9207.90.00 - Other

This HTS category, 9207.90.00, encompasses musical instruments where sound is produced or amplified electrically, excluding keyboard instruments like organs and accordions. This broad classification captures a diverse range of instruments that rely on electronic mechanisms for their sound generation or amplification. Examples include electric guitars, electric bass guitars, electric violins, and other similar electro-acoustic stringed instruments.

Unlike the sibling category 9207.10.00, which specifically covers keyboard instruments, 9207.90.00 is designed for instruments that do not primarily operate via a keyboard interface for sound production. The defining characteristic here is the electrical nature of sound production or amplification, regardless of the instrument's primary design or method of playing.

Within this category, further subdivisions exist to provide more granular classification. The subcategory 9207.90.00.40 is dedicated to fretted stringed instruments, such as electric guitars and electric bass guitars. The remaining instruments that fit the general description of electrically amplified musical instruments but are not fretted stringed instruments or keyboard instruments fall under the residual subcategory 9207.90.00.80.