Low-Tech Musical Instrument Costs and Weights

Low-Tech Musical Instrument Costs and Weights

Bard is my least favorite "core" class. Despite that, I've been a bit frustrated because GURPS doesn't have that many low-tech musical instruments detailed. There are several on page 49 of GURPS Low-Tech, a few in DF1 and DF8, and a whole bunch of skill specialties in LTC1 with examples, but without costs and weights. I have no idea what 90% of these instruments even are. I found people asking about this on the forums and getting "it's too difficult to research" in response. If even GURPS authors found it too difficult to research, then I will not even try. I decided to look into D&D books (Song & Silence, The Quintessential Bard I and II), but found only lists of instruments with no costs and weights. Thus, I fed the data from GURPS Low-Tech into Deepseek and told it to extrapolate/interpolate the values. So, here's the slop.

AEROPHONES
Name	Audibility Range	Cost	Weight
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (BAGPIPE) (IQ/H) (Double Reed, Flute, Recorder, Serpent, and Single Reed at -6)
Bagpipe	32	$150	8
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (DIDGERIDOO) (IQ/H) (Horn, Serpent, and Trombone at -6)
Didgeridoo	32	$100	5
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (DOUBLE REED) (IQ/H) (Recorder and Single Reed at -3; Bagpipe, Flute, and Serpent at -6)
Bassoon	16	$800	10
Nadaswaram	64	$300	4
Oboe	8	$700	3
Shawm	32	$250	4
Taragato	16	$300	3
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (FLUTE) (IQ/H) (Panpipes at -3; Bagpipe, Double Reed, Recorder, Serpent, and Single Reed at -6)
Fife	16	$100	1
Flute	8	$120	1
Shakuhachi	8	$150	2
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (HORN) (IQ/H) (Serpent and Trombone at -2; Didgeridoo at -6)
Alpenhorn	128	$200	10
Bugle	32	$150	2
Conch	16	$30	1
Hunting Horn	16	$200	2
Shofar	16	$80	5
Trumpet	32	$200	2
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (PANPIPES) (IQ/H) (Flute at -3)
Panpipes	4	$50	1
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (RECORDER) (IQ/H) (Double Reed and Single Reed at -3; Bagpipe, Flute, and Serpent at -6)
Recorder	4	$80	1
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (SERPENT) (IQ/H) (Horn at -4; Trombone at -5; Bagpipe, Didgeridoo, Double Reed, Flute, Recorder, and Single Reed at -6)
Ophicleide	32	$400	12
Serpent	16	$350	8
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (SHENG) (IQ/H) (Panpipes at -5; Bagpipe at -6)
Sheng	4	$200	3
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (SINGLE REED) (IQ/H) (Double Reed and Recorder at -3; Bagpipe, Flute, and Serpent at -6)
Clarinet	8	$500	3
Hornpipe	8	$120	2
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (TROMBONE) (IQ/H) (Horn at -4; Serpent at -5; Didgeridoo at -6)
Sackbut	32	$400	6
Trombone	64	$500	8
CHORDOPHONES
Name	Audibility Range	Cost	Weight
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (DULCIMER) (IQ/H) (Tuned Percussion at -4; Keyboard, Psaltery, and Zither at -5; other chordophones at -6)
Dulcimer	4	$200	10
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (FIDDLE) (IQ/H) (Rebab at -3; Guitar and Psaltery at -5; other chordophones at -6)
Ravanastron	4	$100	3
Viol	4	$500	8
Violin	8	$600	2
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (GUITAR) (IQ/H) (Fiddle, Lute, and Rebab at -3; other chordophones at -6)
Balalaika	4	$150	3
Banjo	8	$200	4
Double Bass (plucked)	8	$1,000	25
Guitar	4	$300	5
Pipa	4	$250	4
Shamisen	8	$300	5
Violin (plucked)	4	$400	2
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (HARP) (IQ/H) (Lyre and Zither at -4; Keyboard at -5; other chordophones at -6)
Harp	4	$600	7
Kora	4	$350	8
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (LUTE) (IQ/H) (Guitar at -5; other chordophones at -6)
Kora	4	$350	8
Lute	8	$150	5
