Resources for Those Who Enjoy
Early European Music and Dance
Ackerman Music
mail: 70/72 Portland Road, Hove, East Sussex. BN3 5DL
internet: http://www.ackermanmusic.co.uk/
e-mail: info@ackermanmusic.co.uk
fax: 01273 702222 (+44 1273 702222)
voice: 01273 702444 (+44 1273 702444)
Makes and sells reproductions of early chamuleaux, clarinets, and flutes.
Adler-Heinrich Blockflötenbau GMBH
mail: D-08258 Markneukirchen, Pestalozzistraße 25 GERMANY
internet: http://www.adler-heinrich.com/
e-mail: gefuer@adler-heinrich.de
fax: +49 (3 74 22) 34 44
voice: +49 (3 74 22) 20 70
Manufactures wooden recorders and chalumeaux. Many companies listed here are retailers for them.
Aesthé
contact: Jean-Luc Boudreau
mail: 205 Sunnyside, Rosemere, PQ J7A 1N7 CANADA
fax: 514-979-4551
voice: 514-979-6091, 888-979-6091
Wooden recorders. Their distributor in the U.S.A. is von Huene (see below).
Alphornbau Stocker
mail: Schweighof, CH-6010 Kriens SWITZERLAND
internet: http://www.alphorn.com/
e-mail: stocker@alphorn.com
fax: +41 41 340 88 16
voice: +41 41 340 88 86
Makes and sells hand-finished alphorns in solid wood, in three sections; bell decorated with alpine flowers and the swiss cross. They come in many keys. Extra mouthpieces are available, as well as instructions and CDs.
Ancestral Instruments
contact: David Marshall
mail: Tudor Lodge, Pymoor Lane, Pymoor, Ely, Cambridgeshire. CB6 2EE ENGLAND
internet: http://www.ancestral.co.uk
e-mail: pipesandfiddles@ancestral.co.uk
fax : +44 (0) 1353 662489 (please mark for the attention of Lee Gillett - Gillett Multimedia)
voice: +44 (0) 1353 698084
Sells early bagpipes, bag hornpipes, and Mediaeval fiddles. Also for sale are CDs and video cassettes of music of the Mediaeval and Tudor eras performed on historical instruments.
Ante Musica
contact: David Calhoun
mail: 6220 Latona Avenue Northeast, Seattle, WA 948115-6553 U.S.A.
e-mail: bb248@scn.org
A northwest workshop affiliated with Zukermann harpsichords Inc. Construction, repair and rental of harpsichords and other early keyboard instruments.
Antique Sound Workshop, Ltd.
internet: http://www.aswltd.com/
e-mail: info@aswltd.com
fax: 508-833-3760
voice: 508-833-3979
"America's leading source for historical musical instruments"; carries sackbutts, recorders, chalumeaux, ophicleides, pennywhistles, cornettos, and many others. Also carries many lines of early music, for solo performance and ensemble playing.
Aquila Corde Armoniche
mail: S.a.s. di Pace Manuela & C. - via Scuole dell'Anconetta, 67 - 36100 VICENZA - ITALY
internet: http://sun.protec.it/aquila/
e-mail: aquila@protec.it
fax: +444-514564
voice: +444-986972
Authentic strings for period instruments.
AquilaUSA
mail: P.O. Box 82761, Portland, Oregon 97282-0761 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.aquilausa.com/
e-mail: info@aquilausa.com
voice and fax: 503-788-5029
"The U.S. representative for Aquila Corde Armoniche, manufacturers of the finest gut and synthetic musical strings for historical and modern performance."
Ars Antiqva
mail: San Anselmo 1, 28018 Madrid SPAIN
internet: http://www.ars-antiqva.com/
e-mail: info@ars-antiqva.com
Stringed instruments (new and used), bows, accessories, printed music, and CDs.
Artelier Marc Ducornet
mail: 24, rue Jean-Jacques Rousseau, 93100 Montreuil-sous-Bois FRANCE
internet: http://www.ateliermarcducornet.com/
e-mail: amdmd@ateliermarcducornet.com
fax: 01 48 51 66 72 or + 33 1 48 51 66 72
voice: 01 48 51 93 96 (from France) or + 33 1 48 51 93 96 (international)
Harpsichords and pianofortes: sale, rental, repair, and restore.
Ashmead, Ralph
mail: P.O. Box 1411, Tuolumne, CA 95379 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.ashmeadbows.com/
e-mail: ralph@ashmeadbows.com
voice: 209-928-1272
Historical bows.
Attword, Merion David
internet: http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~merion/
e-mail: merion@globalnet.co.uk
Violins, other instruments of the violin family, and bows.
Sells harpsichords. This web site is written in French.
Becker, Jorg
internet: http://member.aol.com/gerraith/corna.htm#building
Instructions for building an alto cornamuse in F.
Blasinstrumentenbau
contact: Heribert + Jurgen Glassl
mail: Adam-Opel-Str. 12, 64569 Nauheim, GERMANY
voice: 06152 / 610 11 + 13
Sackbuts.
