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KEYBOARD LINKS - Ken Davies' Musical Instrument Links

Piano, Pianola Harpsichord & Synthesizers Organ Harp Accordian, Concertina, Bandoneon

KEYBOARD - GENERAL

ASSOCIATIONS

American Pianists Association

Piano Technicians Guild

Association of Blind Piano Tuners

AGO - American Guild of Organists

American Harp Society 

International Organ Foundation

 

EZINES - JOURNALS

Accordion USA - National News Publication for the accordion community.
Keyboard Magazine
Piano Quarterly
OHS Catalog - Catalog sales division of the Organ Historical Society. Sells pipe organ related books, CDs, videos and sheet music. Site is fully searchable.
Choir and Organ - Classical music magazine (Orpheus Publications) - religious, secular, - reviews, news, events.
PIPORG-L - Electronic mailing list devoted to organs (pipe and electronic), organists and organ music.

ACCESSORIES

The Piano Lab - The Piano Lab offers an Online store with a complete selection of piano parts and supplies.
Piano World - Extensive resource of piano information. Also selling piano parts and accessories. Directory of piano tuners, teachers, dealers. 
Piano Supplies .com - Benches, brass lamps, music stands, metronomes, tuning equipment, covers, more.
PianoMart - 600+ new and used pianos, accessories (lamps, benches, metronomes etc.). Posting ad is free, but 3% commission is charged if you sell it.
Stanwood Piano Innovations, Inc. - Grand piano action upgrades.

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MISCELLANEOUS RESOURCES

International Piano Competitions - Large Directory
Early Piano - Fortepiano Information - Information about early pianos and registers of surviving instruments.
Piano Chord Finder - Easily get detailed finger settings for hundreds of piano chords and scales, clearly displayed in the graphical manner familiar from music books.
Piano Numbers - Serial numbers for over 400 brands to assist in the dating of pianos. Technical and historical information. Books, CDs, sheetmusic, hardware and software for musicians and technicians.
Allegro Piano (sw.piano.com) - Greg Gombert's national network for quality upper level piano sales and service.
Usenet rec.music.makers.piano - news: - Deja

MANUFACTURERS

The Fuehr & Stemmer Piano Page - Dedicated to collecting and sharing information about the Fuehr & Stemmer Piano Company, Chicago, piano makers from 1903-28.

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KEYBOARD  MUSIC PUBLISHERS Sheet Music - Keyboard Specialty or Keyboard Only    (also CDs)
Accordion Music Publishing - JANPress Publications is dedicated to the promotion, sale, and distribution of original accordion compositions, transcriptions, and arrangements (for standard or free bass accordion), as well as recordings of this literature.
Musicnotes.com Sheet Music Store   - Download digital sheet music instantly or order from their selection of traditional music books. Find sheet music, from pop, country to classical, for piano, vocal, guitar tab to instrumental. Free samples and MIDI.
Brookside Press, Home of The Piano Book - Information about buying, selling, and owning a piano.

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Piano - Resource Sites - general | legends | pedagogy | sound files | repair | jazz | pianolas

Concert works for piano
Sapphire Kaleidoscope (2004) - Ken Davies - duration c. 8 minutes
Premier: Univ of North Carolina Greensboro (2005)
Additional performances: Connecticut, New York City 2007-08-09

K'Danza   (2005) - Ken Davies - duration c. 5 minutes
Premiere: Oklahoma City University, Okla City, OK

mp3s and more works at kenvad music / sheetmusic_keyboard.html

General

playpiano.com  - Oregon pianist/teacher Duane Shinn has an excellent piano (and more) resource here.
Piano Street Forum offers a discussion board for pianists, piano teachers and students with over 400,000 posts about classical piano music and how to play the piano.
Pianopedia - Dr. Eric Brisson created this excellent searchable database of piano works.
Piano Page, The  - from Piano Technicians Guild.
Piano-L Mailing List - Open forum for all aspects of performance and pedagogy.
Jazz Piano Online - directory, links, reference. more jazz piano links
Nineteenth Century Piano Music - contains essays related to performance practice, gender and sexuality, Chopin, and musicology.
Canadian Piano Page - Technicians, piano teachers, stores, pianos and news items.
ThinkQuest: Everything of the Piano - provides history, playing information, sound files, links, and more.
St. Louis Piano Community - The place where St. Louis pianists keep in touch with each other. Piano teacher directory, calendar of performances, service providers, discussion forums, etc.
Steinway Society of the Bay Area - Social organization of Piano Enthusiasts who want information regarding pianos, piano concerts, piano lessons and piano recitals and updates on Steinway, Steinway&Sons products and literature in the bay area.
The UK Piano Page - Piano tuners, teachers, manufacturers, history, etc. (sponsored by the Association of Blind Piano Tuners)
Welcome to Young Chang WorldWide - information on products, service and technical tips, piano education resources, and many more areas.
Andrew George De Grado Foundation - founded to remember the pianist Andrew De Grado and promote young pianists at the beginning of their careers.
Top100pianosites.com - Discover the best sheet music, piano lessons, and pianodealers on the web

