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Instruments (112)

Categories:

Bagpipe@ (436)
Baroque Flute@ (5)
Brass@ (10)
Crumhorn (6)
Early Guitars (17)
Harpsichord@ (199)
Historic Organs@ (36)
Hurdy Gurdy (4)

Keyboard@ (48)
Lute (40)
Musical Glass@ (15)
Pipe Organs@ (246)
Pipe and Tabor (8)
Recorder@ (99)
Shopping@ (38)
Tin Whistle@ (119)

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Top/Arts/Music/Instruments

This category in other languages:

Dutch, French, German

Sites:

http://www.mimf.com/archives/cpvc_cornemuse.htm

» A Loud, Low Cost Cornemuse You Can Build from CPVC
Build a cornemuse in 1.5 hours, from an archived discussion from the Musical Instrument Makers Forum.
http://www.mimf.com/archives/cpvc_cornemuse.htm

» Bate Collection of Musical Instruments
An extensive and systematic collection of European orchestral woodwind instruments donated to the University of Oxford by Philip Bate.
http://www.bate.ox.ac.uk

» Building a Cornamuse in F (Alto)
Instructions for building an instrument.
http://home.aol.com/GerRaith/corna.htm

» Contrabass Compendium
A list of bass and contrabass instruments, past and present.
http://www.contrabass.com/pages/compendium.html

http://www.culturekiosque.com/klassik/features/fa1baroq.htm

» Culturekiosque Klassiknet: Baroque Instruments
A dictionary to provide the music lover with a reasonable amount of information about period instruments.
http://www.culturekiosque.com/klassik/features/fa1baroq.htm

» Curtal, Dulcian, Bajón: A History of the Precursor to the Bassoon
A book by Maggie Kilbey charting the history and development of the instrument and includes a catalogue of extant instruments around the world.
http://www.curtalbook.com/

» Diabolus in Musica Guide to Early Instruments
Information on as many early instruments as possible.
http://www.diabolus.org/guide/guide-m.htm

» Dulcians
A description of the Dulcian or Curtal, which is the renaissance predecessor of the bassoon.
http://www.hansmons.com/dulcians/index.html

» Early Music Vincent Ho
Early music and instruments, sound files of harpsichords and clavichords, and a table with pictures of the author's early music instruments collection, from medieval psalteries to renaissance recorders.
http://www.rawbw.com/~hbv/earlymus/

» Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments
A museum in Scotland open to the public contains 1000 items including stringed, woodwind, brass and percussion instruments from Britain, Europe, and distant lands.
http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/

» Historic Double Reed Instruments
Describes shawms, curtals, oboes, and bassoons made by Robert H. Cronin.
http://www.roberthcronin.com/

» Instruments to Play Medieval Music
Pictures of medieval instruments with illustrations from medieval art. Includes audio clips, bibliography and discography in French.
http://www.instrumentsmedievaux.org/

» Jeremy West Cornett
Information on the 17th century cornetto, performance with His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, manufacture of cornetti and other instruments by Christopher Monk Instruments, and instruction at the Royal College of Music in London.
http://www.jeremywest.co.uk/index.html

» John's Music Things
Description of medieval singing techniques and the musical instruments he plays.
http://www.cb1.com/~john/misc/music.html

» John's Ophicleide Directory
A photographic and links directory for ophicleide players
http://www.wcwband.co.uk/ophicleide.htm

» Joëlle Morton's Historical Bass
The history of bass string instruments such as the viola da gamba, violone, and double bass, along with their performance practices and iconography.
http://www.greatbassviol.com/

» Kenneth Sparr
Information about lute, guitar and early keyboards.
http://www.tabulatura.com/

» Kim Christensen's Music Museum
Private collection of music instruments with pictures, sound samples, history, and functional description.
http://musicmuseum.8m.com/

http://www.gruk.net/lars/BaroqueFluteCorner.html

» Lars' Baroque Flute Corner
Information on the Baroque flute, including instrument care and fingering charts.
http://www.gruk.net/lars/BaroqueFluteCorner.html

http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/Callon/2273/Instr.htm

» Links to History of Musical Instruments
Includes links to museums and collections, historical guides, historical sources and facsimiles, societies, individual instruments, and world instruments.
http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/Callon/2273/Instr.htm

http://www.baroquemusic.org/barluthp.html

» Lute-Harpsichord: A Forgotten Instrument
Bach sought, and had custom-built, a harpsichord which sounded like a lute. Detailed description of history and construction.
http://www.baroquemusic.org/barluthp.html

» Mary Rasmussen's Horn and Lute Iconography
Iconography of the horn, lute, pipe and tabor, and tambourine in Western-European Art.
http://www.unh.edu/music/igref.htm

http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instrumt.html

» Medieval and Renaissance Instruments
Musica Antiqua's illustrated guide: pictures, descriptions, and history.
http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instrumt.html

http://www.radix.net/~dglenn/defs/inst.html

» Musical Instruments Described
Descriptions and pictures of early (i.e. pre-Baroque), non-Western, or obscure musical instruments.
http://www.radix.net/~dglenn/defs/inst.html

» National Music Museum
Founded as an academic support unit of The University of South Dakota, this collection includes more than 10,000 American, European, and non-Western instruments from virtually all cultures and historical periods.
http://www.usd.edu/smm/

» Natural Trumpet Resource Page
Resources for those interested in the natural trumpet
http://www.earlybrass.com/nattrump.htm

» Neanderthal Flute
Musicological analysis by Bob Fink of the oldest musical instrument, including its significance to the origin of music.
http://www.greenwych.ca/fl-compl.htm

» Owen Morse-Brown
Hand made early stringed instruments.
http://www.owenmorse-brown.com/

» Pifarri Page
Wind instrument ensembles in Italy from 1450 to 1620 by Brenda Flynn.
http://tiltedworld.com/brenda/pifarri.html

http://crab.rutgers.edu/~pbutler/rebec.html

» Rebec Page
Origin and history of the rebec, construction, playing, tuning, bibliography, and many illustrations.
http://crab.rutgers.edu/~pbutler/rebec.html

» Renaissance Cittern Page
Information on its history, articles, art, music, recordings, players, composers, and builders.
http://www.geocities.com/ren_cittern/

» Serpent Website
Provides basic information for the interested lay person on all aspects of the instrument, from its early history to the present.
http://www.serpentwebsite.com/

» Stages in Evolution of Scales, Melody and Harmony
Paper about the stages in the origins of music and its development.
http://www.greenwych.ca/stages.htm

http://www.tapiasgold.com/instruments.html

» Tapia's Gold - Instruments of the Renaissance
Descriptions of instruments used for dance music during the renaissance, illustrated with period drawings.
http://www.tapiasgold.com/instruments.html

» The Saxon Lyre
History, construction, and playing techniques.
http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~priestdo/lyre.html

http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/articles/troubadours.and.instruments.html

» Troubadours & Instruments
A paper titled "Peirol's Vielle, instrumental participation in the troubadour repertory" by Joel Cohen.
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/articles/troubadours.and.instruments.html

» Wind Instruments of the Renaissance
Information on wind instruments of the Renaissance.
http://www.dreamscape.com/quando7/index.htm

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