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Welcome to the '''Musical Instruments WikiProject''', a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|collaboration area and group of editors]] dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Musical Instruments. |
Welcome to the '''Musical Instruments WikiProject''', a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|collaboration area and group of editors]] dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Musical Instruments. |
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== Guidelines == |
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As we have just formed, we will likely be discussing this very matter once we have a workable number of participants. |
As we have just formed, we will likely be discussing this very matter once we have a workable number of participants. Please see the '''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Musical Instruments/Guidelines|guideline]]''' page for further discussion. <!-- Discuss the format for each article based on the WikiProject. Include various categories applicable to the topic. --> |
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== Participants == |
== Participants == |
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{{Wikipedia:WikiProject Musical Instruments/Membership}} |
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<small>[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Musical Instruments/Membership|Membership]]</small> |
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Please feel free to add yourself here, and to indicate any areas of particular interest. |
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# {{User|Akuyume}} (Tubist, trombonist, and almost a pianist. A general lover of music and musical instruments) |
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# {{User|NDCompuGeek}} (Music Ed college major, musicologist by trade (soon)) |
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# {{User|Fang Aili}} - I play piano, mess around with recorder, guitar, and clarinet, among others. |
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# {{User|Freddythehat}} - Jazz Pianist, DrumCircle facilitator, all things percussive interest me. |
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# {{User|Madder}} |
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# {{User|Mdcollins1984}} - pianist and organist, keyboard interest, but strings and general help and advice available. |
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# {{User|Kntrabssi}} - Double bassist, keyboardist, cellist, all around music nerd!! |
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# {{User|Metalcore424}} - Percussionist and self-taught theorist, as well as beginner pianist. |
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# {{User|Melodia}} - I played (Bass) Clarinet, Piano, and other various instruments when younger. |
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# {{User|Bunch-a-Munch}} - I'm very interested in instruments and I am learning the guitar (and [[user|NDCompuGeek]] is my dad!) |
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===Guestbook=== |
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If you are sympathetic to the cause, but cannot devote the time to help frequently, please sign here: |
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# {{User|bibliomaniac15}} - I play the violin and piano, and am in a string orchestra, so I think I can contribute to those articles. |
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# {{User|Stobilus}} - Mostly interested in percussion instruments. |
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# {{User|Andrewa}} - Drummer and occasional player of many instruments including almost anything with frets. Particularly interested in cymbal articles, and to a lesser degree with drum kit, fretted instrument and electric and electronic equipment articles. |
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== Articles == |
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=== Featured content === |
=== Featured content === |
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*[[Elderly Instruments]] – [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Elderly Instruments|listed]] March 2008 |
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*[[Guqin]] |
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*[[List of Caribbean membranophones]] – [[Wikipedia:Featured list candidates/List of Caribbean drums|listed]] June 2009 |
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*[[Timpani]] |
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*[[Taiko]] – [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Taiko/archive2|listed]] March 2015 |
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*[[Roland TR-808]] – [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Roland TR-808/archive1|listed]] September 2017 |
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*[[Carillon]] – [[Wikipedia:Featured article candidates/Carillon/archive1|listed]] September 2021 |
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==== Candidates ==== |
==== Candidates ==== |
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====Former featured articles==== |
====Former featured articles==== |
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*[[Saxophone]] |
*[[Saxophone]] – [[Wikipedia:Featured article review/Saxophone/archive1|delisted]] December 2006 |
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*[[Timpani]] – [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_review/Timpani/archive1|delisted]] August 2007 |
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*[[Guqin]] – [[Wikipedia:Featured_article_review/Guqin/archive1|delisted]] March 2008 |
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===Good articles=== |
===Good articles=== |
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*[[Pipe organ]] – [[Talk:Pipe organ/archive 1#GA passed|listed]] October 2006; [[Talk:Pipe organ/GA1|reassessed]] July 2009 |
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* [[Pipe organ]] |
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*[[Kulintang]] – [[Talk:Kulintang#Good article|listed]] March 2007; [[Talk:Kulintang#GA Sweeps|reassessed]] July 2009 |
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*[[Gandingan]] – [[Talk:Gandingan#GA Pass|listed]] April 2007 |
