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Although most keyboard instruments are considered part of the percussion family (either the hammer striking or plucking of strings) the organ is not. For most organs, the sound is produced when air rushes through the pipes across flutes or reeds. Since there is no actual percussive action involved to produce the sound, it's not considered to be a percussion instrument.
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The organ belongs to what family?
An organ is a percussion instrument.
What kind of instrument is a tympani?
A tympani, also known as a kettle drum, is a percussion instrument.
The xylophone and the tympani are what kind of instrument?
They are classed as percussion instruments.
What instrumental family does the pipe organ belong to?
That depends. If you consider percussion instruments and keyboard instruments to be seperate groups, then the pipe organ belongs in the keyboard group. If you consider percussion and keyboard instruments to be the same group, then the pipe organ is a percussion instrument. It's worth noting that the pipe organ is also technically a woodwind instrument, because the sounds come from wind passing through its pipes.
What do you mean by percussion and non- percussion instrument?
A percussion instrument is an instrument that requires the player to hit it rather then say blow into it for example. An example of a percussion instrument would be a drum or a xylophone or the cymbals or a gong. An example of a non percussion instrument would be a trumpet or a violin or a trombone or a cello.