Bleazey, P.G.
mail: 63 Middletune Ave, Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 2JB ENGLAND
internet: http://website.lineone.net/~pgbleazey/
voice: (01795) 470149
Handmade wind and percussion instruments. Makes many types of recorders, including reproductions of some from the 13th and 14th centuries.
Blezinger, Stephan
mail: Schillerstrasse 11, D-99817 Eisenach GERMANY
internet: http://www.blezinger.de
e-mail: info@blenzinger.de
fax: +49-3691-212348
voice: +49-3691-212346
Handmade recorders.
Bolton, Philippe
mail: Le Grand Portail, F-84570 Villes Sur Auzon FRANCE
internet: http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/philippe_bolton/
email: philippe_bolton@csi.com
fax: 04 90 61 97 82, depuis l'étranger (from abroad) +33 4 90 61 97 82
voice: 04 90 61 86 11, depuis l'étranger (from abroad) +33 4 90 61 86 11
He makes recorders, including some with built-in microphones for recording, and can install a key to stop off the bottom of the bell for the higher notes. The web site is in French and English.
Boulder Early Music Shop
location: 1822 Powell Street, Erie, CO 80516 U.S.A.
mail: P.O. Box 428, Lafayette, CO 80026 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.bems.com/
e-mail: Info@bems.com
fax: 303-926-4302
voice: 303-926-4301; 800-499-1301
Instruments and accessories of the medieval, renaissance, and baroque eras, including recorders, violas da gamba, and crumhorns, among others.
Brook, Bruce I.
internet: http://home.clara.net/brucebrook
e-mail: brucebrook@clara.co.uk
Makes and sells lutes, theorbos, baroque guitars, vihuelas, bandoras, orpharions, citterns.
Sells new, used, and antique harpsichords, pianofortes, and fortepianos.
Carl Dudash Harpsichords
mail: P.O. Box 200, Norfolk, CT 06058 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.vintageperformance.com/cdh/
e-mail: cdharp@snet.net
voice: 860-542-5753
"Carl and Marilee Dudash design, build, and decorate harpsichords and clavichords in the styles of the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries in their workshop in the northwest hills of Connecticut." They also restore these instruments.
Carmichael, Craig
internet: http://www.oases.com/WeHaveDynamics.HTML
This gentleman has invented a device to enable a recorder play to use his/her chin to help with dynamics (piano to forte) while staying in tune.
Cavigliotti, Andrea
mail: di Luciano Andreotti, Via Tagliafuoco n. 4, 10040 Almese (Torino) ITALIA
internet: http://www.cavigliotti.it/
voice and fax: +39-11-9350958
Harpsichords and psalteries.
Christopher Monk Musical Instruments
mail: Workshop 4, 30 - 32 Devonshire Road, Forest Hill, London SE23 3SR ENGLAND
internet: http://www.jeremywest.co.uk/cmi.html
e-mail: cmi@jeremywest.co.uk
voice and fax: +44 020 8291 6900
Cornetts, lizards, serpents, oboes, and three hole pipes.
Claviers Baroques
location: Toronto, ON CANADA
internet: http://www.interlog.com/~hpschd/home.html
e-mail: mail@claviersbaroques.com
fax: 416-538-3376
voice: 416-538-3062; 888-597-0946
Harpsichords, clavichords, fortepianos.
Clement, Philippe S.R.L.
mail: R.R. #3 Napanee, ON K7R 3K8 CANADA
internet: http://infoweb.magi.com/~pclement/
e-mail: pclement@magi.com
fax: 613-354-0862
voice: 613-354-1264
Makes and sells chromatic, cross-strung harps.
Clive Morley Harps, Ltd.
mail: Number 8, Berkeley Square, London W1X 5HF ENGLAND
internet: http://www.morleyharps.com/
e-mail: harps@morleyharps.com
fax: (44) 0171 495 4898
voice: (44) 0171 495 4495
"Repair, manufacture and supply of harps, harp music, and harp supplies" He sells new harps, as well as antique and used ones.
Collier Instruments
mail: P.O. Box 9442, 1615 Grant Street, Berkeley, CA 94703 USA
internet: http://www.publicinterest.com/woodwinds/
e-mail: ccollier@publicinterest.com
fax:: 510-845-5638
voice: 510-845-6389
Early woodwinds by Charles Collier, including recorders, flutes, shawms, and cornettos.
Collins and Williams Historical Woodwinds
mail: 5 White Hollow Road, Lakeville, CT 06039 USA
internet: http://www.leecollins.com/
e-mail : lee@leecollins.com
voice: 860-435-0051
They sell many types of recorders, and provide authorized repairs. Of interest is the customized Zen-On Bressan (plastic) alto recorder, in which they replace the block with cedar. They also carry accessories and methods books.
Conrad Mollenhauer GmbH
mail: Weichselstraße 27, D-36043 Fulda GERMANY
internet: http://www.mollenhauer.com/
e-mail: mollenhauer@t-online.de
fax: +49 (0)661 9467 36
voice: +49 (0)661 9467 0
Courtly Music Unlimited
mail: 2067 Broadway Suite 27, New York, NY 10023 USA
internet: http://www.CourtlyMusicUnlimited.com/
voice: 800-274-2443
Recorders and crumhorns.
