Class 15 — Musical Instruments
Every entry WIPO publishes for Class 15 (Musical Instruments) in NCL 13-2026: 98 official indications, each with its basic number. Copy wording as printed rather than paraphrasing it — the USPTO ID Manual is built from this same list.
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Official class heading
- Musical instruments
- music stands and stands for musical instruments
- conductors' batons
Explanatory note
Class 15 includes mainly musical instruments, their parts and their accessories.
This class includes, in particular
- mechanical musical instruments and their accessories, for example, barrel organs, mechanical pianos, intensity regulators for mechanical pianos, robotic drums
- musical boxes
- electrical and electronic musical instruments
- strings, reeds, pegs and pedals for musical instruments
- tuning forks, tuning hammers
- colophony (rosin) for stringed musical instruments
This class does not include, in particular
- apparatus for the recording, transmission, amplification and reproduction of sound, for example, electric and electronic effects units for musical instruments, wah-wah pedals, audio interfaces, audio mixers, equalisers being audio apparatus, subwoofers (Class 9)
- downloadable electronic sheet music (Class 9), printed sheet music (Class 16)
- downloadable music files (Class 9)
- musical juke boxes (Class 9)
- metronomes (Class 9)
- musical greeting cards (Class 16)
Every official entry in this class
The alphabetical list published by WIPO for NCL NCL 13-2026, in force from 2026-01-01. Each entry carries its basic number; wording listed under “Also accepted” is a synonym the registry accepts for the same entry. Use the wording as printed — it is the same list the USPTO ID Manual is built from.
| Basic No. | Indication | Also accepted |
|---|---|---|
| 0001 | accordions | |
| 0002 | tuning hammers | |
| 0003 | reeds | |
| 0004 | bows for musical instruments | |
| 0005 | bow nuts for musical instruments | |
| 0006 | sticks for bows for musical instruments | |
| 0007 | horsehair for bows for musical instruments | |
| 0008 | pianos | |
| 0009 | conductors' batons | |
| 0010 | drumsticks | |
| 0011 | bandonions | |
| 0012 | barrel organs | |
| 0013 | basses [musical instruments] | |
| 0014 | harmonicas | |
| 0015 | catgut for musical instruments | |
| 0016 | buccins [trumpets] | |
| 0017 | carillons [musical instruments] | |
| 0018 | castanets | |
| 0019 | hats with bells [musical instruments] | |
| 0020 | kettledrum frames | |
| 0021 | pegs for musical instruments | |
| 0022 | zithers | |
| 0023 | clarionets | |
| 0024 | keyboards for musical instruments | |
| 0025 | musical instruments | |
| 0026 | concertinas | |
| 0027 | double basses | |
| 0028 | strings for musical instruments | |
| 0029 | stringed musical instruments | |
| 0030 | horns [musical instruments] | |
| 0031 | cornets [musical instruments] | |
| 0032 | cymbals | |
| 0033 | tuning forks | |
| 0034 | mouthpieces for musical instruments | |
| 0035 | cases for musical instruments | |
| 0036 | flutes | |
| 0037 | gongs | |
| 0038 | Jews' harps [musical instruments] | |
| 0039 | guitars | |
| 0040 | harmoniums | |
| 0041 | harps | |
| 0042 | harp strings | |
| 0043 | oboes | |
| 0044 | electronic musical instruments | |
| 0045 | intensity regulators for mechanical pianos | |
| 0046 | lyres | |
| 0048 | plectrums | picks for stringed instruments |
| 0049 | mandolins | |
| 0050 | chin rests for violins | |
| 0051 | bagpipes | |
| 0052 | musical boxes | |
| 0053 | turning apparatus for sheet music | |
| 0054 | bridges for musical instruments | |
| 0055 | triangles [musical instruments] | |
| 0056 | ocarinas | |
| 0057 | organs | |
| 0058 | wind pipes for organs | |
| 0059 | drumheads | skins for drums |
| 0060 | pedals for musical instruments | |
| 0061 | piano keyboards | |
| 0062 | piano strings | |
| 0063 | piano keys | |
| 0064 | bellows for musical instruments | |
| 0065 | mutes for musical instruments | dampers for musical instruments |
| 0066 | drums [musical instruments] | |
| 0067 | tambourines | |
| 0068 | tom-toms | |
| 0069 | kettledrums | |
| 0070 | trombones | |
| 0071 | clarions | |
| 0072 | trumpets | |
| 0073 | valves for musical instruments | |
| 0074 | violas | |
| 0075 | violins | |
| 0076 | xylophones | |
| 0077 | keys for musical instruments | |
| 0078 | music rolls | |
| 0079 | perforated music rolls | |
| 0080 | music stands | |
| 0081 | huqin [Chinese violins] | |
| 0082 | bamboo flutes | |
| 0083 | pipa [Chinese guitars] | |
| 0084 | sheng [Chinese musical wind instruments] | |
| 0085 | suona [Chinese trumpets] | |
| 0086 | handbells [musical instruments] | |
| 0087 | music synthesizers | |
| 0088 | stands for musical instruments | |
| 0089 | saxophones | |
| 0090 | balalaikas [stringed musical instruments] | |
| 0091 | banjos | |
| 0092 | melodicas | |
| 0093 | colophony for stringed musical instruments | rosin for stringed musical instruments |
| 0094 | robotic drums | |
| 0095 | mallets for musical instruments | |
| 0096 | straps for musical instruments | |
| 0097 | singing bowls | |
| 0098 | drum machines | |
| 0099 | musical instruments for children |
4 synonym wording(s) are listed alongside their entries above.