Daniel 3:5

“That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet, etc.] So called of the horn of which it was made; a sort of trumpet; so the Jews had trumpets of rams’ horns: flute; or pipe, or whistle, so called for its hissing noise; it is used of the shepherd’s pipe or whistle; (see <381008>Zechariah 10:8), harp; an instrument of music used by David, and much in use among the Jews, and other nations; sackbut; or “sambuca”; which, according to Athenaeusf127, was a four stringed instrument, an invention of the Syrians; and Strabof128, a Greek writer, speaks of it as a barbarous name, as the eastern ones were reckoned by the Grecians: psaltery; this seems to be a Greek word, as does the next that follows,…”

“cornet--A wind instrument, like the French horn, is meant. flute--a pipe or pipes, not blown transversely as our "flute," but by mouthpieces at the end. sackbut--a triangular stringed instrument, having short strings, the sound being on a high sharp key. psaltery--a kind of harp. dulcimer--a bagpipe consisting of two pipes, thrust through a leathern bag, emitting a sweet plaintive sound. Chaldee sumponya, the modern Italian zampogna, Asiatic zambonja. fall down--that the recusants might be the more readily detected.”

“That at what time ye hear the sound of the cornet - It would not be practicable to determine with precision what kind of instruments of music are denoted by the words used in this verse. They were, doubtless, in many respects different from those which are in use now, though they may have belonged to the same general class, and may have been constructed on substantially the same principles. A full inquiry into the kinds of musical instruments in use among the Hebrews may be found in the various treatises on the subject in Ugolin’s “Thesau Ant. Sacra.” tom. xxxii. Compare also the notes at Isaiah 5:12. The Chaldee word rendered “cornet” - קרנא qarenâ' - the same as the Hebrew word קרן qeren…”

“3:5 Pipes could be rendered “drums,” or possibly this was a word of musical direction that indicated being “in harmony” with the other instruments.”

“the cornet: Karna the horn. Dan 3:10, Dan 3:15 flute: Mashrokeetha, in Syriac mashrookeetha the συριγξ, pipe or flute, as Theodotion renders. dulcimer: or, singing, Chal, symphony Daniel 3:6”