Craggy Mountain Music
mail: PO Box 31, Lake Junaluska, NC 28745 U.S.A.
internet: http://craggymtnmusic.com/index.html
voice: 877-822-9111; 828-456-9360
Sells bowed psalteries and dulcimers, along with accesories, sheet music books, instructional books, and recorded CDs of music featuring these instruments.
Cripple Creek Dulcimers
mail: 740 Manitou Avenue, Manitou Springs, CO 80829 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.dulcimer.net/index.htm
e-mail: dulcimer@dulcimer.net
fax: 719-685-1373
voice: 719-685-9655
Mountain and hammered dulcimers, Irish harps, bowed psalteries, and tuned Native American flutes.
Crum, Alison
internet: http://homepages.which.net/~alison.crum
This well-known performer in viola da gamba uses her web site to help people sell their violas da gamba, and to buy used ones.
Makes a full range of Baroque oboes and taille at A=415, A=392 and A=440; plus classical oboes and English horns at A=430.
Dana Ciul, Early Keyboard Instruments
mail: 66 Short Trail Court, Lyons, CO 80540 U.S.A.
internet: http://pages.prodigy.net/danaciul/
e-mail: danaciul@prodigy.net
voice: 303-823-6068
Harpsichords, clavichords & fortepianos.
Daniel Deitsch Historical Woodwinds
mail: 2607 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.danieldeitch.com/index.html
e-mail: oldhorns@worldnet.att.net
voice and fax: 415-221-2735
Baroque flutes and clarinets, chalumeaux, bassoons, and fagottinos.
Dark Rose Creations
mail: P.O.Box 2733, Coppell, TX 75019 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.darkrose.net
Sells Medieval drums.
de Visser, Basil
mail: P.O.box 16876, 1001 RJ Amsterdam THE NETHERLANDS
internet: http://www.baroquebows.com/
e-mail: basil@baroquebows.com
fax: +31-20-423.0817
voice: +31-20-623.5614
Bows for period instruments.
Dolmetsch Musical Instruments
mail: Unit 1b, The Unicorn Trading Estate; Weydown Road; Haslemere, Surrey GU27 1DN ENGLAND
internet: http://www.be-blood.demon.co.uk/index.htm
e-mail: brian@dolmetsch.com
fax: +44-870-0560190
voice: +44-1428-643235
Recorders, harpsichords, and viols. Their "Millenium Bass Project 2000" is resulting in a line of 4 instruments below the bass recorder. The web site for information on this is http://www.be-blood.demon.co.uk/millenium.htm.
Dominik Zuchowicz Violin/Viol Maker
mail: 35 Kenora Street, Ottawa, ON K1Y 3K7 CANADA
e-mail: zuchowicz.viols@sympatico.ca
voice: 613-729-8956
Dragon Early Music Pty. Ltd.
mail: PO Box 412, Coorparoo QLD 4151 AUSTRALIA
internet: http://www.earlymusic.gil.com.au/index.html
e-mail: dragon@gil.com.au
fax: +61 7 3847 3925
voice: +61 7 3847 5900
Dreamsinger Harps
mail: 987 Fischer, Detroit, MI 48214 U.S.A.
internet: http://home.earthlink.net/~magicharps/
e-mail: magicharps@earthlink.net
voice: 888-414-7772
Medieval and Renaissance harps, dulcimers, and psalteries.
Duet-Online, Inc.
mail: P.O. Box 212, Knoxville, MD 21758 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.duet-online.com/shop/index.html
e-mail: musicman@duet-online.com
Folk instruments from around the world, especially string instruments and percussion.
The instruments sold here include several sizes of shawms (down to 9 foot long great bass in C).
Early Music Shop, The
mail: 38 Manningham Lane, Bradford, West Yorkshire BD1 3EA ENGLAND
internet: http://www.e-m-s.com/
e-mail: sales@earlyms.demon.co.uk
fax: 00 44 (0) 1274 393516
voice: 00 44 (0) 1274 393753
Early Music Shop of New England, The
also known as Von Huene Workshop, Inc.
mail: 59-65 Boylston Street, Brookline, MA 02146 USA
internet: http://www.vonhuene.com/
e-mail: info@vonhuene.com
fax: 617-277-7217
voice: 617-277-8690
Edfors, John
mail: 142 Pierce Road, Townsend, MA 01469 USA
internet: http://windworld.com/gallery/edfors/
voice: 508-597-2880
Baroque and early flutes.
English, Christopher
mail: 211 Taylor Street #14, Port Townsend, WA U.S.A.
voice: 360 379-9835
Maker of Baroque, Classical & modern bows.
Exotic Woods Company
mail: 444 Erial-Williamstown Road, P.O. Box 532, Sicklerville, NJ 08081 USA
internet: http://www.exoticwoods.com/
e-mail: gulab@exoticwoods.com
fax:: 609-728-6262
voice: 800-443-9264
Woods for making musical instruments.
Harps, psalteries, dulcimers, flutes, and accessories.
Folkers & Powell
mail: 49 Route 25, Hudson NY 12534-9508 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.baroqueflute.com/
fax: 518-822-1416
voice: 518-828-9779
Baroque transverse flutes.