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*[[Agung]] – [[Talk:Agung#GA Pass|listed]] June 2007 |
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*[[Musical instrument]] – [[Talk:Musical instrument/GA1|listed]] March 2012; [[Talk:Musical instrument/GA2|reassessed]] May 2015 |
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*[[Nord Stage]] – [[Talk:Nord Stage/GA1|listed]] August 2012 |
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*[[Hammond organ]] – [[Talk:Hammond organ/GA1|listed]] August 2013 |
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*[[Mellotron]] – [[Talk:Mellotron/GA1|listed]] February 2014 |
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*[[Rhodes piano]] – [[Talk:Rhodes piano/GA1|listed]] February 2014; [[Talk:Rhodes piano/GA2|reassessed]] August 2014 |
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*[[Slide guitar]] – [[Talk:Slide guitar/GA1|listed]] December 2017 |
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*[[Vox Continental]] – [[Talk:Vox Continental/GA1|listed]] March 2021 |
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*[[Wurlitzer electronic piano]] – [[Talk:Wurlitzer electronic piano/GA1|listed]] March 2021 |
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*[[Rocky Mount Instruments]] - [[Talk:Rocky Mount Instruments/GA1|listed]] April 2021 |
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*[[Lap steel guitar]] – [[Talk:Lap steel guitar/GA1|listed]] July 2021 |
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*[[Clavinet]] - [[Talk:Clavinet/GA1|listed]] January 2022 |
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*[[Farfisa]] - [[Talk:Farfisa/GA1|listed]] April 2022 |
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*[[Contrabass trombone]] - [[Talk:Contrabass trombone/GA1|listed]] March 2023 |
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*[[Cimbasso]] - [[Talk:Cimbasso/GA1|listed]] May 2023 |
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*[[Monotron]] - [[Talk:Monotron/GA1|listed]] May 2023 |
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*[[Serpent (instrument)|Serpent]] - [[Talk:Serpent (instrument)/GA1|listed]] August 2023 |
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*[[Soprano trombone]] - [[Talk:Soprano trombone/GA1|listed]] August 2023 |
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*[[A-flat clarinet]] - [[Talk:A-flat clarinet/GA1|listed]] January 2024 |
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*[[Bassoon]] – [[Talk:Bassoon#Reasons for GA Delisting|delisted]] November 2006 |
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*[[Cello]] – [[Talk:Cello/Archive 1#Reasons for GA Delisting|delisted]] November 2006 |
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*[[Synthesizer]] – [[Talk:Synthesizer/Archive 1#GA Re-Review and In-line citations|delisted]] December 2006 |
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*[[Hurdy gurdy]] – [[Talk:Hurdy gurdy/GA1|delisted]] June 2009 |
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*[[Recorder (musical instrument)]] – [[Talk:Recorder (musical instrument)/GA1|delisted]] July 2009 |
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*[[Clarinet]] – [[Wikipedia:Good article reassessment/Clarinet/1|delisted]] May 2022 |
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=== New articles === |
=== New articles === |
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Please feel free to list your new Musical Instruments-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the [[Template talk:Did you know|Did you know?]] box on the Main Page. |
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*[[Hot fountain pen]] October 2024 |
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Please feel free to list your new Musical Instruments-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the [[Template talk:Did you know|Did you know?]] box on the [[Main Page]]. |
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*[[Rotte (psaltery)]] October 2024 |
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*[[Musical Instrument Bank]] November 2023 |
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*[[Keleli]] May 2023 |
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*[[Molo (lute)|Molo]] May 2023 |
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*[[Gurmi (lute)|Gurmi]] May 2023 |
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*[[Garaya (lute)|Garaya]] May 2023 |
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*[[Alfred A. Farland]] April 2023 |
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*[[Samuel Swaim Stewart]] April 2023 |
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*[[Arched harp]] March 2023 |
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*[[Joseph Friedrich Bernhard Caspar Majer]] February 2023 |
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*[[Bülban]] February 2023 |
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*[[Chazozra]] December 2022 |
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*[[Nafir]] December 2022 |
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*[[Persian musical instruments]] (major overhaul, Nov-Dec 2022) |
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*[[Qairaq]] (December 2022) |
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*[[Bohemian harp]] (December 2022) |
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*[[Zang (bell)]] (November 2022) |
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*[[Dammam (drum)]] (November 2022) |
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*[[Streichmelodion]] (November 2022), featured on DYK |
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*[[Violinzither]] (November 2022) |
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*[[Guide-chant]] (November 2022) |
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*[[Shahrud]] (November 2022), rewritten for copyvio |
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*[[Almpfeiferl]] (November 2022) |
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*[[Harmoneon]] (October 2022) |
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*[[Orthotonophonium]] (October 2022) |
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*[[Martinshorn]] (October 2022) |
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*[[Hirtenschalmei]] (October 2022) (rewritten) |
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*[[Simbing]] (October 2022) |
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*[[Angular harp]] (October 2022) |
