| MFA: Musical Instruments |
Photographs and information about instruments in the extensive collection at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. |
| Iberian Folk Instruments |
Photographs, descriptions, and audio samples of traditional instruments and music-related images from the Iberian Peninsula. |
| Australian Aboriginal Musical Instruments |
Descriptions and images of the didjeridu, bullroarer, gum-leaf, and clapsticks. |
| Lithuanian Instrumental Music |
Photographs and descriptions of traditional instruments, article on ensembles, glossary, and bibliography. |
| Face Music: Traditional Instruments of the Mongolia People |
Brief descriptions and photographs. |
| 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. |
| 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... |
| 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... |
| Duke University Musical Instruments Collections |
Collection built around a 2000 bequest of 400 instruments and 100 paintings from a Duke alumnus. Details of exhibits and performances. |
| Mechanical Music Digest |
Moderated forum about musical instruments that play themselves. Published daily on the Internet and distributed primarily by e-mail. |
