Manufacture of Musical Instruments and Music Guide - Evaluations and Reviews


cantos.org/Piano/PianoHistory.html
Offers an insight into the piano by documenting its importance in America, and methods of selection and maintenance, written by a professional tuner and technician. Also discusses the piano's musical classification, ancestry and parentage, its inventor Cr
  
harpsichord.com/
Builders and repairers of harpsichords and continuo organs offering a list of instruments for sale around the world, a range of products such as books and tuners available from the Clearing House itself, and a selection of antique pieces.
  
d-and-d.com/contributions/tina-history.html
Article offering information about the invention of the concertina at the beginning of the 19th century, and its inventor Charles Wheatstone. Provides details of his business of general musical instrument sales and manufacture, images of prototype concert
  
uk-piano.org/
Piano related resources including lists of piano tuners, societies and teachers, manufacturers and information on the history and construction of pianos.
  
gprep.pvt.k12.md.us/classical/organizations.html
A listing of academic institutions, commercial organisations, video companies, instrument makers, miscellaneous organisations, faculties, recording companies, music departments and festivals.
  
centrum.is/hansi/
Also contains entries on wood, varnish, glue, tools, design and instrument care. Information on violin making including samples of sound, pictures of instruments and a sequential description of the construction of a violin.
  
tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/PP/xcpcb.html
Brief article on piano manufacture in the United States during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
  
sankey.ws/italian.html
Guide to constructing a harpsichord with an introductory section about the type of wood and skills needed, and the instrument itself. A plan is then laid out considering the string lengths, plucking ratios, and string diameters, with illustrations of vari
  
Number of reviews is 8 - Musical Education Studies