North
- Salo - a bowed fiddle with three strings and a free bow. The resonator is made of coconut shell cut off on one side.
- Sueng - is a plucked string instrument, made of teak or hardwood. A round sound hole is cut on the top soundboard.
- Khlui - The same as the Central Thai khlui.
- Pi chum (called pi so in northern Thailand) - a free reed pipe made of bamboo, with a single metal reed
- Pi nae - a double reed oboe that resembles the saranai or chani but larger in size; it is made of wood and usually accompanies the large gong.
- Phin phia - or sometimes simply called "pia" or "phia". The body is made from a coconut shell.
- Glong teng thing - Klong Teng-thing is a two faced tabular drum and used as one of percussive instrument.
- Talotpot - or Malotpot is a two-faced tubular drum of 100 centimeters long.
- Glong tingnong - The biggest and longest drum with one face made of hide about 3–4 metres long.
- Glong sabat chai - The most famous drum in northern, hanging on the double wooden bars carried by men
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