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*[[Maghreb rebab]] (October 2022) |
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*[[Frame zither]] (October 2022) |
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*[[Ancient Greek harps]] (October 2022) |
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*[[Yamaha CP-70]] (August 2022) |
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*[[Precision Bass Lyte]] (December 2021) |
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*[[Gourd mouth organ]] (May 2021) |
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*[[Kinnari vina]] (May 2021) |
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*[[Alpini vina and eka-tantri vina]] (April 2021) |
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*[[Pinaka vina]] (April 2021) |
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*[[Trough zither]] (February 2021) |
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*[[Keluri]] (February 2021) |
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*[[Zane Beck]] (February 2021) |
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*[[Lap steel guitar]] (February 2021, completely rewritten) |
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*[[Tifa (drum)]] (February 2021) |
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*[[Tifa totobuang]] (February 2021) |
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*[[Hugu (instrument)]] (January 2021) |
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*[[Noel Boggs]](January 2021) |
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*[[Donali]] (January 2021) |
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*[[Dozaleh]] (January 2021) |
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*[[Bud Isaacs]](January 2021) |
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*[[Yelatáj chos woley]] (musical bow) (December 2020) |
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*[[Bar zither]] (December 2020) |
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* [[Yak (instrument)]] (December 2020) |
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*[[Bamboo flute]] (November 2020) |
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*[[Tyamko]] (November 2020) |
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*[[Aarbajo]] (November 2020) |
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*[[Raft zither]] (November 2020) |
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*[[List of Nepali musical instruments]] (November 2020) Completely re-done |
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*[[Tube zither]] (October 2020) |
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*[[Sneng]] (July 2019) |
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*[[Russell Collection]] (March 2017) |
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*[[Raymond Russell (organologist)]] (March 2017) |
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*[[Traditional violin craftsmanship in Cremona]] (February 2017) |
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=== Collaboration and review === |
=== Collaboration and review === |
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; [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Musical Instruments/Assessment|Assessment]] |
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* [[Earl MacDonald]] |
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* Please feel free to assess my newly expanded [[Gourd mouth organ]]. Thank you very much! [[User:Ryssian|Ryssian]] ([[User talk:Ryssian|talk]]) |
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; [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Musical Instruments/Newsletter|Newsletter]] |
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'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Musical Instruments/Templates|Template page]]''' (a collection of templates) |
'''[[Wikipedia:WikiProject Musical Instruments/Templates|Template page]]''' (a collection of templates) |
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===By region=== |
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**{{tl|Indian musical instruments}} |
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** {{tl|Gamelan}} Indonesia |
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**{{tl|Iranian musical instruments}} |
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**{{tl|Traditional Laotian musical instruments}} |
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There are [[Wikipedia:Userbox|userboxes]] for members, which adds them to [[:Category:WikiProject Musical Instruments participants]]. To add the [[Template:User WPMusInst|'''userbox''']] of your choice to your user page, use this template with these options. The full instructions and documentation are on the [[Template:User WPMusInst/doc|'''userbox documentation page''']]. |
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==Lists== |
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**[[Traditional Japanese musical instruments]] |
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**[[Traditional Korean musical instruments]] |
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**[[List of string instruments]] |
**[[List of string instruments]] |
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*[[List of musical instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number]] |
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* {{cite book | last = Sachs | first = Curt | title = The History of Musical Instruments | type = Paperback | date = September 10, 2006 | publisher = Dover Publications | isbn = 9780486452654 | pages = 560 pp}} |
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* {{cite book | last = Wade-Matthews | first = Max | title = Musical Instruments (Illustrated Encyclopedia) | type = Paperback | date = March 25, 2003 | publisher = Lorenz Books | isbn = 9780754811824 | pages = 168 pp}} |
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* {{cite book | last = Baines | first = Anthony | title = The Oxford Companion to Musical Instruments | type = Hardcover | date = October 29, 1992 | publisher = Oxford University Press, USA | isbn = 978-0-1-9311334-3 | pages = 416 pp}} |
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Latest revision as of 11:01, 1 November 2024
This is a WikiProject, an area for focused collaboration among Wikipedians. New participants are welcome; please feel free to participate!
