 1 | |
| Mellotron | 2 | |
| Multiple | 24 | |
| Narration | 7 | |
| Oboe | 3 | |
| Organ | 47 | |
| Pan Flute | 2 | |
| Percussion | 15 | |
| Piano | 226 | |
| Piccolo | 1 | |
| Pipe Organ | 3 | |
| Poet & Lyricist | 12 | |
| Producer | 3 | |
| Programming | 1 | |
| Recorder | 2 | |
| Sampler | 1 | |
| Saxophone | 53 | |
| Sitar | 6 | |
| Spoken Word | 11 | |
| Steel Drums | 1 | |
| Synthesizer | 1 | |
| Synthesizers | 43 | |
| Trombone | 6 | |
 Trumpet | 29 | |
| Canada | 1 | |
| Denmark | 1 | |
| Finland | 4 | |
| France | 1 | |
| Great Britain | 2 | |
| Poland | 1 | |
| Sweden | 2 | |
| U.S.A. | 17 | |
| | Alpert Herb (& The Tijuana Brass) | Male | Pop | | |
| | Armstrong Louis | Male | Jazz | | |
| | Clayton Buck | Male | Jazz | | |
| | Davis Miles | Male | Jazz | | |
| | Dorsey Tommy | Male | Jazz | | |
| | Ellis Don | Male | Jazz | | |
| | Farmer Art | Male | Jazz | | |
| | Ferguson Maynard | Male | Jazz | | |
| | Jones Jonah | Male | Jazz | | |
| | Jones Quincy | Male | Jazz | | |
| | Jones Thad | Male | Jazz | | |
| | Little Booker & Ervin Booker | Group | Jazz | | |
| | Marterie Ralph | Male | Jazz | | |
| | May Billy | Male | Pop | | |
| | Rodney Red | Male | Jazz | | |
| | Terry Clark | Male | Jazz | | |
| | Tolliver Charles | Male | Jazz | | |
| Ukulele | 1 | |
| Vibraphone | 6 | |
| Vihuela | 1 | |
| Viola | 4 | |
| Violin | 79 | |
| Vocals | 1395 | |
| Voice | 39 | |
| Whistle | 1 | |
| Whistler | 1 | |
| Woodwinds | 1 | |
| Zither | 1 | |
| 3129 | |
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