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CHICO Instrument Encyclopedia - http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/
Information categorized geographically and by type. Features histories and photos. |
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Experimental Musical Instruments - http://www.windworld.com/
Online archives of quarterly journal devoted to interesting and unusual musical instruments and sound sources, along with sales of instruments and guides on how to make and play them. |
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Musical Instruments - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_Of_Art/department.asp?dep=18
The Met presents an international array of musical instruments of historical, technical, and social importance, as well as tonal and visual beauty, from accordions to zithers. |
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The Classical Free-Reed, Inc. - http://www.ksanti.net/free-reed/
Offers information about free reed instruments including the accordion, bayan, concertina, harmonica, sheng and reed organ. Includes definitions, descriptions, history, articles, reviews and a performers directory. |
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Pro-Music-News - http://www.pro-music-news.com/
News from the music industry and professional recording and P.A. technology and well as keyboards and percussion product news. [English/Deutsch] |
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Musical Instrument Reference - http://musicarrangers.com/instruments/
Resource for teachers and students. Modern musical instruments, transposition, concert pitch and best sounding range. |
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Taxonomy of Musical Instruments, by Henry Doktorsi - http://www.ksanti.net/free-reed/description/taxonomy.html
Chart based on a 1914 scheme by Sachs and von Hornbostel classifies orchestral, folk, and electronic instruments into families. A second chart maps the free-reed family, which includes harmonicas and concertinas, supported by a scholarly history of free-reeds. |
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Musical Instrument Information - http://www.oriscus.com/mi/
Annotated internet directory, and a help desk for personal assistance with your questions. |
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Musical Automata - http://www.pha.oeaw.ac.at/Mechanical_Music/
Systematic recording project begun in 1980 documenting mechanical music devices from Vienna and Prague, with CDs available for sale beginning in 1999. Headed by Helmut Kowar of Phonogrammarchiv, the audiovisual research archive of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. |
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Lithuanian Instrumental Music - http://ausis.gf.vu.lt/eka/instrum/instru_c.html
Photographs and descriptions of traditional instruments, article on ensembles, glossary, and bibliography. |
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Face Music: Traditional Instruments of the Mongolia People - http://www.face-music.ch/instrum/mongolia_instrum.html
Brief descriptions and photographs. |
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Society for Self-playing Musical Instruments - http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/2831/
Devoted to the devices and their use, design, history, and sale with links to museums and related organizations [English/Deutsch]. |
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Australian Aboriginal Musical Instruments - http://www.didjshop.com/austrAboriginalMusicInstruments.htm
Descriptions and images of the didjeridu, bullroarer, gum-leaf, and clapsticks. |
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NIU Musical Instrument Collection - http://www.engineering.usu.edu/ece/faculty/wheeler/NIU/
Photographs and audio samples of instruments from around the world, organized alphabetically, geographically, and by type. |
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Iberian Folk Instruments - http://www.tamborileros.com/tradiberia/e_inicio.htm
Photographs, descriptions, and audio samples of traditional instruments and music-related images from the Iberian Peninsula. |