All Sites

» 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://www2.si.umich.edu/chico/instrument/

» 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.

http://www.dumic.org/

» 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

» 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 Sciences.

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/

» 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/

» 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