Template:Infobox instrument/doc
 | This is a documentation subpage for Template:Infobox instrument. It contains usage information, categories and other content that is not part of the original template page. |
Code
| background | |
|---|---|
| Other names | names |
| Classification | classification |
| Hornbostel–Sachs classification | hombostel_sachs (hombostel_sachs_desc) |
| Inventor(s) | inventors |
| Developed | developed |
| Playing range | |
| range | |
| Related instruments | |
| related | |
| Musicians | |
| musicians | |
| Builders | |
| builders | |
| More articles | |
| articles | |
{{Infobox instrument
| name = {{subst:PAGENAME}}
| names =
| image = Replace this image butterfly.png
| image_capt =
| background =
| classification =
| hornbostel_sachs =
| hornbostel_sachs_desc =
| inventors =
| developed =
| range =
| related =
| musicians =
| builders =
| articles =
}}
Usage
This template, meant to be used on all musical instrument pages, takes the following parameters (bold parameters are required, others are optional):
| name | – full name of the instrument - using WikiProject Musical Instruments/Templates/Infobox instrument/doc will set this field to the name of the article |
| names | – other name/names |
| image | – the filename of a photo of the instrument |
| image_capt | - a caption for the photo of the instrument |
| background | – the general classification of the instrument ('keyboard', 'woodwind', 'brass', 'string', 'percussion', 'electronic', or 'other') used to choose the color scheme of the infobox and populate a simple classification link-header below the image caption |
| classification | – the classification of the instrument (such as string, woodwind, etc.) |
| hornbostel_sachs | - the Hornbostel-Sachs classification of the instrument (or 'NaN', if not specified, such as for the Hydraulophone) |
| hornbostel_sachs_desc | - a textual description of the Hornbostel-Sachs classification |
| inventors | - the inventor(s) of the instrument, if known |
| developed | - the rough time period (and instrument from which) the instrument was developed (e.g. "Early 16th century" for the violin, "Early 18th century from the chalumeau" for the clarinet, etc.) |
| range | - the playing range of the instrument (an image is preferred; many are already created, see commons:Category:Instrument ranges) |
| related | - related musical instruments |
| musicians | - related musicians |
| builders | - related musical instrument makers |
| articles | - other articles which may be of interest |