Frederich H. Weiner, Inc.
mail: 216 Jericho Turnpike, Mineola, NY 11501 USA
internet: http://www.weinermusic.com
e-mail: wemusic@erols.com
fax: 516-294-4289
voice: 516-747-5004, 800-622-2675 for orders
This company carries all types of band and orchestra instruments and accessories. They have recorders, and tools for making reeds.
Full Circle Flute Company, Ltd.
internet: http://www.headjoints.com
Wooden headjoints for modern flutes.
Sells Stocker brand hand-finished alphorns in solid wood, in three sections; bell decorated with alpine flowers and the swiss cross. They come in many keys. Extra mouthpieces are available, as well as instructions and CDs.
Ginsberg, Alan and Joan
mail: 2 Celtic House, Bethel, Caernarfon; Gwynedd, North Wales UNITED KINGDOM
internet: http://windworld.com/gallery/ginsberg/index.htm
voice: 0248-671381
Uilleann or Irish pipes.
All types of drums, plus an instructional video.
Harpsichord Clearing House, The
mail: 9 Chestnut Street, Rehoboth, MA 02769 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.harpsichord.com/
fax: 508-252-4397
voice: 508-252-4304; 800-252-4304
"The most comprehensive resource for all early keyboard needs--be it harpsichord, virginal, spinet, clavichord, fortepiano or continuo organ-- in North America."
Harpsichord Center
mail: P.O. Box 41314, Los Angeles, CA 90041-1029
internet: http://www.harpsichordcenter.com/
e-mail: R&B@harpsichordcenter.com
fax: 323-254-9613 (between 8 PM and 8 AM Pacific time)
voice: 323-254-9613
Healy Fife Company
mail: 5 Division Street, Box 4, Warwick, RI 02818 USA
internet: http://windworld.com/gallery/healy/index.htm
fax: 401-885-2502
voice: 401-885-2502
Fifes and flutes.
Hill, Keith
mail: 10332 M 52, Manchester, MI 48158 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.dioptra.com/khill/
fax: 313-428-0768
voice: 313-428-8660
Clavichords, harpsichords, Viennese fortepianos, bowed & plucked stringed instruments (new and used).
Historial Woodwinds
mail: Werkendam 12, 2360 Oud-Turnhout BELGIUM
internet: http://www.historicalwoodwinds.be
e-mail: Jan.Hermans@HistoricalWoodwinds.be
fax: +32 14 41 65 40
voice: +32 14 41 65 40
Maker of renaissance and baroque recorders and of baroque flutes (traversos).
Hobgoblin Music
locations: Seven stores throughout ENGLAND
internet: http://www.hobgoblin.com/
e-mail: Pete@Hobgoblin.Co.UK
Folk and Celtic instruments, including used ones.
Hobgoblin Music
locations: Red Wing, MN and South San Francisco, CA U.S.A.
internet: http://www.hobgoblin-usa.com/local/home.htm
e-mail: Pete@Hobgoblin.Co.UK
Folk and Celtic instruments, including used ones.
Holt Historical Woodwinds
mail: 741 East Harmony Lane, Fullerton, CA 92831 USA
voice: 714-680-6581
House of Harrari
mail: P.O. Box 1577, Jerusalem ISRAEL
location: 7 Maalot Nachalat Shiva Street, Jerusalem ISRAEL
internet: http://www.virtual.co.il/arts/harrari/
e-mail: biblharp@netvision.net.il
voice and fax: 972-2-6255-191
Biblical harps.
Howard Musical Instruments
internet: http://www.howardmusic.co.uk/
Uillean pipes, bodhrans, and low whistles.
Hubbard Harpsichords
internet: http://www.hubharp.com/
Hütmannsberger, Peter
mail: Hauptplatz 4, A-4020 Linz AUSTRIA
internet: http://members.ping.at/huetmann/
e-mail: huetmann@site38.ping.at or huetmann@violine.at
fax: +43 732 781383
voice: +43 732 785856
Violas da gamba.
Repairs wind and brass instruments (from all eras) and sells used ones. He has many from the 1800s for sale on consignment. This site is in French and English.
Supplies for repair and maintenance.
Jack Peters Harpsichords
mail: 14330 Phinney Avenue North, Seattle, WA 98133 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.jackpeters.com
e-mail: JPEarlyMus@aol.com
voice: 206 364-8254
Harpsichords, clavichords and virginals, and an entire line of tiny "car" harpsichords which will fit into the smallest cars.
Jack Spratt Woodwind Shop
mail: 11 Park Avenue, Old Greenwich, CT 06870-0277 USA
internet: http://jacksprattwoodwindshop.com/
e-mail: jacksprattwoodwindshop@discovernet.net
fax: 203-637-7555
voice: 800-629-9277; 203-637-1176
Jacobs, David
location: Redland Bay, Queensland AUSTRALIA
internet: http://www.powerup.com.au/~daj/
e-mail: daj@powerup.com.au
This gentleman makes bagpipes. He also sells reeds for crumhorns and other early double reeds instruments.
