9205.90.14.00 - Other

This HTS category, 9205.90.14.00, covers "Other" keyboard musical instruments with free metal reeds that are not specifically classified as keyboard pipe organs. It encompasses a variety of instruments where sound is produced by air passing over free metal reeds, activated by a keyboard mechanism. Examples within this classification include harmoniums and similar keyboard instruments, often characterized by their bellows-driven air supply and reed sound production.

Distinguishing this category from its sibling, 9205.90.12.00 (Keyboard pipe organs), is crucial. Keyboard pipe organs, while keyboard-operated, produce sound by forcing air through pipes, a distinct mechanism from the free reed principle. Therefore, instruments like harmoniums and melodeons, which rely on free metal reeds vibrated by an air current to generate their tones, will find their classification here.

As this node is a leaf category within the HTS database, there are no further subcategories. Classification at this level is determined by the instrument's fundamental design: keyboard operation, the use of free metal reeds for sound generation, and the exclusion of pipe-based sound production. This ensures that instruments fitting the harmonium and similar free-reed keyboard instrument description are appropriately categorized for customs purposes.