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| | Bate Collection of Musical Instruments |
| | An extensive and systematic collection of European orchestral woodwind instruments donated to the University of Oxford by Philip Bate.
http://www.bate.ox.ac.uk - New window - Cached - Archive - |
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| | Contrabass Compendium |
| | A list of bass and contrabass instruments, past and present.
http://www.contrabass.com/pages/compendium.html - New window - Cached - Archive - |
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| | Culturekiosque Klassiknet: Baroque Instruments |
| | A dictionary to provide the music lover with a reasonable amount of information about period instruments.
http://www.culturekiosque.com/klassik/features/fa1baroq.htm - New window - Cached - Archive - |
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| | Curtal, Dulcian, Bajón: A History of the Precursor to the Bassoon |
| | A book by Maggie Kilbey charting the history and development of the instrument and includes a catalogue of extant instruments around the world.
http://www.curtalbook.com/ - New window - Cached - Archive - |
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| | Diabolus in Musica Guide to Early Instruments |
| | Information on as many early instruments as possible.
http://www.diabolus.org/guide/guide-m.htm - New window - Cached - Archive - |
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| | Dulcians |
| | A description of the Dulcian or Curtal, which is the Renaissance predecessor of the bassoon.
http://www.dulcians.org/ - New window - Cached - Archive - |
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| | Early Music Vincent Ho |
| | 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.rawbw.com/~hbv/earlymus/ - New window - Cached - Archive - |
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| | Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments |
| | 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/ - New window - Cached - Archive - |
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| | Historic Double Reed Instruments |
| | Describes shawms, curtals, oboes, and bassoons made by Robert H. Cronin.
http://www.roberthcronin.com/ - New window - Cached - Archive - |
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| | Instruments to Play Medieval Music |
| | Pictures of medieval instruments with illustrations from medieval art. Includes audio clips, bibliography and discography in French.
http://www.instrumentsmedievaux.org/ - New window - Cached - Archive - |
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