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Welcome to the Musical Instruments WikiProject, a collaboration area and group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Musical Instruments.
(For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject and the Guide to WikiProjects).
- Goals
- Standardize the appearance and layout of musical instrument related articles.
- Improve and generally guide the development of musical instrument related articles.
- Scope
- Any article relating to musical instruments.
Guidelines
[edit]As we have just formed, we will likely be discussing this very matter once we have a workable number of participants. Please see the guideline page for further discussion.
Open tasks
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Disambiguation |
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For more tasks and information, see our project talk page! |
Participants
[edit]Please feel free to add your name to this list of members and honoured guests. There is no minimum or maximum participation level, these two divisions are for you to determine where you believe you would fit best.
It would also help the project if you would indicate any areas of particular interest. This way, if there is an article that may especially interest you, you could be notified of the required assistance.
- NOTE: Italicized dates immediately after the username indicates when the name was first added to this list.
Members
[edit]- KalimbaEnjoyer (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - (3 November 2023): I enjoy kalimbas
- Daniel kenneth (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) 05:19, 28 April 2016 (UTC)
- Barkjon (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - learning drummer (on drum kit) and guitarist. I love percussion instruments!
- Basketball110 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - cello
- Laser brain (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - Multi-instrumentalist.
- Melodia (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - (10 April 2007): I played (Bass) Clarinet, Piano, and other various instruments when younger.
- MatthewVanitas (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - 5 April 2008: I play assorted traditional string instruments (ukulele, dulcimer), concertina, and Swedish bagpipes.
- TUF-KAT (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - (June 17 2008)
- Wikidude57 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - I play recorder,clarinet and piano
- Hornplayer2 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - (13 June 2008): I rock your socks on the French horn
- Tennisetviola (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - (October 29 2008) : I am a violist.
- Patrickmcg (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - (December 23 2008) : BME, MM, I'm an oboist/multi-instrumentalist
- Geofferybard (talk · contribs) Viol family instruments violin, fiddle, viola de gamba, guitar, a bit of experimentation with (diatonic)blues harp, mandolin, transverse flute, interested in shakuhachi, all clavichord->synthesizer and Latin percussion. Cage, Shostakovich, Jean Luc Ponty, Papa John Creach. Write songs some simple composing also. Pretty good on theory for non-conservatory grad:up on modes, blues scale, etc but not a jazz head.
- YelloCello (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) I'm a cellist! (hence username) I'll be doing a lot of stuff pertaining to orchestra around here.
- KSWarrior8 (talk) 18:00, 6 March 2009 (UTC) I am a learning drummer and pianist
- Ninehouse (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - musician, music teacher, specifically interested in organology, Hornbostel-Sachs
- Charlesb1970 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - professional trumpet player. I am also interested in music theory.
- Antonio Lopez (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - (29 May 2009) Euphonium
- jonesdaniel4291 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - Eb Horn player
- Diligence 5960 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - Woodwinds
- dadaszehon - ameteur trumpet and piano player
- Sanethhilll (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - French horn, and Keyboard, a perfect combination!!
- Jaxdelaguerre (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - (4 October 2009): Polymusician, I've been editing the brass pages, especially Alto Horn.
- Midiboxaddict (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) (December 16 2009): I'm a synthesizer collector and builder.
- Mega Gamer05 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) (December 27 2009): I play guitar and clarinet
- Hanjay09 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) (January 30 2010): I play Cello, Sing and am Learning to play Piano and sing. (classically)
- synthfiend (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) (Nov 5, 2010): I play synthesizer, piano, and keyboard. My primary interest here is the history related to designers and manufacturers of synthesizers and recording equipment.
- Focus (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) (Nov 27, 2010) - I play violin; very interested in Stradivari instruments.
- Rwberndt (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) (Apr 12, 2011) - I play euphonium and abuse Trumpet for fun. I have been working on biographies and company history entries related to brass instrument makers.
