http://www.mimf.com/archives/cpvc_cornemuse.htm Build a cornemuse in 1.5 hours, from an archived discussion from the Musical Instrument Makers Forum. http://www.usd.edu/smm/ 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. http://www.ancestral.co.uk/ Maker of a range of early instruments, including bagpipes, reedpipes, hornpipes, bag hornpipes, small shawms, mediaeval fiddles, rebec, tromba marina and citole. http://aidenis.mch.mii.lt/kankles/ History, acoustics, and playing technique of a stringed folk instrument similar to a hammered dulcimer. http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/BCMIPage.html An extensive and systematic collection of European orchestral woodwind instruments donated to the University of Oxford by Philip Bate. http://www.fortepiano.nl Early pianos restored, sold, rented. http://www.contrabass.com/pages/compendium.html A list of bass and contrabass instruments, past and present. http://www.culturekiosque.com/klassik/features/fa1baroq.htm A dictionary to provide the music lover with a reasonable amount of information about period instruments. http://www.jarratt-knock.freeserve.co.uk/ Personal and instrument information about this renaissance cornetto performer. http://www.diabolus-in-musica.freeserve.co.uk/guide/guide-m.htm Information on as many early instruments as possible. http://www.hansmons.com/dulcians/index.html A description of the Dulcian or Curtal, which is the renaissance predecessor of the bassoon. http://www.ccsi.com/~bobs/webhp4.html Promoting the use of brass, timpani and other percussion in early music. http://members.aol.com/cornetto45/cj/cjmusic.html Sound files and images of instruments from the Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque periods. http://www.tsoft.com/~hbv/earlymus/ 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. http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/ A museum in Scotland open to the public contains 1000 items including stringed, woodwind, brass and percussion instruments from Britain, Europe, and distant lands. http://www.music.ed.ac.uk/euchmi/ucjl.html Photos of the universities' extensive collection of instruments. http://www.finkenbeiner.com/ In addition to a reputation for producing top quality work in the field of Scientific Glassblowing, they also manufacture Glass Harmonicas. http://www16.brinkster.com/arminian/Renaissance/index.html Online beginner's instruction in early instruments, including panpipes, bandurria, mandolin, and 6-hole keyless flute. http://www.roberthcronin.com Describes shawms, curtals, oboes, and bassoons made by Robert H. Cronin. http://www.ccsi.com/~bobs/histperc.html Resources and links. http://www.multimania.com/cbrass/ Pictures of medieval instruments with illustrations from medieval art. Includes audio clips, bibliography and discography in French. http://www.jeremywest.co.uk/index.html Information on the 17th century cornetto, performance with His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts, manufacture of cornetti and other instruments by Christopher Monk Instruments, and instruction at the Royal College of Music in London. http://www.cb1.com/~john/misc/music.html Description of medieval singing techniques and the musical instruments he plays. http://www.gruk.net/lars/BaroqueFluteCorner.html Information on the Baroque flute, including instrument care and fingering charts. 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. http://www.islandnet.com/~arton/barluthp.html Bach sought, and had custom-built, a harpsichord which sounded like a lute. Detailed description of history and construction. http://www.unh.edu/music/igref.htm Iconography of the horn, lute, pipe and tabor, and tambourine in Western-European Art. http://www.s-hamilton.k12.ia.us/antiqua/instrumt.html Musica Antiqua's illustrated guide: pictures, descriptions, and history. http://www.radix.net/~dglenn/defs/inst.html Descriptions and pictures of early (i.e. pre-Baroque), non-Western, or obscure musical instruments. http://www.goucher.edu/physics/baum/nattrump.htm Resources for those interested in the natural trumpet http://www.webster.sk.ca/greenwich/fl-compl.htm Musicological analysis by Bob Fink of the oldest musical instrument, including it significance to the origin of music. http://panther.bsc.edu/~jhcook/OrgHist/history/hist002.htm History of the organ in western Europe after the fall of Rome. http://oak.cc.conncoll.edu/~bjjoh/pifarri.html Wind instrument ensembles in Italy from 1450 to 1620 by Brenda Johnstone. http://www.bits.bris.ac.uk/jude/music.html Information about the crumhorn, curtal, nyckelharpa, ophicleide, and heckelphone. http://crab.rutgers.edu/~pbutler/rebec.html Origin and history of the rebec, construction, playing, tuning, bibliography, and many illustrations. http://www.geocities.com/ren_cittern Information on its history, articles, art, music, recordings, players, composers, and builders. http://www.hike.te.chiba-u.ac.jp/cons1/ Demonstration of a consort of renaissance instruments by Yasuhiko Higaki. http://www.renwks.com/emwebring/emwrlink.html An early music workshop making medieval (mediaeval), renaissance and baroque musical instruments for historical performance. http://www.serpentwebsite.com/ Provides basic information for the interested lay person on all aspects of the instrument, from its early history through the present day. http://www-ceb.bo.infn.it/meneghini/music_e.htm Information about the harpsichord, virginal and clavichord, audio files, related links and early music iconography. http://www.tapiasgold.com/instruments.html Descriptions of instruments used for dance music during the renaissance, illustrated with period drawings. http://www.malaspina.com/harp/guitar/ A small history of the guitar and its predecessors by W. J. (Joe) Bethancourt III . http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~priestdo/lyre.html History, construction, and playing techniques. http://www.chez.com/thomasbloch/engGLASS.htm A soloist who specializes in this rare instrument, manufactured by Gerhard Finkenbeiner. http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/articles/troubadours.and.instruments.html A paper titled "Peirol's Vielle, instrumental participation in the troubadour repertory" by Joel Cohen. http://www.newamsterdammusic.com/kinnor/index.htm Research by Dennis F. McCorkle about the tuning of the harp lyre kinnor of King David as seen on the bar Kochba coins from ancient Israel, and other sources. http://www.dreamscape.com/quando7/index.htm Information on wind instruments of the Renaissance.