| 100% | TUBA | 4 | Instrument that largely replaced the ophicleide |
| 57% | TUBA | 4 | Instrument that superseded the ophicleide |
| 45% | SELFIE | 6 | It has largely replaced the autograph |
| 44% | DSL | 3 | Internet connection that largely replaced dial-up |
| 44% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that inspired the heckelphone |
| 43% | CDS | 3 | Music recordings that largely replaced vinyl and cassettes: Abbr. |
| 42% | TUBA | 4 | Instrument that makes the cheeks puff out |
| 42% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that introduces the "Swan Lake" theme |
| 42% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that puts the "O" in Orchestra? |
| 42% | SUNDIAL | 7 | Instrument that uses shadows to tell the time |
| 42% | SAXOPHONE | 9 | Instrument that must be played with the mouth |
| 42% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that's related to the English horn |
| 42% | BAGPIPES | 8 | Instrument that greets the New Year in Scotland |
| 42% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that sets the pitch for an orchestra |
| 41% | DRUM | 4 | Instrument that frequently plays the backbeat |
| 41% | TUBA | 4 | Brass instrument that hits the lower pitches |
| 41% | SITAR | 5 | Instrument that dates to the Mughal Empire |
| 40% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that plays the duck in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 40% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that represents the duck in "Peter and the Wolf" |
| 40% | ORGAN | 5 | Instrument that plays "Take Me Out to the Ball Game" |
| 39% | STATIONWAGON | 12 | Family car largely replaced by the minivan and SUV |
| 39% | VIOLA | 5 | String quartet instrument that's smaller than the cello |
| 39% | LYRE | 4 | Stringed instrument that symbolized wisdom to the ancient Greeks |
| 39% | VIOL | 4 | Family of stringed instruments that preceded the violin family |
| 39% | BELL | 4 | Instrument that is rung, rung at the beginning of a boxing match |
| 38% | BASSET | 6 | ___ horn, woodwind instrument that is part of the clarinet family |
| 38% | CHIMES | 6 | Bell-like instruments that may be "played" by the wind |
| 38% | STRING | 6 | Instrument group that includes the cello and viola |
| 38% | LUTE | 4 | Instrument that becomes another instrument if you add an F at the beginning |
| 38% | OBOE | 4 | Instrument that makes the sound of the duck in "Peter and the Wolf" |