- AMVStecker (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) (June 24 2011): I study music at the university level, and play carillon and am currently learning organ, but have been playing trumpet and other wind band instruments for about 8 years and singing in sacred and secular settings since I was a small child. I also have experience with the great highland bagpipes, baroque recorder, pennywhistle, handbell choirs, and other various instruments.
- Ritchie333 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) (June 26 2012) - Semi-pro keyboardist, arranger and composer. Have improved various instrument articles over the years, but with a particular interest in Hammond Organ, Leslie speaker and Clavia.
- Cubanabop (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) (August 11 2012) - ethnomusicologist, musician, professor of music of University of San Francisco. My students, when we learn about organology, help update and clean up musical instrument stubs as a class project.
- Adjwilley (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) (September 20 2012) - part-time piano technician/tuner, and I play several string instruments. ~Adjwilley (talk) 00:40, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
- ashquarter8 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) (October 24 2012 - I play the alto saxophone, piano, synthesizers, a little bass and I am familiar with some trumpet, french horn and mellophone fingerings. I know a little percussion. I am familiar with the flute, clarinet, trombone, euphonium, tuba and oboe also. I have modest ability to play the marimba and similar instruments. I am in a marching band, concert band for 5 years and a choir.
- Saxophilist (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - I play the saxophone. Mostly classical music.
- Tuner420 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email)
- Martin of Sheffield (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) Music lover (baroque + early in particular), play the recorder and am a change ringer. Also tune & maintain violia, viola, cello, trumpet, guitar and piano for the family
- JordanKyser22 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) (May 6 2014) I am a young alto saxophonist. I love creating my own music.
- Evertype (talk · contribs · count · logs · email)- 24 November 2014 – recorder.
- Sbcloatitr (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - Dec 12 2014 - I play alto sax, I play small jazz/blues pieces and make fractal music
- Jacqke (talk · contribs · count · logs · email)- 25 March 2015 – I work frequently on mandolin, mandore, gittern. Probably will spend time on citole and lute. Planning a mandolino/baroque mandolin article.
- AllenHaggaiMan (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - June 15 2015 - I'm a music lover!!!
- Xavier enc (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) Hello members! I am honoured to join the project and hope we can get this subject into the next level! There is some serious work that needs to be done and I am here to help! I am a very active participant in my projects and you will quickly find a hero to the rescue!--Xavier (talk) 10:06, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
- Theodore Kloba (talk · contribs · count) - 28 April 2007: I play: piano, guitar, bass guitar, Chemnitzer concertina/Bandonion (both of which I also repair), and am learning: Cümbüş, Kanklės, Garmon', drums; I have tagged many of the articles I've contributed to with {{WPMusInst |quality=|importance=}}, and I'd like someone less involved with them to assess quality/importance.
- Cdtuba (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) I am a tubist but have experience with all brass instruments
- Gisel (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) I play clarinet, german and French system
- Lindjosh (talk · contribs) 01:13:28, 5 June 2020 (UTC) I am a well versed musician who can play a variety of instruments, such as the french horn, trumpet, valve trombone, tuba, euphonium, baritone, as well as some woodwind instruments. These include all instruments in the clarinet family and all of the instruments in the saxophone family.
- RacingMD (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) I Play Guitar and Bass, All the saxophone and clarinet families, Piano and keyboards (Associate Performance Diploma). Played in orchestra's, Big Bands, as well as jazz/rock bands professionally. Well versed in theory and gear knowledge. I am also well versed in vocals of all styles.
- DisillusionedBitterAndKnackered (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) – more often DBaK which works too – (November 27 2020): some vague kind of trumpet player and brass teacher and stuff. Cuts no ice at all in the Greater Scheme Of Thangs™ but means well. Clueless on many, nay most, topics.
- Dobekofcas (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) I play the flute and am fairly versed in theory.
- Eagledj (talk · contribs · count · logs · email)- 14 February 2021 –Nashville guitarist. Slide guitar GA; Earl Scruggs GA; Steel guitar, Lap Steel Guitar, Pedal steel guitar.
- Heeps of Wiki (talk · contribs · count · logs · email)- 11 November 2021 -Audio engineer and amateur musician. Bass, keys, drums.
