9205 - Wind musical instruments (for example, keyboard pipe organs, accordions, clarinets, trumpets, bagpipes), other than fairground organs and mechanical street organs:

This HTS category, 9205, encompasses a broad range of wind musical instruments designed to produce sound through the vibration of air. The scope includes instruments that utilize a keyboard, such as pipe organs and accordions, as well as those operated by direct blowing, like clarinets and trumpets. Notably, this heading specifically excludes fairground organs and mechanical street organs, which are classified elsewhere based on their primary mechanical operation rather than their musical function.

When classifying items within the broader Chapter 92, it's important to differentiate these wind instruments from other musical instrument categories, such as string instruments (Chapter 9202) or percussion instruments (Chapter 9206). The defining characteristic for inclusion in 9205 is the generation of sound by forcing air through a conduit or reed, or causing a column of air to vibrate. This distinguishes them from instruments that produce sound through plucked, bowed, or struck strings, or by striking a surface.

Within the 9205 heading, further subdivisions exist to refine classification based on the method of sound production. The primary subcategory, 9205.10, specifically addresses brass-wind instruments, which are characterized by sound produced by the vibration of the player's lips against a mouthpiece. The residual category, 9205.90, captures all other wind instruments not otherwise specified, including woodwind instruments like clarinets and flutes, and other unique wind instrument types.