Piano is just 300 years old? There's more.


I've never seen the evolution of musical instruments referred to or even thought about it myself. Here's the  timeline.  Enjoy.

wlutke

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Veena, a Indian stringed instrument has ~4000 years of documented history. , i.e fairly complex build, metallurgy required.

"Simpler" wind instruments go ways back... For example, the didgeridoo (indigenous instrument of Terra Australis) goes back at least 20,000 years.