Jensen Harpsichords
location: Hamilton, ON CANADA
internet: http://www.harpsichord-man.com/
e-mail: harpsichordman@hotmail.com
John Phillips Harpsichords
mail: P.O. Box 2083, Berkeley, CA 94702 U.S.A.
internet: http://home.earthlink.net/~jplectra/phillips.html
e-mail: jplectra@earthlink.net
voice: 510-549-2272
Sales, rentals, and repair of harpsichords based on models from many countries.
John's Music Center
mail: 4501 Interlake North #9, Seattle, WA 98103 USA
e-mail: drums@johnsmusic.com
fax: 206-548-0422
voice: 206-548-0916; 800-473-514
Johnson, Timothy G.
internet: http://ezinfo.ucs.indiana.edu/~tgjohnso/home.html
Baroque violins.
Jones, James
mail: 1384 Coltons Mill Rd, Bedford, VA 24523-5259
internet: http://www.jamesjonesinstruments.com/
e-mail: james@jamesjonesinstruments.com
voice: 540-586-6319; 586-6013
This gentleman makes by hand several instruments including: bowed psaltries, hammered dulcimers, Irish bouzoukis, zithers, mountain dulcimers, folk harps, mandolins, and modern guitars.
Jubilatores
internet: http://www.toledolink.com/~jubilatores/jubi.html
Medieval lutes and fyddles, custom made to order.
juststrings.com
internet: http://www.juststrings.com/
Strings for all types of instruments.
Keltic Nations
mail: P.O. Box 81087, Ottawa, ON K1P 1B1 CANADA
internet: http://www.kelticnations.com
e-mail: mcpherso@kelticnations.com
voice: 877-535-8426; 613-836-5251
Handmade harps, dulcimers, bowed psalteries, and violins.
Kingham MTM Case Company
mail: 1 Rydal Drive, Maldon, Essex CM9 5LG ENGLAND
internet: http://www.kingham.co.uk
e-mail: rk@kingham.co.uk
fax: +44 (0) 1621 843050
voice: +44 (0) 1621 843040
They make custom hard-shell cases for any musical instrument. "Our experience, which spans over 30 years, enables us to manufacture made to measure cases to suit your individual instruments. We specialize in early musical instruments."
Koch Recorder
mail: RR 1 Box 301, Haverhill, NH 03765 USA
voice: 603-989-5574
Küng Blockflötenbau
mail: Grabenstrasse 3, CH-8200 Schaffhausen SWITZERLAND
internet: http://www.kueng-blockfloeten.ch
e-mail: kueng-blockfloeten@hallo.ch
fax: 011-4152-639-0990
voice: 011-4152-630-0999
Kunath Instrumentenbau
internet: http://www.kunath.com/
Recorders, music, and accessories.
Lätzsch
mail: Schmidtstraße 24, D 28201 Bremen GERMANY
e-mail: HNienaber@aol.com
fax: 49(0)421 73036
voice: 49(0)421 71966
Lazar, Bill
mail: 1377 Bluebird Ct., Sunnyvale, CA 94087 USA
internet: http://members.aol.com/jblazar/paetzold.html
e-mail: jblazar@aol.com
voice: 408-737-8228
Exclusive North American distributor of Herbert Paetzold Square Bass Recorders.
Lee Oskar Harmonicas
mail: PO Box 1120 Duvall, WA 98019-1120 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.leeoskar.com/
fax: 425-844-9560
voice: 425-844-9889
Levin Historical Instruments, Inc.
mail: 13 Cliffside, P.O. Box 407, Newfoundland, NJ 07435 USA
voice: 800-283-3714; 201-697-0535
Lionwood Harps
mail: 1985 Friendship Drive, Ste. K, El Cajon, Ca. 92020
internet: http://www.lionwoodharps.com/
e-mail: harper13@ix.netcom.com
fax: 619-448-0344
voice: 800-680-9330
Harps, accessories, tapes, CDs, sheet music, and books.
Luthiers Merchantile International
mail: P.O.Box 774, 412 Moore Lane, Healdsburg, CA 95448 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.lmii.com/
e-mail: lmi@lmii.com
fax: 707-433-8802
voice: 800-477-4437; 707-433-1823
"Complete supplies for the stringed instrument maker"
Magnamusic Distributors, Inc.
mail: P.O. Box 338, 74 Armenia Union Road, Sharon, CT 06069 USA
internet: http://www.magnamusic.com
e-mail: magnamusic@li.com
fax: 860-364-5268
voice: 860-364-5431
Malz++Kassner
internet: http://www.malz-kassner.com/
Software for technical drawings of any kind of musical instrument.
Manning's Musicals
mail: 75 Westgate, Bradford BD1 2RD ENGLAND
internet: http://www.manningsmusicals.force9.co.uk/
email: malcolm@manningsmusicals.force9.co.uk
voice and fax: 01274 723539
Used and antique instruments, including recorders, crumhorns, and other early instruments, as they become available.
Mateur, Cezar
mail: 102 Gambocz Court, Monmouth Junction , NJ 08852 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/3439/cezar.html
voice: 732-329-0567
Makes and sells lutes and vihuelas.
