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Early Music Vincent Ho
Early music and instruments, sound files of harpsichords and clavichords, and a table with pictures of the author's early music instruments collection, from medieval psalteries to renaissance recorders.
http://www.rawbw.com/~hbv/earlymus/
Jeremy West Cornett
Information on the 17th century cornetto, performance with His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, manufacture of cornetti and other instruments by Christopher Monk Instruments, and instruction at the Royal College of Music in London.
http://www.jeremywest.co.uk/index.html
Contrabass Compendium
A list of bass and contrabass instruments, past and present.
http://www.contrabass.com/pages/compendium...
Tapia's Gold - Instruments of the Renaissance
Descriptions of instruments used for dance music during the renaissance, illustrated with period drawings.
http://www.tapiasgold.com/instruments.html
Musical Instruments Described
Descriptions and pictures of early (i.e. pre-Baroque), non-Western, or obscure musical instruments.
http://www.radix.net/~dglenn/defs/inst.htm...
Natural Trumpet Resource Page
Resources for those interested in the natural trumpet
http://www.earlybrass.com/nattrump.htm
Curtal, Dulcian, Bajón: A History of the Precursor to the Bassoon
A book by Maggie Kilbey charting the history and development of the instrument and includes a catalogue of extant instruments around the world.
http://www.curtalbook.com/
Wind Instruments of the Renaissance
Information on wind instruments of the Renaissance.
http://www.dreamscape.com/quando7/index.ht...
Troubadours & Instruments
A paper titled "Peirol's Vielle, instrumental participation in the troubadour repertory" by Joel Cohen.
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/articles/troub...
Culturekiosque Klassiknet: Baroque Instruments
A dictionary to provide the music lover with a reasonable amount of information about period instruments.
http://www.culturekiosque.com/klassik/feat...
Dulcians
A description of the Dulcian or Curtal, which is the renaissance predecessor of the bassoon.
http://www.hansmons.com/dulcians/index.htm...
Kim Christensen's Music Museum
Private collection of music instruments with pictures, sound samples, history, and functional description.
http://musicmuseum.8m.com/
Stages in Evolution of Scales, Melody and Harmony
Paper about the stages in the origins of music and its development.
http://www.greenwych.ca/stages.htm
A Loud, Low Cost Cornemuse You Can Build from CPVC
Build a cornemuse in 1.5 hours, from an archived discussion from the Musical Instrument Makers Forum.
http://www.mimf.com/archives/cpvc_cornemus...
Joëlle Morton's Historical Bass
The history of bass string instruments such as the viola da gamba, violone, and double bass, along with their performance practices and iconography.
http://www.greatbassviol.com/
Links to History of Musical Instruments
Includes links to museums and collections, historical guides, historical sources and facsimiles, societies, individual instruments, and world instruments.
http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/Callo...
Diabolus in Musica: Guide to Early Instruments
Illustrated information covering the history, development and playing techniques of instruments in the sixteenth century.
http://www.diabolus.org/guide/guide-m.htm
The Saxon Lyre
History, construction, and playing techniques.
http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~priestdo/lyre.ht...
Rebec Page
Origin and history of the rebec, construction, playing, tuning, bibliography, and many illustrations.
http://crab.rutgers.edu/~pbutler/rebec.htm...
Owen Morse-Brown
Hand made early stringed instruments.
http://www.owenmorse-brown.com/
Lars' Baroque Flute Corner
Information on the Baroque flute, including instrument care and fingering charts.
http://www.gruk.net/lars/BaroqueFluteCorne...
Lute-Harpsichord: A Forgotten Instrument
Bach sought, and had custom-built, a harpsichord which sounded like a lute. Detailed description of history and construction.
http://www.baroquemusic.org/barluthp.html
National Music Museum
At the University of South Dakota, this collection includes instruments from virtually all cultures and historical periods.
http://www.usd.edu/smm/
Neanderthal Flute
Musicological analysis by Bob Fink of the oldest musical instrument, including its significance to the origin of music.
http://www.greenwych.ca/fl-compl.htm
A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments
Musica Antiqua's illustrated guide: pictures, descriptions, audio samples, and history.
http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instr...
Renaissance Cittern Page
Information on its history, articles, art, music, recordings, players, composers, and builders.
http://www.geocities.com/ren_cittern/
Historic Double Reed Instruments
Describes shawms, curtals, oboes, and bassoons made by Robert H. Cronin.
http://www.roberthcronin.com/
Bate Collection of Musical Instruments
An extensive and systematic collection of European orchestral woodwind instruments donated to the University of Oxford by Philip Bate.
http://www.bate.ox.ac.uk
Kenneth Sparr
Information about lute, guitar and early keyboards.
http://www.tabulatura.com/
John's Music Things
Description of medieval singing techniques and the musical instruments he plays.
http://www.cb1.com/~john/misc/music.html
Building a Cornamuse in F (Alto)
Instructions for building an instrument.
http://home.aol.com/GerRaith/corna.htm
La musique au Moyen-Age
Présentations d'instruments pour les musiques du Moyen-Age. MP3 et midi à télécharger.
http://www.instrumentsmedievaux.org/
John's Ophicleide Directory
A photographic and links directory for ophicleide players
http://www.wcwband.co.uk/ophicleide.htm
Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments
A museum in Scotland open to the public. Contains 1000 items including stringed, woodwind, brass and percussion instruments from Britain, Europe, and distant lands.
http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/
Pifarri Page
Wind instrument ensembles in Italy from 1450 to 1620 by Brenda Flynn.
http://tiltedworld.com/brenda/pifarri.html
Serpent Website
Provides basic information for the interested lay person on all aspects of the instrument, from its early history to the present.
http://www.serpentwebsite.com/
Mary Rasmussen's Horn and Lute Iconography
Iconography of the horn, lute, pipe and tabor, and tambourine in Western-European Art.
http://www.unh.edu/music/igref.htm
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