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- All Things Strings - Profiles, reviews, news, market updates, discussion forums about bowed instruments, players, and makers. Searchable dealer database.
stringsmagazine.com
- Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music - Performance arts schools of higher-learning in the UK. News, examinations, FAQ, and publications.
www.abrsm.ac.uk
- Bowed Strings - Scientific acoustic descriptions show the physics of bowed string instruments.
www-ccrma.stanford.edu/~jos/smith-nam/Bowed_Strings.html
- Catgut Acoustical Society - String instrument composers, players, acoustics, violin family instrument construction and makers, acoustics, and related links.
www.marymt.edu/~cas
- Erhu - Chinese two stringed fiddle - Erhu is one of the most popular instruments in China. Site includes profile and picture and MP3 online.
www.philmultic.com/home/instruments/erhu.html
- Hardanger Fiddle Association of America - Organization preserving and promoting traditional Norwegian folk music and dance. Membership information, mailing lists, calendar, and FAQ.
www.hfaa.org
- How to Build a Nyckelharpa - Page by Sören Åhkers. Photographs, drawings, description, and links.
www.sorenahker.com
- How to Buy a Violin - A multi-chapter guide on how to shop for a violin, viola or cello. Discusses dealer and shop practices, instrument authenticity, depreciation and value.
www.musicaluniverse.com
- Jazzstrings - Resource for jazz performers and music they play. Calendars, releases, reviews, and directory of print resources.
shoko.calarts.edu/~chung/jazzviolin.html
- Maestronet Home Page - Online magazine about strings, with articles and special online features. Sheet music, database of instruments for sale, dealers, and discussion groups.
www.maestronet.com
- Mark Deutsch's Bazantar - Biography of the designer and performer the bazantar, a modified acoustic bass with sympathetic strings. Also, contact information, concert schedule and MP3s.
www.bazantar.com
- Nyckelharpa - Pictures, music, and links for the Swedish bowed instrument.
www.elorit.se/harpa/nh.htm
- Nyckelharpa - Information on a Swedish stringed instrument. Description and MP3.
www.sumerauer.de/early_patches/dokumentation/english/nyckelha.htm
- Nyckelharpa, what is that thing? - Photos, sound and history.
www.peterhedlund.com/eng.html
- Soundpost Online - Magazine/ discussion forum for players, makers and collectors of string instruments, bows.
www.soundpostonline.com
- Strings for (unusual) musical instruments - Custom made strings for unusual instruments and tunings. Natural gut, nylon and fluorocarbon strings for early music instruments (violin, lute, viola de gamba, etc.)
www.kuerschner-saiten.de
- Tarisio Auctions - Internet auctioneers of fine and rare stringed instruments. Auction information, policies, and archives.
www.tarisio.com
- The American Nyckelharpa Association - CDs, sound samples, events, photos, newsletters, and history for the Swedish folk instrument, a cousin of the violin.
www.nyckelharpa.org
- The Digital Violin Database - Survey and review of the violin during the last two hundred years. Article on the gradual emergence of the electric violin. Links and references.
www.digitalviolin.com
- The Journal of the Violin Society of America - Information, indexes, sample articles, ordering information for the hardcopy print journal.
www.vsa.to/information/journal/journal.htm
- The Virtual Virtuoso - Practice assistant music software. Accompaniment music plays to aid in the practice of scales, etudes and performance pieces on violin, viola or cello.
www.webcom.com/virtvirt
- Tian Yin Violin Making, Company - Shanghai, China based manufacturer of violins, violas cellos, and basses. Instrumrnt gallery, contact information.
www.tyviolin.com/review/default.htm
- Violin-World - String instrument and accessories for sale. Site features announcements, classifieds, teachers directory, advice, short articles, and music jokes.
www.violin-world.com
- violinandviola - string resources for the UK - Contains online database of string teachers in the uk, free sheet music downloads and a noticeboard to advertise string events, vacancies etc. Also contains a string music forum.
www.violinandviola.co.uk
- Virtu Foundation - The Virtu Foundation's mission is to place donated instruments--cellos, violins and violas--with musicians through annual competitions and other scholarship programs.
www.virtufoundation.org
- Wedge Transducers for Violin and Cello - Wedge Piezo Ceramic Transducers are handmade in Auistralia for Violin and Cello. They are easily fitted in a few minutes and require no specialised knowledge and skills. Structural modifications to the instrument are not necessary.
wedge.netfirms.com
- Yahoo! Groups: nyckelharpa - A list for all who play or listen to the nyckelharpa. Discuss everything from how to play the nyckelharpa to dates for stämmor. Both Swedish and English.
groups.yahoo.com/group/nyckelharpa
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