Neanderthal Flute
Musicological analysis by Bob Fink of the oldest musical instrument, including it significance to the origin of music.
Stages in Evolution of Scales, Melody and Harmony
Paper about the stages in the origins of music and its development.
Joƫlle Morton's Historical Bass
The history of bass string instruments such as the viola da gamba, violone, and double bass, along with their performance practices and iconography.
Historic Double Reed Instruments
Describes shawms, curtals, oboes, and bassoons made by Robert H. Cronin.
Renaissance Cittern Page
Information on its history, articles, art, music, recordings, players, composers, and builders.
Kim Christensen's Music Museum
Private collection of music instruments with pictures, sound samples, history, and functional description.
Ancestral Instruments by David Marshall
Maker of a range of early instruments, including bagpipes, reedpipes, hornpipes, bag hornpipes, small shawms, mediaeval fiddles, rebec, tromba marina and citole.
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.
Tapia's Gold - Instruments of the Renaissance
Descriptions of instruments used for dance music during the renaissance, illustrated with period drawings.
Stefano Meneghini's Early Music Page
Information about the harpsichord, virginal and clavichord, audio files, related links and early music iconography.
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