- Groovymama (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) Especially interested in unusual instruments like the American Fotoplayer and Wintergatan Marble Machine.
- Jon (talk) bass & contrabass trombone, cimbasso. Play in orchestras, operas, musicals, big band etc.
- Yinglong999 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email)- 25 April 2022 - Violins
- Ghostsax (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - 12 October 2022 - Synth nerd working to expand, standardize & generally improve articles about synthesizers, samplers, drum machines, and other electronic instruments.
- Schminnte (talk · contribs · count · logs · email)- 28 October 2022 - Mainly working on more unusual items and reviewing articles on classical instruments
- Frzzl (talk · contribs · count · logs · email)- 7 November 2022 - Cellist and Organist. Writing new articles about interesting old instruments (a lot of Austrian and French folk). List of articles here, see Martinshorn.
- 22quackAA (talk · contribs · count · logs · email)- 28 September 2023 - Guitarist who recently took a class on masterpieces of Western Arts. Recently made contributions to Mexican folk instruments; bajo sexto
- Willstrath (talk · contribs · count · logs · email)- 7 September 2024 - 6 years in piano, 4 years in percussion, 4 years in drum set, 2 years in guitar. Concert Band enthusiast.
Honoured Guests
[edit]- Andrewa (talk · contribs · count) - 14 April 2007: Drummer and occasional player of many instruments including almost anything with frets. Particularly interested in cymbal articles, and to a lesser degree with drum kit, fretted instrument and electric and electronic equipment articles.
- Bibliomaniac15 (talk · contribs · count) - 25 January 2007: I play the violin and piano, and am in a string orchestra, so I think I can contribute to those articles.
- CharlieHuang (talk · contribs · count) - 28 April 2007: Guqin player of the UK. Former admin de facto bona fide, contributor and editor to the guqin articles.
- Daniel Alan Phillips (talk · contribs · count) - 15 May 2007: I have a bachelor's degree in music, play synths, piano, drums, and a little pedal steel guitar, and sing. In the past, I've written extensively about topics in electronic music for Electronic Musician magazine. I produce and compose, and work for a major synthesizer manufacturer. I'll spend time as it's available.
- Deborahjay (talk · contribs · count) - 21 April 2007: Willing to copyedit and Wikify translated articles and those written in non-native English.
- Metalcore424 (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - (9 April 2007): Percussionist and self-taught theorist, as well as beginner pianist.
- Rigadoun (talk · contribs · count) - 28 April 2007: I play many different instruments, and have contributed many related to the gamelan. I put myself here as I'm not sure how much time I can devote to the project, but I'm all in favor of improving and systematizing these articles.
- Strobilus (talk · contribs · count) - 9 April 2007: Mostly interested in percussion instruments.
- Swellbow (talk · contribs · count) - 17 April 2007: Drummer interested in drums and hammered dulcimers around the world.
Theodore Kloba (talk · contribs · count) - 28 April 2007: I play: piano, guitar, bass guitar, Chemnitzer concertina/Bandonion (both of which I also repair), and am learning: Cümbüş, Kanklės, Garmon', drums; I have tagged many of the articles I've contributed to with {{WPMusInst |quality=|importance=}}, and I'd like someone less involved with them to assess quality/importance.Moved to Members section --Theodore Kloba (talk) 17:55, 2 June 2017 (UTC)- Wbchilds (talk · contribs · count) - 23 April 2007: I play the cornet and piano, and in a range of brass and jazz bands and orchestras. I have a strong interest in brass music so I can contribute there!
- Yvesnimmo (talk · contribs · count) - 13 June 2007: I play violin and piano and could contribute to many pages.
- SeanMD80 (talk · contribs · count) - 10 January 2008: -- I play piano, clarinet, bass clarinet, and soprano sax.
- Wiki libs (talk · contribs · count) I guess I fit here. Was a professional touring sidesman(guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, dulcimer, piano, synths, harmonica, uke, cowbell whatever I got paid most for :-D) from 1978 to 1992.
- Beggarsbanquet (talk · contribs · count)- 15 October 2008: I'm a composer so I have a lot of general knowledge about instruments (and I've played in string/full orchestras, symphonic bands and jazz bands), but I'm particularly knowledgeable about the classical strings. Willing to help wherever I can.
