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Instruments : Links
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Face Music Traditional Instruments of the Mongolia Peoplehttp://www.face-music.ch/instrum/mongolia_instrum.html Brief descriptions and photographs.
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CHICO Instrument Encyclopediahttp://www2.si.umich.edu//chico/instrument/ Information categorized geographically and by type. Features histories and photos.
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The Institute Of Musical Instrument TechnologyThe main professional body covering the music industry. Features publication and membership details.
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Experimental Musical InstrumentsOnline 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.
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Lithuanian Instrumental Musichttp://ausis.gf.vu.lt/eka/instrum/instru_c.html Photographs and descriptions of traditional instruments, article on ensembles, glossary, and bibliography.
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Frequencies and Rangeshttp://www.contrabass.com/pages/frequency.html#Db1 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.
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Pro-Music-Newshttp://www.pro-music-news.com/ 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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Taxonomy of Musical Instruments, by Henry Doktorsihttp://www.ksanti.net/free-reed/description/taxonomy.html 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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World Musical Instrument GalleryDescriptions, photographs, and some sound samples of instruments in Randy Raine-Reusch's large collection.
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Mechanical Music DigestModerated forum about musical instruments that play themselves. Published daily on the Internet and distributed primarily by e-mail.
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The Classical Free-Reed, Inc.http://www.ksanti.net/free-reed/ 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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Iberian Folk Instrumentshttp://www.tamborileros.com/tradiberia/e_inicio.htm Photographs, descriptions, and audio samples of traditional instruments and music-related images from the Iberian Peninsula.
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Musical Instrument InformationAnnotated internet directory, and a help desk for personal assistance with your questions.
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Musical Instrument Referencehttp://musicarrangers.com/instruments/ Resource for teachers and students. Modern musical instruments, transposition, concert pitch and best sounding range.
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Australian Aboriginal Musical Instrumentshttp://www.didjshop.com/austrAboriginalMusicInstruments.htm Descriptions and images of the didjeridu, bullroarer, gum-leaf, and clapsticks.
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Duke University Musical Instruments CollectionsCollection built around a 2000 bequest of 400 instruments and 100 paintings from a Duke alumnus. Details of exhibits and performances.
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Musical Automatahttp://www.pha.oeaw.ac.at/Mechanical_Music/ 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 Instruments - The Metropolitan Museum of Arthttp://www.metmuseum.org/Works_Of_Art/department.asp?dep=18 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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NIU Musical Instrument Collectionhttp://www.engineering.usu.edu/ece/faculty/wheeler/NIU/ Photographs and audio samples of instruments from around the world, organized alphabetically, geographically, and by type.
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