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Instruments (68)

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Neanderthal Flute Open in a new browser window  
   Musicological analysis by Bob Fink of the oldest musical instrument, including it significance to the origin of music.
   http://www.webster.sk.ca/greenwich/fl-compl.htm
Natural Trumpet Resource Page Open in a new browser window  
   Resources for those interested in the natural trumpet
   http://www.goucher.edu/physics/baum/nattrump.htm
Stages in Evolution of Scales, Melody and Harmony Open in a new browser window  
   Paper about the stages in the origins of music and its development.
   http://www.webster.sk.ca/GREENWICH/stages.HTM
Medieval and Renaissance Instruments Open in a new browser window  
   Musica Antiqua's illustrated guide: pictures, descriptions, and history.
   http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/antiqua/instrumt.html
Joëlle Morton's Historical Bass Open in a new browser window  
   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/
Historic Double Reed Instruments Open in a new browser window  
   Describes shawms, curtals, oboes, and bassoons made by Robert H. Cronin.
   http://www.roberthcronin.com/
Renaissance Cittern Page Open in a new browser window  
   Information on its history, articles, art, music, recordings, players, composers, and builders.
   http://www.geocities.com/ren_cittern
Kim Christensen's Music Museum Open in a new browser window  
   Private collection of music instruments with pictures, sound samples, history, and functional description.
   http://musicmuseum.8m.com/
Ancestral Instruments by David Marshall Open in a new browser window  
   Maker of a range of early instruments, including bagpipes, reedpipes, hornpipes, bag hornpipes, small shawms, mediaeval fiddles, rebec, tromba marina and citole.
   http://www.ancestral.co.uk/
A Loud, Low Cost Cornemuse You Can Build from CPVC Open in a new browser window  
   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
Tapia's Gold - Instruments of the Renaissance Open in a new browser window  
   Descriptions of instruments used for dance music during the renaissance, illustrated with period drawings.
   http://www.tapiasgold.com/instruments.html
Stefano Meneghini's Early Music Page Open in a new browser window  
   Information about the harpsichord, virginal and clavichord, audio files, related links and early music iconography.
   http://www-ceb.bo.infn.it/meneghini/music_e.htm
Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments Open in a new browser window  
   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/
Jeremy West Cornett Open in a new browser window  
   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
Culturekiosque Klassiknet: Baroque Instruments Open in a new browser window  
   A dictionary to provide the music lover with a reasonable amount of information about period instruments.
   http://www.culturekiosque.com/klassik/features/fa1baroq.htm
Dulcians Open in a new browser window  
   A description of the Dulcian or Curtal, which is the renaissance predecessor of the bassoon.
   http://www.hansmons.com/dulcians/index.html
Organ of the Middle Ages Open in a new browser window  
   History of the organ in western Europe after the fall of Rome.
   http://panther.bsc.edu/~jhcook/OrgHist/history/hist002.htm
Rebec Page Open in a new browser window  
   Origin and history of the rebec, construction, playing, tuning, bibliography, and many illustrations.
   http://crab.rutgers.edu/~pbutler/rebec.html
Wind Instruments of the Renaissance Open in a new browser window  
   Information on wind instruments of the Renaissance.
   http://www.dreamscape.com/quando7/index.htm
Troubadours & Instruments Open in a new browser window  
   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
Bate Collection of Musical Instruments Open in a new browser window  
   An extensive and systematic collection of European orchestral woodwind instruments donated to the University of Oxford by Philip Bate.
   http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/BCMIPage.html
Musical Instruments Described Open in a new browser window  
   Descriptions and pictures of early (i.e. pre-Baroque), non-Western, or obscure musical instruments.
   http://www.radix.net/~dglenn/defs/inst.html
Pifarri Page Open in a new browser window  
   Wind instrument ensembles in Italy from 1450 to 1620 by Brenda Johnstone.
   http://oak.cc.conncoll.edu/~bjjoh/pifarri.html
Contrabass Compendium Open in a new browser window  
   A list of bass and contrabass instruments, past and present.
   http://www.contrabass.com/pages/compendium.html
National Music Museum Open in a new browser window  
   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/
John's Music Things Open in a new browser window  
   Description of medieval singing techniques and the musical instruments he plays.
   http://www.cb1.com/~john/misc/music.html
Lars' Baroque Flute Corner Open in a new browser window  
   Information on the Baroque flute, including instrument care and fingering charts.
   http://www.gruk.net/lars/BaroqueFluteCorner.html
Mary Rasmussen's Horn and Lute Iconography Open in a new browser window  
   Iconography of the horn, lute, pipe and tabor, and tambourine in Western-European Art.
   http://www.unh.edu/music/igref.htm
Links to History of Musical Instruments Open in a new browser window  
   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
The Saxon Lyre Open in a new browser window  
   History, construction, and playing techniques.
   http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~priestdo/lyre.html
Dragon Early Music Open in a new browser window  
   An Australian business, specializing in recorders and other early woodwinds.
   http://www.earlymusic.gil.com.au/
Renaissance Workshop Company Open in a new browser window  
   Descriptions, photos, prices, and online ordering for their Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque musical instruments and kits.
   http://www.renwks.com/
Diabolus in Musica Guide to Early Instruments Open in a new browser window  
   Information on as many early instruments as possible.
   http://www.diabolus.org/guide/guide-m.htm
John's Ophicleide Directory Open in a new browser window  
   A photographic and links directory for ophicleide players
   http://www.wcwband.co.uk/ophicleide.htm
Charles Wells Early Woodwinds Open in a new browser window  
   Maker of transverse flutes of the renaissance, baroque and classical periods.
   http://www.kawells.fsnet.co.uk
Owen Morse-Brown Open in a new browser window  
   Hand made early stringed instruments.
   http://www.owenmorse-brown.com/
Lute-Harpsichord: A Forgotten Instrument Open in a new browser window  
   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
Tony Lacey Instrument Maker Open in a new browser window  
   Instrument maker based in Wass, North Yorkshire, specialising in early music and mediaeval instruments.
   http://www.wass.co.uk/music/
Kelischek Workshop for Historical Instruments Open in a new browser window  
   German craftsman George Kelischek manufactures and sells Susato pennywhistles as well as his own designs for the tabor-pipe, galoubet, txistu, ocarina, crumhorn, hurdy-gurdy, viola d'amore, rebec, dulcimer, and a wide variety of recorders, based in Brasst
   http://www.susato.com/
The Early Music Shop Open in a new browser window  
   Selling kits and ready-made instruments such as recorders, clavichords, lutes, psalteries and citterns. Based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England.
   http://www.e-m-s.com/
Instruments to Play Medieval Music Open in a new browser window  
   Pictures of medieval instruments with illustrations from medieval art. Includes audio clips, bibliography and discography in French.
   http://www.instrumentsmedievaux.org/
Curtal, Dulcian, Bajón: A History of the Precursor to the Bassoon Open in a new browser window  
   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/
Serpent Website Open in a new browser window  
   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/
OcarinaLand: Gemshorn Open in a new browser window  
   Information and overview of this 16th-century form of vessel flute.
   http://s89015200.onlinehome.us/oc-land/gemshorn.html
Early Music Vincent Ho Open in a new browser window  
   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/

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