- jclifford1 (talk · contribs · count)- 1 December 2008:-- Im a cantonese-opera musician. I play erxian,gaohu, yehu, percussion, and a bunch of other Chinese instruments.
- HexaChord (talk · contribs · count)- 1 February 2009:-- Playing several instruments to a certain extend.
- MarkKalien (talk · contribs · count)- 2009: I play brass and woodwind intstruments.
- jbgg007 (talk · contribs · count)- 26 May 2009: I play brass, horn primarily, in a wide variety of ensembles. I will help where I can, but I have more knowledge of the horn than of any other instrument.
- Tunborough (talk · contribs · count · logs · email) - (5 December 2010): Interested in the acoustics of musical instruments, early music and early instruments. Some experience with instrument making. Have an engineering background and not afraid of math.
- The Ukulele Guy - Aggie80 (talk · contribs · count)- 17 June 2013: Play and research the ukulele and related musicians.
Articles
[edit]Featured content
[edit]- Elderly Instruments – listed March 2008
- List of Caribbean membranophones – listed June 2009
- Taiko – listed March 2015
- Roland TR-808 – listed September 2017
- Carillon – listed September 2021
Candidates
[edit]- None
Former featured articles
[edit]Good articles
[edit]- Pipe organ – listed October 2006; reassessed July 2009
- Kulintang – listed March 2007; reassessed July 2009
- Gandingan – listed April 2007
- Agung – listed June 2007
- Musical instrument – listed March 2012; reassessed May 2015
- Nord Stage – listed August 2012
- Hammond organ – listed August 2013
- Mellotron – listed February 2014
- Rhodes piano – listed February 2014; reassessed August 2014
- Slide guitar – listed December 2017
- Vox Continental – listed March 2021
- Wurlitzer electronic piano – listed March 2021
- Rocky Mount Instruments - listed April 2021
- Lap steel guitar – listed July 2021
- Clavinet - listed January 2022
- Farfisa - listed April 2022
- Contrabass trombone - listed March 2023
- Cimbasso - listed May 2023
- Monotron - listed May 2023
- Serpent - listed August 2023
- Soprano trombone - listed August 2023
- A-flat clarinet - listed January 2024
Former Good articles
[edit]- String instrument – delisted September 2006
- Bassoon – delisted November 2006
- Cello – delisted November 2006
- Synthesizer – delisted December 2006
- Hurdy gurdy – delisted June 2009
- Recorder (musical instrument) – delisted July 2009
- Clarinet – delisted May 2022
New articles
[edit]Please feel free to list your new Musical Instruments-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Page.
- Hot fountain pen October 2024
- Rotte (psaltery) October 2024
- Musical Instrument Bank November 2023
- Keleli May 2023
- Molo May 2023
- Gurmi May 2023
- Garaya May 2023
- Alfred A. Farland April 2023
- Samuel Swaim Stewart April 2023
- Arched harp March 2023
- Joseph Friedrich Bernhard Caspar Majer February 2023
- Bülban February 2023
- Chazozra December 2022
- Nafir December 2022
- Persian musical instruments (major overhaul, Nov-Dec 2022)
- Qairaq (December 2022)
- Bohemian harp (December 2022)
- Zang (bell) (November 2022)
- Dammam (drum) (November 2022)
- Streichmelodion (November 2022), featured on DYK
- Violinzither (November 2022)
- Guide-chant (November 2022)
- Shahrud (November 2022), rewritten for copyvio
- Almpfeiferl (November 2022)
- Harmoneon (October 2022)
- Orthotonophonium (October 2022)
- Martinshorn (October 2022)
- Hirtenschalmei (October 2022) (rewritten)
- Simbing (October 2022)
- Angular harp (October 2022)
- Maghreb rebab (October 2022)
- Frame zither (October 2022)
- Ancient Greek harps (October 2022)
- Yamaha CP-70 (August 2022)
- Precision Bass Lyte (December 2021)
- Gourd mouth organ (May 2021)
- Kinnari vina (May 2021)
- Alpini vina and eka-tantri vina (April 2021)
- Pinaka vina (April 2021)
- Trough zither (February 2021)
- Keluri (February 2021)
- Zane Beck (February 2021)
- Lap steel guitar (February 2021, completely rewritten)
- Tifa (drum) (February 2021)
