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Musical Instrument Information
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Annotated internet directory, and a help desk for personal assistance with your questions.
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CHICO Instrument Encyclopedia
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Information categorized geographically and by type. Features histories and photos.
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The Institute Of Musical Instrument Technology
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The main professional body covering the music industry. Features publication and membership details.
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Pro-Music-News
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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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Society for Self-playing Musical Instruments
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Devoted to the devices and their use, design, history, and sale with links to museums and related organizations [English/Deutsch].
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Mechanical Music Digest
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Moderated forum about musical instruments that play themselves. Published daily on the Internet and distributed primarily by e-mail.
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Musical Instruments - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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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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Musiciansnews.com
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News for musicians about instruments, artists and competitions.
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Musical Instrument Reference
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From MusicArrangers.com. Resource for teachers and students. Modern musical instruments, transposition, concert pitch and best sounding range.
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NIU Musical Instrument Collection
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Photographs and audio samples of instruments from around the world, organized alphabetically, geographically, and by type.
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World Musical Instrument Gallery
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Descriptions, photographs, and some sound samples of instruments in Randy Raine-Reusch's large collection.
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MFA: Musical Instruments
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Photographs and information about instruments in the extensive collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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Iberian Folk Instruments
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Photographs, descriptions, and audio samples of traditional instruments and music-related images from the Iberian Peninsula.
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Australian Aboriginal Musical Instruments
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Descriptions and images of the didjeridu, bullroarer, gum-leaf, and clapsticks.
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Lithuanian Instrumental Music
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Photographs and descriptions of traditional instruments, article on ensembles, glossary, and bibliography.
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Face Music: Traditional Instruments of the Mongolia People
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Brief descriptions and photographs.
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The Classical Free-Reed, Inc.
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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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Taxonomy of Musical Instruments, by Henry Doktorsi
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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 Automata
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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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Duke University Musical Instruments Collections
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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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The Classical Free Reed, Inc.
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Organization history and information, news, online store, articles, reviews, directory, and links.
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Classical Free-Reed, Inc.
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Nonprofit organization promoting the free-reed instruments (such as accordion, concertina, reed organ, harmonica, sheng) in classical music.
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Musiciansnews.com
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Daily updated magazine with the CD and music releases and news for musicians.
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Traditional Music and Instruments of the Mongolia people
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An overview of instruments and traditions
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Instrument Encyclopedia
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A guide to more than 140 musical instruments from all parts of the world. Includes photographs and descriptions.
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The Classical Free-Reed, Inc.
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Classical performer, educator and conductor Henry Doktorski offers hundreds of illustrated pages on the concertina, accordion, harmonica, bandoneon, sheng and harmonium (reed organ) including a directory of performers organized by country and instrument.
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Instrument Encyclopedia
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A guide to more than musical 140 instruments from all parts of the world. Includes photographs and descriptions.
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Music Heritage Network Instrument Encyclopedia
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Encyclopedia of Music Instruments from around the World. Initiative of CHICO, the Cultural Heritage Information and Community Outreach University of Michigan School of Information, Stearns Museum of Musical Instruments, and School of Music
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Instrument Encyclopedia - Stearns Collection
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Musical instruments from around the world including over 140 artifacts from the Stearns Collection at the University of Michigan.
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