Instruments

» Musical Instrument Reference
   Resource for teachers and students. Modern musical instruments, transposition, concert pitch and best sounding range.
   http://musicarrangers.com/instruments/

» 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-r
   http://www.ksanti.net/free-reed/description/taxonomy.html

» Australian Aboriginal Musical Instruments
   Descriptions and images of the didjeridu, bullroarer, gum-leaf, and clapsticks.

   
   http://www.didjshop.com/austrAboriginalMusicInstruments.htm

» CHICO Instrument Encyclopedia
   Information categorized geographically and by type. Features histories and photos.

   
   http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/

» 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.

   
   http://www.windworld.com/

» Face Music: Traditional Instruments of the Mongolia People
   Brief descriptions and photographs.

   
   http://www.face-music.ch/instrum/mongolia_instrum.html

» 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.

   
   http://www.contrabass.com/pages/frequency.html#Db1

» Iberian Folk Instruments
   Photographs, descriptions, and audio samples of traditional instruments and music-related images from the Iberian Peninsula.

   
   http://www.tamborileros.com/tradiberia/e_inicio.htm

» Lithuanian Instrumental Music
   Photographs and descriptions of traditional instruments, article on ensembles, glossary, and bibliography.

   
   http://ausis.gf.vu.lt/eka/instrum/instru_c.html

» MFA: Musical Instruments
   Photographs and information about instruments in the extensive collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

   
   http://www.mfa.org/artemis/collections/mi.htm

» Mechanical Music Digest
   Moderated forum about musical instruments that play themselves. Published daily on the Internet and distributed primarily by e-mail.

   
   http://www.mmdigest.com/

» 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

   
   http://www.pha.oeaw.ac.at/Mechanical_Music/

» Musical Instrument Information
   Annotated internet directory, and a help desk for personal assistance with your questions.

   
   http://www.oriscus.com/mi/

» 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.

   
   http://www.metmuseum.org/Works_Of_Art/department.asp?dep=18

» Musiciansnews.com
   News for musicians about instruments, artists and competitions.

   
   http://www.musiciansnews.com/

» NIU Musical Instrument Collection
   Photographs and audio samples of instruments from around the world, organized alphabetically, geographically, and by type.

   
   http://www.engineering.usu.edu/ece/faculty/wheeler/NIU/

» 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]

   
   http://www.pro-music-news.com/

» 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].

   
   http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/2831/

» The Classical Free-Reed, Inc.
   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.

   
   http://www.ksanti.net/free-reed/

» The Institute Of Musical Instrument Technology
   The main professional body covering the music industry. Features publication and membership details.

   
   http://www.imit.org.uk/

» World Musical Instrument Gallery
   Descriptions, photographs, and some sound samples of instruments in Randy Raine-Reusch's large collection.

   
   http://www.asza.com/ihm.shtml