McLaughlin, Clint
mail: P.O. Box 2894, Desoto, TX 75123-2894 USA
internet: http://www.bbtrumpet.com/items.html
Renaissance Brass: fanfare trumpets, bass bugles, piccolo bugles.
Melody's Traditional Music and Harp Shoppe
mail: 9410 FM 1960 West, Houston, TX 77070 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.folkharp.com/index.htm
e-mail: melody@simplehost.net
voice: 281-890-4500; 800-893-HARP
Harps, recorders, dulcimers, and many other traditional instruments, new and used.
Menaglio, Fabio
internet: http://www.bo.cna.it/managlio/index.htm
Maker of ocarina de budrios.
Metallblas - Instrumentenbau
contact: A. Egger
mail: Turnerstrasse 32, 4058 Basel, SWITZERLAND
fax: 061 681 7220
voice: 061 681 4233
Sackbuts.
Michael Johnson Harpsichords
internet: http://www.michaeljohnsonharpsichords.co.uk/
e-mail: mjharpsi@freenetname.co.uk
Mideast Manufacturing, Inc.
mail: 7694 Progress Circle, West Melbourne FL 32904 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.mid-east.com
e-mail: sales@mid-east.com
fax: 321-952-1080
voice: 321-724-1477
Many types of drums, harps, dulcimers, gongs, etc. from around the world. They carry some items that are "seconds" (repaired or blemished).
Mr. Reeds of Cyperspace
location: western U.S.A.
internet: http://www.innetix.com/~keiths
e-mail: keiths@innetix.com
fax: 650-961-7450 [please call 650-964-5279 before faxing]
voice: 650-964-5279
He makes, sells, and repairs reedpipes, hornpipes, bagpipes, shawms, and oboes, along with accessories and instrument plans.
Moeck Verlag + Musikinstrumentenwerk
mail: Postfach 3131 D-29231 Celle GERMANY
internet: http://www.moeck-music.de/
voice: 011-49-05141-88530
Recorders and other early wind instruments.
Moulder, Eric
mail: 175 Buxton Rd, Leek, Staffordshire ST13 6NF UNITED KINGDOM
fax: +44 1538 382204
voice:. +44 01538-385323
Crumhorns.
Music Store, The
mail: 44 West 62nd Street, New York, NY 10023 USA
fax: 212-541-6630
voice: 212-541-6236
Musicantiqua, Inc.
mail: 848 First Street, Richelieu, PQ J3L 3W5 CANADA
internet: http://www.total.net/~muzart/12en.html
e-mail: muzart@total.net
fax:: 514-658-7851
Recorders and recorder music.
Musicians and Instrument Makers Forum
internet: http://www.mimf.com/
On-line construction workshops, discussion forum, links, etc.
Musicmaker's Kits, Inc.
mail: P.O. Box 2117, Stillwater, MN 55082-3117 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.musikit.com/
e-mail: info@musikit.com
voice: 800-432-5487
Kits to make many early and folk instruments, including lute, psaltery, hurdy-gurdy, and harp, among others.
A classified listing of new and used instruments for sale: baroque through modern.
Northern Renaissance Instruments
mail: 6 Needham Avenue; Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester M21 8AA UNITED KINGDOM
internet: http://www.nrinstruments.demon.co.uk/Guide.html
e-mail: post@nrinstruments.demon.co.uk
vioce and fax: +44 (0) 161 881 8134
Lutes, viols, citterns (plus bandora and orpharion), early guitars, rebecs, etc.
Violas de gamba.
Ohannesian, David
mail: 106 N.W. 104th Street, Seattle, WA 98177 USA
e-mail: davidohan@earthlink.net
voice and fax: 206-781-8517
He has a new wooden thumbrest which fits around recorders without marring the wood.
Olypmic Musical Instruments
mail: PO Box 166, Indianola WA 98342-0166 USA
internet: http://www.hurdygurdy.com/hg/omi/
e-mail: hurdy@silverlink.net
voice: 360-297-7234
Hurdy-gurdies, new and used, CD of h-g music, accessories, repairs.
Omega Strings
mail: 468 E. Margarita Road, Rialto, CA 92376 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.eee.org/bus/omega/index.html
e-mail: omega_strings@eee.org
voice: 909-875-0737
Bowed psalteries and zithers.
"Orff" instruments, "Angel" recorders, and other similar instruments for music education and music therapy. "Peripole-Bergerault, Inc. manufactures instruments for music education while offering the highest standards of unsurpassed quality, child-safe products, and unconditionally guaranteed instruments."
Prescott Workshop
mail: 14 Grant Road, Hanover, NH 03755 USA
internet: http://prescottworkshop.com/
e-mail: recorders@aol.com
fax: 603-643-5219
voice: 603-643-6442
Harpsichords, clavichords, and forte pianos.
