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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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Duke University Musical Instruments Collections - http://music.duke.edu/dumic.php
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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Mxtabs - http://www.mxtabs.net/
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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The Institute Of Musical Instrument Technology - http://www.imit.org.uk/
The main professional body covering the music industry. Features publication and membership details. |
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Mechanical Music Digest - http://mmd.foxtail.com/
Moderated forum about musical instruments that play themselves. Published daily on the Internet and distributed primarily by e-mail. |
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World Musical Instrument Gallery - http://www.asza.com/ihm.shtml
Descriptions, photographs, and some sound samples of instruments in Randy Raine-Reusch's large collection. |
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Musiciansnews.com - http://www.musiciansnews.com/
News for musicians about instruments, artists and competitions. |
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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. |
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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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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 Instruments - The Metropolitan Museum of Art - http://www.metmuseum.org/collections/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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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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MFA: Musical Instruments - http://www.mfa.org/artemis/collections/mi.htm
Photographs and information about instruments in the extensive collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. |
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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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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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The Classical Free-Reed, Inc. - http://www.ksanti.net/free-reed/
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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Face Music: Traditional Instruments of the Mongolia People - http://www.music.ch/face/instrum/mongolia_instrum.html
Brief descriptions and photographs. |
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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 Reference - http://music-arrangers.com/instruments/
From MusicArrangers.com. Resource for teachers and students. Modern musical instruments, transposition, concert pitch and best sounding range. |