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This catalog site is designed so that it can be searched by keyword, collection, type of instrument, and date. It contains information on instruments in the possession of Duke University, with the exception of modern practice and performance pianos.
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Dr. Brenda Neece, DPhil (Oxon.)
Curator, DUMIC
Box 90665
Durham, NC 27708-0665
USA
Tel: 919-660-3320
Fax: 919-660-3301
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DUMIC Musical Instrument Links
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There are numerous musical instrument-related websites. This list of links does not aim to be comprehensive, but reflects what the DUMIC curator believes will be useful to students and others interested in learning more about musical instruments. For more exhaustive lists, please see CIMCIM’s International Directory of Musical Instrument Collections, its listing of members’ museums, the Duke Music Libraries musical instrument links, the National Music Museum’s extensive musical instrument links, and the University of Washington Libraries page of information about instruments.
The following links are organized in the following manner: General Resources (Organizations, Reference Materials, Acoustics, Iconography, Serial & Patent #s, Technical Drawings, Fingering Charts, & Instrument Making, Music Archive), Instruments (Drums, Strings, Keyboard, Brass, Free Reeds, Double Reeds, Flutes, Electrophones), American Museums & Collections, Museums & Collections in Other Countries, and Instrument Businesses / Makers / Dealers.
Please contact the DUMIC curator if you would like your site to be considered for inclusion on this list or if you note any problems with our existing links.
GENERAL RESOURCES
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Organizations
American Musical Instrument Society
Fellowship of Makers and Researchers of Historical Instruments (FoMRHI) Index
Reference Materials
Homepage of noted organologist Jeremy Montagu (many articles published on this site)
Smithsonian Musical Instrument Reading Lists
Acoustics
University of Edinburgh Musical Acoustics Network
Music Acoustics, University of New South Wales
Iconography
Web Gallery of Art (keyword searchable)
Mary Rasmussen’s Musical Iconography
Serial & Patent #s
Piano serial numbers at Bluebook of Pianos
Where to locate your piano’s serial number
Lars Kirmser’s Music Trader listing of serial #s for numerous makers
Serial #s for Bach, Besson, Conn, Holton, King, Olds
Serial #s for C.G. Conn 1919-1965
Using Patent Numbers for Dating Instruments
Technical Drawings
List of technical drawings available
Fingering Charts
Alfred’s New Band Method Fingering Charts
Serpent & Ophicleide Fingering Charts
Fingering Charts by Veritas Instrument Rental Incorporated
Instrument Making
Yamaha Online Instrument Making Videos
London Metropolitan University
West Dean College Instrument-Making Courses (early strings)
Music Archive
Werner Icking Music Archive (printable sheet music)
INSTRUMENTS
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World Instruments
World Music Central has a glossary of instruments from around the world
20thC Instruments
The Museum of Musical Instruments (Virtual exhibits and information about 20thC instruments)
Drums
American Drum Manufacture Time Line
Strings
Orpheon Foundation Museum (collection of 16th-18thC string instruments)
Bowed strings
Cozio.com (information on identification and pricing of stringed instruments)
Maestronet (Violin family price history, photo gallery, etc.)
Viola da Gamba Society (Great Britain)
Viola da Gamba Society of America)
Plucked strings
Frets.com Museum
Keyboard
Southeastern Historical Keyboard Society (SEHKS)
Westfield Center: A National Resource for the Advancement of Keyboard Music
Organ
European Organ Index
International Organ Foundation
Julian Rhodes’ Dream Organs, including organs in literature, stop lists
Organ Historical Society Catalog
Reed Organ
Reed Organ Society (includes a database and photo gallery)
Piano
John Broadwood & Sons
National Piano Foundation (USA)
Brass
Historic Brass Society (HBS)
The site of Douglas Yeo is very informative, including information on early brass, particularly serpents, as well as trombones
The Cornet Compendium (there’s an incredible amount of information on this site)
Online Brass Museum (scroll down the page and click on individual instruments)
The Serpent Website has a tremendous amount of information
Tuba Exchange Historic Collection
Free Reeds
Center for the Study of Free-Reed Instruments, City University of New York Graduate Center
Double Reeds
International Double Reed Society (IDRS)
Flutes
Electrophones
Electronic Musical Instruments 1870-1990
AMERICAN MUSEUMS & COLLECTIONS
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The Band Museum, Pine Bluff, AR
Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection, Library of Congress (including online searchable catalog)
Frederick Historic Piano Collection
Howe Collection of Musical Instrument Literature, University of Maryland
International Piano Archives at Maryland (University of Maryland)
Kenneth G. Fiske Museum of the Claremont Colleges
Library of Congress Collections of Musical Instruments
National Music Museum, University of South Dakota (formerly The Shrine to Music Museum)
Smithsonian Musical Instruments, National Museum of American History
Stearns Collection, University of Michigan School of Music
Treasure Room, Vassar College
University of Washington Libraries Digital Collections: Ethnomusicology Musical Instrument Collection
World Music Collection: Wesleyan University Virtual Instrument Museum
Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments
MUSEUMS & COLLECTIONS IN OTHER COUNTRIES
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Bate Collection, University of Oxford
Canadian Museum of Civilization
Cité de la musique, especially their online database, and their virtual tour
Edinburgh Collection of Historic Musical Instruments (EUCHMI)
Gakkigaku Shiryôkan (Collection for Organology), Kunitachi College of Music Catalog
German National Museum, especially the Highlights
Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna
Musée des Instruments de Musique (MIM)
The Nydahl Collection (Stockholm)
Royal College of Music Centre for Performance History
Stockholm Music Museum, especially their online database
INSTRUMENT BUSINESSES / MAKERS / DEALERS
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Auction Houses
Christie’s Musical Instruments
Sotheby’s Musical Instruments
Rare Instruments and Related Materials
Tony Bingham (very high quality, rare instruments)
Modern Replicas of Early Instruments
Online Musical Instrument Sources
Music in Motion (educational materials)