Analysis
HTS 9209.91.40 covers parts and accessories for pianos: tuning pins under heading 9209 (parts (for example, mechanisms for music boxes) and accessories (for example, cards…).
Rates on the nearby lines range from duty-free to 5.7%. The costliest confusion would be with 9209.99.10 (mutes for musical instruments; pedals, dampers and spurs for drums…) at 5.7%, a difference of 5.7 points on the customs value.
There is no general-rate duty on this line, which puts it with roughly 38% of the 40 tariff lines in chapter 92 that are also free. Chapter 99 measures such as Section 301 or 232 can still apply on top, depending on where the goods come from.
Census statistics map these goods to NAICS 339992 (Musical Instrument Manufacturing), an industry of 609 US establishments employing 11,633 people, the industry a domestic producer of these goods reports under.
Every edition we compared, from Jan 2023 to Oct 2026 (Rev. 22), shows the same general rate of Free.
Neighbouring lines
| Line | Description | General rate |
|---|---|---|
| 9209.30.00 | Musical instrument strings | Free |
| 9209.91.80 | Parts and accessories for pianos: other | 4.2% |
| 9209.92.20 | Mutes, collapsible musical instrument stands and music holders for attachment to musical instruments | 3.9% |
| 9209.92.40 | Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 9202: tuning pins | 10¢/1,000 pins + 3.5% |
| 9209.92.60 | Bows, parts of bows, bow hair, chin rests and other parts and accessories for string instruments played with a bow | Free |
| 9209.92.80 | Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 9202: other | 4.6% |
| 9209.94.40 | Collapsible musical instrument stands | 5.7% |
| 9209.94.80 | Parts and accessories for the musical instruments of heading 9207: other | 2.7% |
| 9209.99.05 | Metronomes, tuning forks and pitch pipes | Free |
| 9209.99.10 | Mutes for musical instruments; pedals, dampers and spurs for drums; pedals and holders for cymbals; lyres and other music holders for attachment to musical instruments; and collapsible stands for holding music or for holding musical instruments | 5.7% |
| 9209.99.16 | For pipe organs of subheading 9205.90.12 | Free |
| 9209.99.18 | For instruments of subheading 9205.90.14 | 2.7% |
| 9209.99.20 | Other: for bagpipes | Free |
| 9209.99.40 | For other woodwind and brass wind musical instruments | Free |
| 9209.99.61 | Other: for music boxes | Free |
| 9209.99.80 | Other: other | 5.3% |