Coozila! Directory

Coozila! Directory

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    Musical Instrument Reference Open in a new browser window

    http://musicarrangers.com/instruments/

    Resource for teachers and students. Modern musical instruments, transposition, concert pitch and best sounding range.

    Taxonomy of Musical Instruments, by Henry Doktorsi Open in a new browser window

    http://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-r

    Australian Aboriginal Musical Instruments Open in a new browser window
    http://www.didjshop.com/austrAboriginalMusicInstruments.htm

    Descriptions and images of the didjeridu, bullroarer, gum-leaf, and clapsticks.

    Experimental Musical Instruments Open in a new browser window
    http://www.windworld.com/

    Online 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.

    Face Music: Traditional Instruments of the Mongolia People Open in a new browser window
    http://www.face-music.ch/instrum/mongolia_instrum.html

    Brief descriptions and photographs.

    Frequencies and Ranges Open in a new browser window
    http://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.

    Iberian Folk Instruments Open in a new browser window
    http://www.tamborileros.com/tradiberia/e_inicio.htm

    Photographs, descriptions, and audio samples of traditional instruments and music-related images from the Iberian Peninsula.

    MFA: Musical Instruments Open in a new browser window
    http://www.mfa.org/collections/musical-instruments

    Photographs and information about instruments in the extensive collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

    Mechanical Music Digest Open in a new browser window
    http://www.mmdigest.com/

    Moderated forum about musical instruments that play themselves. Published daily on the Internet and distributed primarily by e-mail.

    Musical Automata Open in a new browser window
    http://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

    Musical Instrument Information Open in a new browser window
    http://www.oriscus.com/mi/

    Annotated internet directory, and a help desk for personal assistance with your questions.

    Pro-Music-News Open in a new browser window
    http://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]

    Society for Self-playing Musical Instruments Open in a new browser window
    http://www.musica-mechanica.de/

    Devoted to the devices and their use, design, history, and sale with links to museums and related organizations [English/Deutsch].

    The Classical Free-Reed, Inc. Open in a new browser window
    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.

    The Institute Of Musical Instrument Technology Open in a new browser window
    http://www.imit.org.uk/

    The main professional body covering the music industry. Features publication and membership details.

    World Musical Instrument Gallery Open in a new browser window
    http://www.asza.com/ihm.shtml

    Descriptions, photographs, and some sound samples of instruments in Randy Raine-Reusch's large collection.