- Tifa totobuang (February 2021)
- Hugu (instrument) (January 2021)
- Noel Boggs(January 2021)
- Donali (January 2021)
- Dozaleh (January 2021)
- Bud Isaacs(January 2021)
- Yelatáj chos woley (musical bow) (December 2020)
- Bar zither (December 2020)
- Yak (instrument) (December 2020)
- Bamboo flute (November 2020)
- Tyamko (November 2020)
- Aarbajo (November 2020)
- Raft zither (November 2020)
- List of Nepali musical instruments (November 2020) Completely re-done
- Tube zither (October 2020)
- Sneng (July 2019)
- Russell Collection (March 2017)
- Raymond Russell (organologist) (March 2017)
- Traditional violin craftsmanship in Cremona (February 2017)
Collaboration and review
[edit]- Earl MacDonald
- Please feel free to assess my newly expanded Gourd mouth organ. Thank you very much! Ryssian (talk)
Templates
[edit]Template page (a collection of templates)
By region
[edit]- {{Asian musical instruments}}
- {{Music of Asia}}
- {{Burmese musical instruments}}
- {{Cambodian musical instruments}}
- {{Traditional Chinese musical instruments}}
- {{Indian musical instruments}}
- {{Gamelan}} Indonesia
- {{Iranian musical instruments}}
- {{Japanese musical instruments}}
- {{Fue}}
- {{Traditional Laotian musical instruments}}
- {{Traditional musical instruments of Malaysia}}
- {{Musical instruments of Nepal}}
- {{Music of the Philippines}}
- {{Thai musical instruments}}
- {{Turkish musical instruments}}
- {{Vietnamese musical instruments}}
- {{Arabic musical instruments}}
Morphology
[edit]- {{Hornbostel-Sachs instruments}}
- {{Instruments}}
- {{Woodwinds}}
- {{Recorders}}
- {{Brass}}
- {{String instruments}}
- {{Percussion}}
- {{Lamellophones}}
- {{Plucked idiophones}}
- {{Woodwinds}}
- {{Squeezebox}}
- {{Infobox Instrument}}
Project templates
- {{Musical-instrument-stub}}
- {{WPMusInst}}
- {{User WPMusInst}}
Userboxes
[edit]There are userboxes for members, which adds them to Category:WikiProject Musical Instruments participants. To add the userbox of your choice to your user page, use this template with these options. The full instructions and documentation are on the userbox documentation page.
- {{User WPMusInst}}
[[Image:|45px|WikiProject Musical Instruments]] | This user is a member of WikiProject Musical Instruments. |
- {{User WPMusInst |guest=yes}}
[[Image:|45px|WikiProject Musical Instruments]] | This user is an honoured guest of WikiProject Musical Instruments. |
- {{User WPMusInst |family=brass}}
This user is a member of WikiProject Musical Instruments. |
- {{User WPMusInst |family=keyboards}}
This user is a member of WikiProject Musical Instruments. |
- {{User WPMusInst |family=percussion}}
This user is a member of WikiProject Musical Instruments. |
- {{User WPMusInst |family=strings}}
This user is a member of WikiProject Musical Instruments. |
- {{User WPMusInst |family=woodwinds}}
This user is a member of WikiProject Musical Instruments. |
- {{User WPMusInst |family=violin}}
This user is a member of WikiProject Musical Instruments. |
Lists
[edit]- List of musical instruments
- List of folk music traditions with subpages listing instruments
- List of Caribbean drums
- List of archaic musical instruments - this one needs attention
- List of membranophones
- Traditional Chinese musical instruments
- Traditional Japanese musical instruments
- Traditional Korean musical instruments
- Traditional Vietnamese musical instruments
- List of string instruments
- List of musical instruments by Hornbostel-Sachs number
Categories
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References
[edit]- Sachs, Curt (September 10, 2006). The History of Musical Instruments (Paperback). Dover Publications. pp. 560 pp. ISBN 9780486452654.
- Wade-Matthews, Max (March 25, 2003). Musical Instruments (Illustrated Encyclopedia) (Paperback). Lorenz Books. pp. 168 pp. ISBN 9780754811824.
- Baines, Anthony (October 29, 1992). The Oxford Companion to Musical Instruments (Hardcover). Oxford University Press, USA. pp. 416 pp. ISBN 978-0-1-9311334-3.