LEGENDARY PIANISTS (non-jazz)
Bauer, Harold (1873-1951) - Bauer Collection in the Music Division of the Library of Congress.
Borge, Victor - This tribute web page contains a biography, pictures, sound clips, and the Rosetta Stone giving a Borge quote-of-the-day in Danish and English.
Hollander, Lorin - Featuring reviews, concerts, residencies, teaching and mentoring, institutes for transformation in healing and education and links.
Paderewski, Ignaz Jan (1860-1941) - Biographical essay and list of works by Wanda Wilk from the Polish Music Reference Center.
Serkin, Rudolf (1903-1991) - Kennedy Center tribute page.
reviews, discography and links.
Tureck, Rosalyn (1914) - Includes the Tureck Bach Research Foundation. For many people she shall be deemed to be Bach's pontiff; extensive information on her life and her music.
Wild, Earl (1915) - Includes biography and discography.

Pedagogy
Read Music Now
Focuses on mental and physical habits for developing fluent reading and sight-reading of music on keyboard. For the bare beginner as well as the more experienced ear player. www.kendavies.net/readmusic
Learn Piano lessons Online & Piano DVD’s / Books - Tammys Learn, Blues Jazz piano lessons via DVD, the site also has Piano Books.
Piano-Play-It.com - David Yzhaki's great instructional site; learn piano chords, chord theory, video lessons and much more. Check out especially his piano-chords page.
Piano Education Page, The - For piano teachers, students, parents, and fans of the piano. Learn how to choose a teacher, buy and maintain a piano, practice more effectively.

Piano Home Page- Pedagogy Business Practices in the Private Music Studio; Copyright and Music;
Piano on the Net - online courses using Apple's QuickTime software to teach piano and music lessons, including jazz.
Piano Place, The - place for young pianists, with tips on practicing, taking exams and performances, including a brief history of piano music.
Quick Start Piano - Detailed description of this video course for beginners. Free samples included.
Piano-By-Ear Institute - Multimedia, home-study, church-oriented courses teach how to use chords, rhythm and progressions to accompany singers/musicians as they provide the melody.
Piano Basics Foundation News and Suzuki Web Sites - An essential and primary resource for Suzuki pedagogy and piano study.
Bea's Keys Piano Teaching Aids - Catalog of piano teacher aids invented by Beatrice Carney
Brent Hugh's Piano Home Page - Piano practice tips, piano seminar and masterclass notes, music class outlines and helpful notes, piano-related links.
Mastering the Piano - the favorable alternative - Shows the alternative method in schooling the piano; courses, lessons and seminars centered on the Chopin & Neuhaus' piano formula.
The Piano Education Page - 300+ pages of piano lesson tips, activities, music, reviews and interviews; for parents, students,...
Piano on the Net - Online courses using QuickTime movies to teach piano lessons and pop music theory...
The Piano Education Page - Just for Kids

SUZUKI

Jeanne Luedke's Parent Education - Seminars and tips to parents offered. Also, sales of workbooks.
Piano Basics Foundation News and Suzuki Web Sites - An essential and primary resource for Suzuki pedagogy and piano study.
Suzuki Piano Teachers Central - Home of *Suzuki Piano Teachers Forum*, 1st international forum focusing highly specialized subjects of Suzuki Method study as applied to piano study and pedagogy.
Piano Practice Methods Home Page - compendium of useful piano practice ideas and methods.
The Piano Place - A place for young pianists, with tips on performances, practicing, and piano exams, including a brief history of piano music.
Piano Practice Methods - A compendium of useful piano practice ideas and methods. Users can add their own ideas and comments about piano practicing. By Brent Hugh, Missouri Western State College Department of Music.
Pulse Patterning for Pianists - Learn to move the lower torso in a musically appropriate and biomechanically correct way to maintain freedom in the body, and to engage and enhance the metric and phrase rhythm of the music.
Piano Players Guide to the Internet - Featured This Week: Updated 10/23/2000 Piano Internet Resources FAQ This is the FAQ list for Piano-related Internet Resources ...


