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Finally updated & tested February 2010!
Contents:
EarlyMusic
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Instruments
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Makers& Sellers
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Societies
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OtherEnsembles
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Festivals
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Costume
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Dance
EarlyMusic:
Early Music FAQ
GalpinSociety Home Page
World Wide Internet Music Sources: EarlyMusic Groups
ArtoWikla's Music Page
Arto has done a wonderful job of providinga wealth of early music links. I won't try to duplicate it all here.
Musical
Instruments:
Many Instruments
ORPHEON-Museumof Historical Musical Instruments
Medievaland Renaissance Instruments
Photos and Descriptions
Lutes:
Arto Wikla's Music Page
Lutes are one of Arto's specialties- make this your first stop
Have you ever Wondered What Lutes are for??
A Lute History
Lutenist in Scotland
information about lutenists & ensembles in Scotland
Jeff Lee's Music Page
calculate fret distances for moveable frets
Peter Oljelund Page
very interesting graphics - you should see it
Federico Marincola's Lute Page
Homepage of Diego Cantalupi
Chris Bolton's Lute Page/
Tablature & Software:
Lyre Music
Django Tablature Editor & Composer
The Lute Page
Wayne Cripp's lute page. Sign up for the Lute mailing list.
Nice lute pictures there.
Sourcesfor Lute Strings
Lutes for Sale
For sale by private individuals
Lundgren's Lute Online
Beginner's Lute Instruction via the Internet
Viols:
TheViola da Gamba Society of France
TheViol
DamianDlugolecki - Maker of Fine Gut Strings
Recorders:
The Recorder Home Page
Double Reeds:
Dulcians
dulcian.htm
Racketts
The Rackett
Krummhorns:
The Crumhorn Home Page
Brass & Cornetto:
Renaissance Cornetto
BruceDickey's Cornetto Page
Christipher Monk Instruments- Cornetts
Bagpipe:
Bagpipes of the World
TheUniverse of Bagpipes
Oliver Seeler
The World of Bagpipes
Christopher Bayley
David Daye's Bagpipe Page
Excellent site about traditional bagpipes
Thorsten Stoye, Hamburg
Traditional bagpipes in Germany today
Ancestral Instruments
David Marshall - The website for early English bagpipes and The Troubadours
The original bagpipe web directory
Galician Bagpipes
Bagpipe Reeds:
Make small-pipe & other reeds from yogurt containers
Never-Stop Artificial Drone Reed
Making Plastic Bagpipe Reeds
Bagpipe reed making links - some are outdated
Hurdy-Gurdy:
Good hurdy-gurdy introduction
TheHurdy-Gurdy
Olympic Musical Instruments
Alden and Cali Hackmann's hurdy-gurdy site
Building a hurdy-gurdy
How to build a hurdy-gurdy for under $20
Matthew Szostak's Hurdy-Gurdy Page
Harp:
The Early Harp
Percussion:
Harms Historical Percussion Homepage
Makers & Sellers:
Kelischek Workshop
Brasstown, NC, A good Range of Products and good Service
von Huene Workshop, Inc.
Brookline, MA
Boulder Early Music Shop
Boulder CO
The Early Music Shop
Bradford, UK
Lark In The Morning
California
Ethnic Musical Instruments Co.
Assorted instruments at low prices
Antique Sound Workshop
Plymouth, MA
Larry Brown - Lute Maker
Ashville, North Carolina
List of UK Lute Makers
Barber & Harris Lutes
UK
Arthur Robb- LuteMaker- Musical Instrument Maker
UK
David Van Edwards - Lute and Bow
Also displays 'Lute of the Month' picture and
Internet Lute Building Course
Oliver Wadsworth - Luthier
Martin Shepherd - Lute Maker
Paulo Busato - Lutemaker
Werkstatt für historische Saiteninstrumente
Giuseppe Tumiati - Lutemaker
Musicmaker's Kits, Inc.
Flat back lute kits & plans
Build Your Own Lute How To CD
Julian Goodacre - Bagpipe Maker
Thorsten Stoye - Bagpipe Maker
Custom built historical pipes
Stefan Beck - Krummhorn Maker
Simply glorious!
Corilon Violins
A good source for well restored Violas da Gamba. We got a nice used and restored Uebel Tenor viol. They accepted PayPal and shipped to the USA at a fairly low cost. Check out their 'rare' instruments.
Societies:
The Lute Society of America Page
List of Lute Societies
From Argentina to UK and everything in between
Viola da Gamba Society of America
International Double Reed Society
The Historic Brass Society
The American Recorder Society
Bagpipe Society ,UK
Directory of Hurdy-gurdy Organizations
Plainsong and Mediaeval Music Society Home Page
American Harp Society
Historical Harp & Early Music Links
Medieval Music & Arts Foundation
Other Ensembles:
World wide Internet Music Resources: Early Music Groups
The List of Period Instrument Performance Ensembles
This is the major list of ensembles.Below we take you directly to some of our favorites:
Bells & Motley John & Sondra Bromka
Piffaro
a Splendid Renaissance Wind Band from Philadelphia
Capella Antiqua Bambergensis
Doulce Mémoire Ensemble
Freiburger Spielleyt
The York Waits
a Splendid Renaissance Wind Band, not from Philadelphia
Baltimore Consort
a String, Wind & Vocal ensemble, not from Philadelphia
Baltimore Consort's Christmas Concert
The King's Noyse
His Majesty's Sagbutts and Cornetts
Mappamundi
World Music
Frölich Geschray
Furunkulus Bladilo
Die Spielleut der Ewigkeit
Schelmish
Wolgemut
Wolkenstayn
die Lebensfreude des Mittelalters!
Nachtwindheim
Schöne Musik für schöne Menschen
Ceretanus
Die Spielleut der Pfalzritter zu Neuburg
Terra Serpentis
RenaissanceMan
Performer & Entertainer based in Maryland
This list was partly updated and corrected May 2015