9205.90.60.00 - Other 🖩

This category, HTS 9205.90.60.00, serves as a residual classification for wind musical instruments that are not specifically enumerated in preceding subheadings. It encompasses a broad array of wind instruments, excluding those detailed in categories for keyboard pipe organs, harmoniums, accordions, mouth organs, and woodwind instruments. Therefore, items classified here would typically be wind instruments that do not fall within these defined groups, based on their construction, mechanism of sound production, or specific familial classification.

Distinguishing this category from its siblings is crucial for accurate classification. The sibling "Keyboard pipe organs; harmoniums and similar keyboard instruments with free metal reeds" (9205.10) covers instruments played via a keyboard and utilizing free metal reeds for sound. Similarly, "Accordions and similar instruments; mouth organs" (9205.20) specifically addresses free-reed instruments operated by bellows or directly by the mouth. The "Woodwind instruments" (9205.30) subheading pertains to instruments where sound is produced by a vibrating column of air, typically initiated by blowing across an edge or through a reed, and which are traditionally constructed of wood, though modern examples may incorporate other materials. HTS 9205.90.60.00 therefore captures wind instruments not fitting these distinct characteristics, potentially including certain types of brass instruments not otherwise specified or other unique wind instrument designs.

As HTS 9205.90.60.00 is a leaf node, it has no further subcategories. Classification into this specific HTS code signifies that the wind musical instrument in question does not meet the criteria for any more specific headings within Chapter 92. Proper classification relies on a thorough examination of the instrument's design, sound-producing mechanism, and intended method of play to ensure it is not covered by a more precise tariff provision.