Early Music : Instruments

	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. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	An Exhibition of Early Musical Instruments - Bagpipes, crumhorns, drum, medieval fiddle, flutes, harp, tromba marina, rebec, symphony and hurdy-gurdies made by Bryan Tolley. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Bate Collection of Musical Instruments - An extensive and systematic collection of European orchestral woodwind instruments donated to the University of Oxford by Philip Bate. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Building a Cornamuse in F (Alto) - Instructions for building an instrument by Jörg Becker. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Contrabass Compendium - A list of bass and contrabass instruments, past and present. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Culturekiosque Klassiknet: Baroque Instruments - http://www.culturekiosque.com/klassik/features/fa1baroq.htm A dictionary to provide the music lover with a reasonable amount of information about period instruments. Status Code: 301 - Location: /klassik/features/ra1barof.htm Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Curtal, Dulcian, Bajón: A History of the Precursor to the Bassoon - http://www.culturekiosque.com/klassik/features/fa1baroq.htm A book by Maggie Kilbey charting the history and development of the instrument and includes a catalogue of extant instruments around the world. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Diabolus in Musica Guide to Early Instruments - http://www.culturekiosque.com/klassik/features/fa1baroq.htm Information on as many early instruments as possible. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Dulcians - http://www.culturekiosque.com/klassik/features/fa1baroq.htm A description of the Dulcian or Curtal, which is the Renaissance predecessor of the bassoon. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Early Music Vincent Ho - http://www.culturekiosque.com/klassik/features/fa1baroq.htm 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. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments - http://www.culturekiosque.com/klassik/features/fa1baroq.htm A museum in Scotland open to the public contains 1000 items including stringed, woodwind, brass and percussion instruments from Britain, Europe, and distant lands. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Historic Double Reed Instruments - http://www.culturekiosque.com/klassik/features/fa1baroq.htm Describes shawms, curtals, oboes, and bassoons made by Robert H. Cronin. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Instruments to Play Medieval Music - http://www.culturekiosque.com/klassik/features/fa1baroq.htm Pictures of medieval instruments with illustrations from medieval art. Includes audio clips, bibliography and discography in French. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Joëlle Morton's Historical Bass - http://www.culturekiosque.com/klassik/features/fa1baroq.htm The history of bass string instruments such as the viola da gamba, violone, and double bass, along with their performance practices and iconography. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	John's Music Things - http://www.culturekiosque.com/klassik/features/fa1baroq.htm Description of medieval singing techniques and the musical instruments he plays. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Kenneth Sparr - http://www.tabulatura.com/ Information about lute, guitar and early keyboards. Status Code: 200 - Location: http://www.tabulatura.com/index.htm Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Kim Christensen's Music Museum - http://www.tabulatura.com/ Private collection of music instruments with pictures, sound samples, history, and functional description. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Lars' Baroque Flute Corner - http://www.tabulatura.com/ Information on the Baroque flute, including instrument care and fingering charts. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Links to History of Musical Instruments - http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/Callon/2273/Instr.htm Includes links to museums and collections, historical guides, historical sources and facsimiles, societies, individual instruments, and world instruments. Status Code: 302 - Location: http://socrates.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/Callon/2273/Instr.htm Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Lute-Harpsichord: A Forgotten Instrument - http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/Callon/2273/Instr.htm Bach sought, and had custom-built, a harpsichord which sounded like a lute. Detailed description of history and construction. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Mary Rasmussen's Horn and Lute Iconography - http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/Callon/2273/Instr.htm Iconography of the horn, lute, pipe and tabor, and tambourine in Western-European Art. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Medieval and Renaissance Instruments - http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/Callon/2273/Instr.htm Musica Antiqua's illustrated guide: pictures, descriptions, and history. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	National Music Museum - http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/Callon/2273/Instr.htm Founded as an academic support unit of The University of South Dakota, this collection includes more than 10,000 American, European, and non-Western instruments from virtually all cultures and historical periods. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Neanderthal Flute - http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/Callon/2273/Instr.htm Musicological analysis by Bob Fink of the oldest musical instrument, including its significance to the origin of music. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Pifarri Page - http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/Callon/2273/Instr.htm Wind instrument ensembles in Italy from 1450 to 1620 by Brenda Flynn. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Rebec Page - http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/Callon/2273/Instr.htm Origin and history of the rebec, construction, playing, tuning, bibliography, and many illustrations. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Renaissance Cittern Page - http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/Callon/2273/Instr.htm Information on its history, articles, art, music, recordings, players, composers, and builders. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Stages in Evolution of Scales, Melody and Harmony - http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/Callon/2273/Instr.htm Paper about the stages in the origins of music and its development. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Tapia's Gold - Instruments of the Renaissance - http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/Callon/2273/Instr.htm Descriptions of instruments used for dance music during the Renaissance, illustrated with period drawings. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	The Saxon Lyre - http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/Callon/2273/Instr.htm History, construction, and playing techniques. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]
	Windcaps - http://plato.acadiau.ca/courses/musi/Callon/2273/Instr.htm Early music in various manifestations by Mark W Venn, including handmade Renaissance woodwind instruments, Cotswold Early Music Festival (formerly the Cirencester Early Music Festival), and the "Mozart" music software. Status Code: 200 Edit listing [dmoz.org] - Report dead link [dmoz.org] - Edit Category [dmoz.org]