Instruments
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- Taxonomy of Musical Instruments, by Henry Doktorski
- 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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- Iberian Folk Instruments
- Photographs, descriptions, and audio samples of traditional instruments and music-related images from the Iberian Peninsula.
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- MFA: Musical Instruments
- Photographs and information about instruments in the extensive collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
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- Mechanical Music Digest
- Moderated forum about musical instruments that play themselves. Published daily on the Internet and distributed primarily by e-mail.
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- 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.
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- Musical Instrument Information
- Annotated internet directory, and a help desk for personal assistance with your questions.
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- 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].
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- 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.
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- The Institute Of Musical Instrument Technology
- The main professional body covering the music industry. Features publication and membership details.
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- World Musical Instrument Gallery
- Descriptions, photographs, and some sound samples of instruments in Randy Raine-Reusch's large collection.
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- Music Electronics Archive
- Schematics for some commercially available synthesizers and effects, electronic musical instrument links.
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- Synthtopia
- Electronic music resources. Features forum, news, interviews, music and gear reviews, artists, directory, and downloads.
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- Rhythm Bones Central
- History, regional names, events calendar, Bones Fests, bones players, vendors, Rhythm Bones Society membership form, mailing list, bibliography, discography, and videography.
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- The Hip Rhythm Digest
- A collection of transcriptions of famous grooves and solos, along with rudiments and exercises, for PDF and download.
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- Waywood Music
- Information on how to choose, set-up, tune and maintain drums, percussion, cymbals and hardware. Free MP3 downloads.
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- Wikipedia - Percussion Instrument
- Hyperlinked encyclopedia article provides information on the history, classification, function and notation of percussion instruments.