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Education
iBreatheMusic.com, Satisfied Mind
Electronic
Mellotrons and Optigans, MIDI Controllers, Synthesizers and Samplers, Theremin, Vocoders, 120 Years of Electronic Music, Electronic Musician, Music Electronics Archive, Synthtopia
Indian
BBC Radio: Indian Instruments, Eindiaplus: Instruments, India4World: Indian Musical Instruments, Indian Embassy, Manila Philippines: Indian Instrum, Indian Melody: Instruments In Indian Music, Indian Musical Instruments, Indya.com: Music, Makar: Indian Classical Music Instruments, MusicalNirvana: Instruments, North Indian Musical Iinstruments
Japanese
Makers, Organizations, Japanese Culture: Musical Instruments, Japanese Flutes, Pacific University: Traditional Japanese Music
Jew's Harp
Jew's Harp, MHN Instrument Encyclopedia, The Jew's Harp Guild
Keyboard
Early, Electric Pianos, Harpsichord, Magazines and E-zines, Makers, Manufacturers, Organ, Organizations, Piano, International Association of Electronic Keyboard M
Makers
A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J
Manufacturers
Alembic, American Plating and Manufacturing Company, Axe Hugger, Bhatia Musicals, Boehme Music, C. F. Martin and Company, Delhi Musical Stores, Fernanda Baiocco, Gibson, Grand (Worldwide) Ltd.
Middle Eastern
Bosnian Traditional Instruments, Iranian Traditional Instruments, Jas's Dumbek Rhythms, Traditional Armenian Folk Instruments, Zurna FAQ
Native American
Books-Instructions, Drums and Rattles, Forums-Circles, Choctaw Flutes, Civilization.ca: Musical Instruments, FluteKey, Flutetree, Mad River Flute Company, Native American Flutes, Native Echo Flutes, Wind's Song Flutes
Percussion
Angklung, Bells, Berimbau, Cymbal, Directories, Drums, Ensembles, Magazines and E-zines, Makers, Mallet Percussion
Repair
Doctor Valve, Brass Instrument Specialist, Micnap Band Instrument Repair, Musical Instrument Maintenance Video, ReWrap - It, Size Music Repairs, The Brass Bow, The Hornworks
Squeezebox
Accordion, Concertina, Events, Makers, Manufacturers, Organizations, John C Kleinbauer's Unique Plans, Orest's melodeon and bandura pages, Squeezebox Links, Squeezeboxes on the Silver Screen, The Squeezebox
Stringed
Artists, Autoharp, Banjo, Bass, Bowed Strings, Charango, Dulcimer, Education, Guitar, Harp
Winds
Bagpipe, Brass, Didgeridoo, Education, Harmonica, Kazoos, Makers, Manufacturers, Ocarinas, Organizations
Australian Aboriginal Musical Instruments
Descriptions and images of the didjeridu, bullroarer, gum-leaf, and clapsticks.
CHICO Instrument Encyclopedia
Information categorized geographically and by type. Features histories and photos.
Face Music: Traditional Instruments of the Mongoli
Brief descriptions and photographs.
Iberian Folk Instruments
Photographs, descriptions, and audio samples of traditional instruments and music-related images from the Iberian Peninsula.
Lithuanian Instrumental Music
Photographs and descriptions of traditional instruments, article on ensembles, glossary, and bibliography.
Mechanical Music Digest
Moderated forum about musical instruments that play themselves. Published daily on the Internet and distributed primarily by e-mail.
MFA: Musical Instruments
Photographs and information about instruments in the extensive collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.
Music Gear Review
Gear news, reviews, tablature and shopping. Covers guitars, basses, drums, keyboards, PA systems, effects pedals, amplifiers, software, accessories.
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.
Musical Instrument Information
Annotated internet directory, and a help desk for personal assistance with your questions.
Musical Instrument Reference
From MusicArrangers.com. Resource for teachers and students. Modern musical instruments, transposition, concert pitch and best sounding range.
Musical Instruments - The Metropolitan Museum of A
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.
Musiciansnews.com
News for musicians about instruments, artists and competitions.
Mxtabs
Over a thousand tabs (tablatures) for drum, bass and guitar for alternative, metal and rock music. Lessons, articles, links and site reviews, how to read tabs.
NIU Musical Instrument Collection
Photographs and audio samples of instruments from around the world, organized alphabetically, geographically, and by type.
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]
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].
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-reeds.
The Classical Free-Reed, Inc.
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.
The Institute Of Musical Instrument Technology
The main professional body covering the music industry.?Features publication and membership details.
World Musical Instrument Gallery
Descriptions, photographs, and some sound samples of instruments in Randy Raine-Reusch's large collection.