MIDI files, Real Audio and MP3
Classical Piano Midi Page - Includes over 40 MP3 files of classical piano music realized by Bernd Krueger.
Classical Piano Page - Hundreds of classical piano music recordings in RealAudio format, many in mp3 format. History, portraits of composers.
Das Hammer Klavier - A visitor-contributed classical piano and composition site with piano resources, album reviews, and MIDI resources and links.
Classical Piano MIDI Page - in English & Deutsch (German)
Piano Soundfont & Sample Page - From Steinway Grand Piano
... Grand Piano Soundfonts and Samples for Your Soundcard, Soft-synth or H/W Sampler !! Sound samples recorded from a Steinway Model-C (7foot,5inch) grand piano. ...
Classical piano page - contains sound files.
Pianocorder to MIDI Project - Description of a project to digitally convert Pianocorder tapes into MIDI files.
The Internet Piano Page - many classical MIDI files.

TUNING & REPAIR
Piano Technicians Guild
Affleck Piano Tuning - How to tune, repair and refinish your own piano.
Piano Technician Homepage - Piano technician who is also a concert pianist discusses piano maintenance, purchasing and general questions about the piano. MP3 piano music file by the webmaster.

JAZZ PIANO
The New Orleans Pianist - Commercial site offering music teaching program with a huge library of over 65 New Orleans Style piano music standards, played on MIDI keyboard by top New Orleans Pianists Henry Butler, Jon Cleary, Tom McDermott, Joel Simpson and David Torkanowsky.
Piano Jazz - not just about the piano. Marian McPartland explores jazz with guitarist Gene Bertoncini, trumpeter Dave Douglas, and more
Open Directory list of jazz pianists
Yahoo list of jazz pianists (check)
Blake, Eubie (1883-1983)
Brubeck, Dave
Cole, Nat King (1919-1965) 
Connick, Harry Jr.
Corea, Chick
Count Basie@
Ellington, Duke (1899-1974) 
Evans, Bill (1929-1980) 
Grusin, Dave 
Grusin, Don
Hancock, Herbie 
Henderson, Fletcher (1898-1952) 
Hines, Earl (Fatha) (1903-1983) 
Jarrett, Keith
Joplin, Scott (1868-1917) 
Lewis, Ramsey 
Marsalis, Ellis 
McPartland, Marian
Monk, Thelonious (1917-1982) 
Morton, Jelly Roll (1890-1941) 
Peterson, Oscar 
Powell, Bud (1924-1966) 
Silver, Horace (3)
Strayhorn, Billy@
Sun Ra
Tatum, Art (1909-1956)
Taylor, Cecil
Tristano, Lennie
Waller, Thomas "Fats" (1904-1943)
Zawinul, Josef 