Recorder Music Mail
mail: Scout Bottom Farm, Mytholmroyd; Hebden Bridge,West Yorkshire HX7 5JS UNITED KINGDOM
internet: http://www.recordermail.demon.co.uk/
email: ruth@recordermail.demon.co.uk
fax: 0044 1422 886157
voice: 0044 1422 882751
Renaissance Workshop Company Ltd.
mail: Correspondence: 38 Manningham Lane, Bradford BD1 3EA UNITED KINGDOM
internet: http://www.renwks.com
e-mail: sales@renwks.com
fax: 00 44 (0) 1274 201753
voice: 00 44 (0) 1274 201752
"The world's largest specialist manufacturer of early music instruments." They sell reproduction instruments, as well as kits for making them at home.
Rhythm Band Instruments
mail: P.O. Box 126, Fort Worth, TX 76101-0126 USA
fax: 817-332-5654, 800-784-9401
voice: 817-335-2561, 800-424-4724
Robb, Arthur
mail: 79 Gloucester Road, Malmesbury, Wiltshire SN16 OAJ ENGLAND
internet: http://www.argonet.co.uk/artlute/
e-mail: artlute@argonet.co.uk
voice: 0044-(0)1666-822945
"Lutes Built, Lute Information - History, Photos and Music, Teacher of Musical Instrument Making
Lute Plans - Guitar Plans - Musical Instrument Making Advice"
Robert Morley and Company, Ltd.
mail: 34 Engate Street, London SE13 7HA ENGLAND
internet: http://www.uk-piano.org/morley/
fax: 020 8297 0720
voice: 020 8318 5838
Pianofortes and harpsichords.
Rod Baltimore Music Company
mail: 174 West 48th Street, New York, NY 10036 USA
internet: http://www.rodbaltimore.qpg.com/
fax: 212-575-7835
voice: 212-575-1508
Sale and rental of new and used instruments, including some Renaissance and Baroque.
Violas da gamba.
Schäfers Musikladen and Cornetto-Verlag
mail: Spreuergasse 25 D 70372 Stuttgart GERMANY
internet: http://www2.pop-stuttgart.net/wshaefer
e-mail: Wschaefer@pop-Stuttgart.net
fax: +49/711/9561397
voice: +49/711/9561396
"Supplies the full range of medieval, renaissance, and baroque instruments, instrument kits, sheet music, facsimiles, and CDs. ... and also on CD with competent players."
Schwenke und Seggelke
mail: Obere Königstraße 15 (back building), D-96052 Bamberg GERMANY
internet: http://www.schwenk-und-seggelke.de/
e-mail: info@schwenk-und-seggelke.de
fax: +49 (0) 9 51 - 2 08 26 53
voice: +49 (0) 9 51 - 2 25 28
This German company makes by hand clarinets of many models and in many keys, including reproductions from the 18th and 19th centuries (classic and romantic periods) and modern-style instruments.
Seely Workshop, Inc.
mail: 292 Barrington Street, Rochester, NY 14607 USA
Makers of wooden thumb rests for recorders, and of a bass recorder rest which attaches to the bottoom with Velcro®.
Silver Bush Music
mail: 1917 Belair Way Santa Rosa, CA 95403 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.silverbushmusic.com/index.htm
e-mail: brian@silverbushmusic.com
fax: 707-546-8655
voice: 707-579-8432; 800-383-8254
Folk instruments from every continent.
Song of the Sea
mail: 47 West Street, Bar Harbor, ME 04609
internet: http://www.songsea.com/
e-mail: mail@songsea.com
fax: 207-288-8136
voice: 888-SONGSEA; 207-288-5653
Sells all types of early and folk instruments.
Sound Creations
mail: Box 912, Bisbee, AZ 85603 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.bambooflute.com/
e-mail: bambooflute@bambooflute.com
voice: 520-432-7100
Tenor bowed psaltery and other folk instruments.
Stanley, Barbara
mail: 21 Broad Street, Clifton, Shefford, Beds SG17 5RJ ENGLAND
voice: +44 01462-814981
Reeds.
Stephen Barber and Sandi Harris, Lutemakers
mail: 11a Peacock Yard, London SE17 3LH ENGLAND
internet: http://www.LutesandGuitars.co.uk
e-mail: sb.sh@LutesandGuitars.co.uk
voice and fax: +44 (0)207-703-9978
Make and sell lutes, vihuelas, and baroque guitars.
Stratton, Chris
mail: 344 Boston Avenue, Medford, MA 02155 USA
internet: http://www.mdc.net/~stratton
e-mail: stratton@mdc.net
This brass instrument maker can make custom bells for horns, and complete "natural horns".
Sunreed Instruments
contact: Zacciah Blackburn
mail: 2 Fairview Avenue, Springfield, VT 05156 USA
internet: http://www.sunreed.com/
email: Zacciah@sunreed.com
voice and fax: 802-885-6937
Folk instruments of all kinds.
Sweet Pipes, Inc.
mail: 6722 Brentwood Stair Road, Forth Worth, TX 76112 USA
internet: http://www.sweetpipes.com
e-mail: spmus@aol.com
fax: 817-446-0484
voice: 817-446-3299; 800-576-7608
Recorders, with or without methods books, mainly intended for classroom instruction.
Sweetheart Flute Company
mail: 32 South Maple Street, Enfield, CT 06082 USA
internet: http://www.sweetheartflute.com
voice: 203-749-4494
Most types of historic and folk flutes of Europe and the Americas.
