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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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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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Musiciansnews.com - http://www.musiciansnews.com/
News for musicians about instruments, artists and competitions. |
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Mechanical Music Digest - http://www.mmdigest.com/
Moderated forum about musical instruments that play themselves. Published daily on the Internet and distributed primarily by e-mail. |
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Frequencies and Ranges - http://www.contrabass.com/pages/frequency.html#Db1
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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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 Instrument Information - http://www.oriscus.com/mi/
Annotated internet directory, and a help desk for personal assistance with your questions. |