PLAYER PIANOS - PIANOLAS
Adam's Pianola Page - extensive info including descriptive texts and pictures of music rolls and more.
A Catalog of Music Rolls - Catalog of all known music rolls for band organs, carousel organs playing the Wurlitzer style 165 roll.
Gabe's Player Piano Page - The story and music of a 1925 Lexington Simplex Straightline Player Piano.
The Great Canadian Nickelodeon Company - These pages are for those enduring majestic marvels of music and mechanism, with the fond hopes that a new generation will discover, preserve, and promote the amazing magic of Automatic Musical Instruments.
Perforating Music Rolls on the Maine Coast - A photo gallery and text, showing the "out of doors" making of a Master Roll for Player-Pianos (Pianolas) at a scenic Maine campsite.
Peters Player Piano Page -
Pianos, Players, et.al. -
Player Piano and Mechanical Music Exchange - Including music boxes, band organs, barrel organs, orchestrions, nickelodeons, reproducing pianos, piano rolls.
Player Piano Care and Music Rolls -
The Player Piano WebRing -
Spencer's E-Rolls - Electronic Music files for pneumatic, reproducing pianos, electric pianos, electronic pianos, sound cards and sound modules. Optically scanned from original player piano rolls. Custom piano roll scanning and archiving services also available.
Terry Smythe's Home Page - Restoration and enjoyment of vintage automatic musical instruments, such as player pianos, reproducing pianos, nickelodeons, disk music boxes, cylinder music boxes, circus band organs.
Village Blacksmith - Do-it-yourself site with tips for player piano restoration.
Vorsetzer - Nickelodeons and Player Pianos
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Harpsichord, Clavichord - Resource Sites
SØRLI Lautenwerke and Harpsichords - Steven Sørli is an award-winning custom harpsichord builder based in Amhearst, Massachusetts.
British Harpsichord Society - from William Vine. Extensive harpsichord links, especially UK.
Webring: Harpsichord and Clavichord - Maintained by Bradley Lehman, bpl@umich.edu.
Harpsichord Clearing House - The Harpsichord Clearing House is the most comprehensive resource for all early keyboard needs--be it harpsichord, virginal, spinet, clavichord,...
LUTE-HARPSICHORD: A Forgotten Instrument - Bach sought, and had custom-built, a harpsichord which sounded like a lute. Detailed description of history and construction.
Harpsichord Center, Early Keyboard Instruments by Roberts & Brazier. - Custom made Harpsichords, Clavichords and Fortepianos. ...
Harpsichord examinations - Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music - Harpsichord examination syllabuses for Grades 1 to 8. The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music - Setting the standards in music...
Harpsichord Inititative - Bigduck's Website. strands: A Harpsichord Primer. A List of Current Builders who are on-line. For Sale. Latin Mottos. A Harpsichord Across Time....
Baroque Music: Harpsichord - The baroque harpsichord and its music.
Harpsichord Owners' Manual - How to maintain your harpsichord in perfect voice. Includes photos and detailed instructions.
How to Build a Harpsichord - Includes photographs and step-by-step instructions.
The Instrument Workshop - Parts and supplies for early keyboard instruments and other non-bowed stringed instruments
Introduction to the Harpsichord and Clavichord - Short descriptions.
Keys to the Millennium - The harpsichord in the 21st century.
Musical Woodworking Projects - Notes and photos of harpsichord construction.
"A New Solution to the Ruckers Transposing Double Puzzle" - Article from Continuo magazine about a double-keyboard harpsichord.
Sounds of Harpsichords - Compare with other instruments
Understanding Temperaments - Tunings used for harpsichords.
CLAVICHORD

Clavichord - (Encarta® Concise Encyclopedia Article)
Introduction to the Harpsichord and Clavichord - Short descriptions.
Late Gothic Keyboard Music - A few MP3s of pieces from a 1452 keyboard treatise.
Stefano Meneghini's Early Music Page - Information about the harpsichord, virginal and clavichord, audio files, related links and early music iconography.
Iowa City Early Keyboard Society - Fostering appreciation of historical keyboard instruments, primarily the harpsichord, clavichord, and fortepiano, through education and performance.
Zuckermann Zentrum - Historische Tasteninstrumente und Bausätze wie Clavichord, Cembalo, Hammerflügel. Beratung, Fertigungsstufen, Bestandteile, Zubehör, Geschichte und Gegenwart, Bestellung und Diskussionsforum.
Bausatz-Zentrale - Historische Musikinstrumente und Bausätze: Clavichord, Cembalo, Laute, Harfe, Hurdy-Gurdy, Dudelsack.

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Synthesizer - Resource Sites (primarily for players - for tech sites, see my Arranger-Composers Page