Sells carrying cases for folding, metal music stands.
Tefft, Allen
internet: http://www.webpak.net/~ajtefft/
e-mail: ajtefft@micron.net
Celtic harps (folk and full-size), plus lyres and psalteries. He will customize them for individuals. He also sells many sizes of case.
Ternovec, Marco
mail: Parochiestraat 92, 9472 Iddergem BELGIUM
internet: http://gallery.uunet.be/marco.ternovec
e-mail: marco.ternovec@village.uunet.be
voice and fax: (32) 53.672522
Makes and sells violas da gamba.
Tim Myers Music Dulcimers
location: Frederick, MD
internet: http://www.fred.net/rpeter/dulcimer/home.htm
e-mail: ashleyfish@aol.com
voice: 301-695-4762
Makes and sells mountain dulcimers, bantars, and dulcimer sticks.
Toyama Musical Instrument Company, Ltd.
mail: 41 Oharacho, Itabashi-ku Tokyo 174 JAPAN
voice: 03-3960-8305
Their agent in the U.S.A. is Rhythm Band Instruments, above.
Triskelion Folk Music
internet: http://www.renaissance-faire.com/shop/Triskelion.htm
e-mail: Triskel02@AOL.com
Many folk instruments are for sale here.
Tuck-A-See Strings
mail: PO Box 292615, Temple Terrace, FL 33687 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.tuckasee.com/
voice: voicemail and fax: 813-354-2551
Handcrafted hammered dulcimers and bowed psalteries.
Tumiati, Guiseppe
internet: http://lute.net/
Lutes and other plucked string instruments.
Ture Bergstrøm's Instrumentbyggeri
location: DENMARK
internet: http://www.bergstrom.dk./home.html
Historical musical instruments by Ture Bergstrøm.
Bowed psalteries, bodhrans, dulcimers, and harps, plus accessories.
Unicorns and Other Horns
mail: 30 Center Drive, Myrtle Beach, SC 29572 USA
voice: 803-272-6688
Makes and sells lutes, and bows for Baroque and Renaissance instruments.
Van Zandt, David T.
location: Seattle, WA U.S.A.
internet: http://www.seatac.net/dtvz/
e-mail: dtvz@seatac.net
"Baroque, Classical and Modern Violins, Violas, and Cellos."
Von Holst, Andreas
mail: Untere Weidenstr.2, D-81543 München GERMANY
internet: http://www.lautenvonholst.de
e-mail: an@lautenvonholst.de
voice and fax: 089 6519785
Makes and sells lutes of the Renaissance and Baroque eras. This web site is in German.
Von Huene Workshop, Inc.
mail: 59-65 Boylston Street, Brookline, MA 02146 USA
internet: http://www.vonhuene.com/
e-mail: info@vonhuene.com
fax: 617-277-7217
voice: 617-277-8690
Makes, restores, and sells violas da gamba, violins, lutes, theorbos, early guitars and bows. He also provides: curatorial services; exhibition development; valuation, identification and appraisal of antique and historical stringed and keyboard instruments; research; and lecturing.
Wee Piper, The
contact: Michael Mac Harg
mail: RFD 2, Route 14, South Royalton, VT 05068 USA
internet: http://windworld.com/gallery/macharg/index.htm
voice: 802-763-8812
Bagpipes of all types.
Wichita Band Instrument Company
mail: 2525 East Douglas Avenue, Wichita, KS 67211 USA
e-mail: wbic@worldnet.att.net
voice: 316-684-0291; 800-835-3006
William Rees Instruments
internet: http://traditionalharps.com/index.html
Harps.
WindWorld
internet: http://www.windworld.com/
Wood 'N Strings
mail: 1801 Peyco Drive South, Arlington, TX 76001 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.wnsdulcimer.com/
e-mail: dulcimer@woodnstrings.com
fax: 817-472-6991
voice: 817-472-6991; 888-752-9243
Hammered dulcimers and bowed psalteries, plus accessories and CDs featuring their music.
Woodwind Quarterly, The
mail: 26911 Maple Valley, Black Diamond Highway, Maple Valley, WA 98038 USA
internet: http://www.musictrader.com/wwqindex.html
voice: 425-413-4343
A journal for woodwind repair technicians, makers, and manufacturers.
Zelda's Place
mail: P.M.B. 149, 16409 S.E. Division Street Suite 216, Portland, OR 97236 U.S.A.
internet: http://www.hizelda.com/index.htm
e-mail: zelda@renpdx.com
This place carries a variety of Medieval items: weapons, clothing, instruments, etc.
Zen-On Music Company, Ltd.
mail: 3-14 Higashi Goken-Cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162 JAPAN
fax: 011-82-3-3260-1620
voice: 011-81-3-3269-0121
Zuckerman Harpsichords, International
mail: P.O. Box 151, 65 Cutler Street, Stonington, CT 06378 U.S.A.
internet: http://zhi.net
e-mail: robert@zhi.net
"We offer an unusually wide variety of harpsichords, spinets, virginals, clavichords and fortepianos, all closely based on historical models, and all available in kit or finished form."
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