Mandolin	4	$200	3
Oud	4	$400	5
Sitar	8	$500	10
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (LYRE) (IQ/H) (Harp or Zither at -4; other chordophones at -6)
Lyre	4	$300	4
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (PSALTERY) (IQ/H) (Dulcimer, Fiddle, Keyboard, Rebab, and Zither at -5; other chordophones at -6)
Crwth	4	$250	5
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (REBAB) (IQ/H) (Fiddle at -3; Guitar and Psaltery at -5; other chordophones at -6)
Double Bass	16	$1,000	25
Rebab	4	$200	3
Viola da Gamba	4	$700	10
Violoncello	8	$900	15
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (ZITHER) (IQ/H) (Harp and Lyre at -3; Dulcimer and Psaltery at -4; Keyboard at -5; other chordophones at -6)
Koto	4	$600	20
Zither	4	$250	8
IDIOPHONES
Name	Audibility Range	Cost	Weight
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (BELL) (IQ/H) (Large Concussion, Tuned Percussion, and Untuned Percussion at -3)
Church Bell, 36”	128	$20,000	900
Church Bell, 48”	128	$47,000	2,115
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (JEW’S HARP) (IQ/H) (Singing at -6)
Jew’s Harp	2	$10	0.5
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (LARGE CONCUSSION) (IQ/A) (Bell, Rattle, Scraper, Small Concussion (IQ-based), and Untuned Percussion at -3; Untuned Drum at -4)
Cymbals	32	$100	3
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (MBIRA) (IQ/H) (Tuned Percussion at -3; Harp, Lyre, and Zither at -4; Dulcimer and Keyboard at -5)
Kalimba	2	$50	1
Mbira	2	$60	1
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (RATTLE) (IQ/A) (Large Concussion, Scraper, Small Concussion (IQ-based), and Untuned Percussion at -3; Untuned Drum at -4)
Hand Bell	8	$80	1
Maracas	4	$20	1
Sistrum	4	$50	2
Tambourine (shaken)	8	$40	2
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (SCRAPER) (IQ/A) (Large Concussion, Rattle, and Untuned Percussion at -3; Small Concussion (IQ-based) and Untuned Drum at -4)
Washboard	4	$10	3
Yü	4	$70	2
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (SMALL CONCUSSION) (DX/A) (Dancing, Large Concussion, and Rattle at -3; Scraper, Untuned Drum, and Untuned Percussion at -4. Use DX-based levels)
Castanets	4	$30	0.5
Zils	4	$20	0.5
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (TUNED PERCUSSION) (IQ/H) (Bell and Untuned Percussion at -3; Dulcimer, Keyboard, and Mbira at -4)
Bell Lyre	16	$300	10
Chimes	16	$400	15
Saron	8	$500	25
Xylophone	16	$600	30
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (UNTUNED PERCUSSION) (IQ/A) (Bell, Large Concussion, Rattle, Scraper, Tuned Drum, Tuned Percussion, Untuned Drum at -3; Small Concussion (IQ-based) at -4)
Gong	64	$1,000	50
Triangle	8	$30	1
Wood Block	4	$15	1
KEYBOARD INSTRUMENTS
Name	Audibility Range	Cost	Weight
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (HURDY-GURDY) (IQ/H) (Keyboard at -4; Psaltery at -6)
Hurdy-Gurdy	8	$800	15
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (KEYBOARD) (IQ/H) (Dulcimer and Tuned Percussion at -3; Harp, Lyre, and Zither at -4; Psaltery at -5)
Carillon	256	$50,000	5,000
Clavichord	4	$1,500	50
Harpsichord	8	$3,000	200
Organ	256	$50,000	10,000
Virginal	4	$2,000	100
MEMBRANOPHONES
Name	Audibility Range	Cost	Weight
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (TUNED DRUM) (IQ/H) (Untuned Drum at -3; Untuned Percussion at -4)
Bongos	16	$100	10
Kettledrums	32	$250	28
Tabla	16	$200	12
Talking Drum	32	$40	2
Timpani	64	$1,500	100
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (UNTUNED DRUM) (IQ/A) (Tuned Drum and Untuned Percussion at -3; Large Concussion, Rattle, Scraper, and Small Concussion (IQ-based) at -4)
Bass Drum	64	$500	40
Bodhran	8	$120	5
Snare Drum	32	$200	15
Tambourine (struck)	8	$40	2
OTHER INSTRUMENTS
Name	Audibility Range	Cost	Weight
MUSICAL INSTRUMENT (BULLROARER) (IQ/A)
Bullroarer	128	$30	1