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Musical Instrument Reference - From MusicArrangers.com. 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 - 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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Australian Aboriginal Musical Instruments - Descriptions and images of the
didjeridu, bullroarer, gum-leaf, and clapsticks.
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CHICO Instrument Encyclopedia - Information categorized geographically and
by type. Features histories and photos.
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The Classical Free-Reed, Inc. - Offers information about free reed
instruments including the accordian, bayan, concertina, harmonica, sheng and
reed organ. Includes definitions, descriptions, history, articles, reviews and
a performers directory.
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Duke University Musical Instruments Collections - Collection built around
a 2000 bequest of 400 instruments and 100 paintings from a Duke alumnus.
Details of exhibits and performances.
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Experimental Musical Instruments - 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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Face Music: Traditional Instruments of the Mongolia People - Brief
descriptions and photographs.
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Frequencies and Ranges - A table of extremely low musical notes matching
frequencies with instruments able to play them. Links to pictures and articles
including a subcontrabass clarinet built especially to play C-2, or 4 cycles
per second.
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Iberian Folk Instruments - Photographs, descriptions, and audio samples of
traditional instruments and music-related images from the Iberian Peninsula.
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The Institute Of Musical Instrument Technology - The main professional
body covering the music industry. Features publication and membership details.
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Lithuanian Instrumental Music - Photographs and descriptions of
traditional instruments, article on ensembles, glossary, and bibliography.
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Mechanical Music Digest - Moderated forum about musical instruments that
play themselves. Published daily on the Internet and distributed primarily by
e-mail.
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MFA: Musical Instruments - Photographs and information about instruments
in the extensive collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Musical Automata - 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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Musical Instrument Information - Annotated internet directory, and a help
desk for personal assistance with your questions.
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Musical Instruments - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - 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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Musiciansnews.com - News for musicians about instruments, artists and
competitions.
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Mxtabs - Over a thousand tabs (tablatures) for drum, bass and guitar for
alternative, metal and rock music. Lessons, articles, links and site reviews,
how to read tabs.
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NIU Musical Instrument Collection - Photographs and audio samples of
instruments from around the world, organized alphabetically, geographically,
and by type.
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Pro-Music-News - 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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Society for Self-playing Musical Instruments - Devoted to the devices and
their use, design, history, and sale with links to museums and related
organizations [English/Deutsch].
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World Musical Instrument Gallery - Descriptions, photographs, and some
sound samples of instruments in Randy Raine-Reusch's large collection.