Read Music Now
Focuses on mental and physical habits for developing fluent reading and sight-reading of music on keyboard. For the bare beginner as well as the more experienced ear player. www.kendavies.net/readmusic
Beginner's Synthesizer FAQ - Good answers to newbie questions in a well-organized web page.
The Synthesizer Picture Archive - Photographs of new and vintage synth gear
Robert Moog and The Moog Synthesizer - A short history
Modulus   - Zine for homebrew modular synthesizer construction
The "Really Easy" synthesizer course - This distant-learning course is multi-media: videotapes, computer generated audio tapes that play the songs and the exercises in the course, over 300 pages of detailed instruction, support services, special learning aids and much more. A Roland synthesizer is furnished with the course.
Oliver Wakeman - An information resource for musician, synthesizer and keyboard player, pianist and composer Oliver Wakeman (son of Rick Wakeman) - projects, albums, biography, links and contact details.
eMusician Article Archives - articles from Electronic Musician (check)
Synth-DIY Mailing List - A mailing list for people who are into synthesizer electronics and/or building synthesizers.
The Analogue Synthesizer Resource/FAQ - FAQ/link list for Analogue Heaven mailing list. Useful links and information.
E-Music DIY Archive - Schematics, manuals and modifications. How to build/modify your own synthesizer.
Fenix - Makers of the analog Fenix Modular Synthesizer
Music and More - The official Homepage of the MB-33 Analog Bass Synthesizer, VF-11 11-Band Vocoder, RS-3 Resonator and more.
Synth DIY Page - A variety of analog synthesizer schematics, patent information, and PCB information.
Synthesis Technology: Analog Modular Synthesizer Resource Page - The Internet resource for building analog modular synthesizers.
MacWaveMaker Users Group - MacWaveMaker is a nubus card midi synthesizer for Macintosh. Claims every MacWaveMaker thing may be found here.
Applied Acoustics Systems Tassman software synthesizer - Tassman physical modeling software synthsizer offers musicians and sound designers real-time simulation of acoustic instruments and analog hardware.
Colin's Page - Analog synthesizer DIY projects and modifications to vintage synthesizers
Blacet Research Music Products - Unusual, high quality, analog synthesizer modules. Assembled and kits. Packaging systems, power supplies, MIDI to sequencer converter ICs.
VirSyn Software Synthesizer - The professional tool for sound design and computer music production.
Sound Tower - Music Synthesizer Editing Software for Alesis, Korg, Waldorf, and Behringer.
Doepfer - Product information on the analog synthesizer and accessory company.
Analogue Solutions - Producer of the Concussor Modular Synthesizer.
Access Music Electronics - Makers of the access-music virus synthesizer - a virtual analog synthesizer
ER-0 Drum Synthesizer - THe ER-0 is a freeware drum synthesizer, modeled after the Korg Electribe ER-1. Create original percussion sounds, or recreate all those analog favorites.
SidStation - Homepage for MIDI-controlled synthesizer with realtime controllers. The heart of this synthesizer is the sound generating chip from the classic Commodore 64 home computer SID6581 Sound Interface Device chip.
Kurzweil Synthesizer Resources - Resources for users of Kurzweil synthesizers and samplers.
Yamaha Corporation of America - Manufacturer's website: Synthesizer & Midi Products.
AudioFusion - A music software program created to transform your PowerMac into a professional studio. Includes standard audio tools such as a sampler, synthesizer, and beatbox, as well as a mixing system. Provides MIDI compatibility and AIFF exporting.
Kraftwerk - The Early Years 1968 - 1973 - Detailed history of the early years of Kraftwerk's existence. Includes bios of the members, descriptions of the early albums, and a discussion of the Minimoog synthesizer.
Korg Wavestation Information - Korg Wavestation synthesizer; EX, AD and SR. Information on latest ROM revisions, programming tips, sounds, links, editors, etc.
Liquid Fantasies - Dream Theater page, MIDI files, synthesizer sounds for Roland JP-8000, JD-800 and Kurzweil K2000/2500/2600, music scene in Luxembourg and web security.
SynC Modular - A software synthesizer for Windows 95, 98 and NT4.0. Allows up to 16 voices. Available for free download.
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Organ
Concert Piece for Brass Quintet and Organ by Ken Davies.
 Antiphonal audience appeal in a neo-baroque style for an added touch to a recital or 
as a memorable recessional for a special worship service which includes brass.
Listen Concert Piece mp3
Published by Kenvad Music (ASCAP)
Order from www.kendavies.net/kenvad (Brass or Keyboard)

Check out the other organ works there, too. Order online with Paypal.
Introduction to Church Organs - A primer for church organ committees. Part of an organ builder's site, but is very objective. Very useful and informative.
The Pipe Organ - A beginner's guide to the organ: how it works, a glossary of terms and a list of further resources.
Pipe Organ Exposed - A layman's tour of how an organ works.
Pipe Organ Tracker Project - Very large collection of website links to pipe organs sites and related keyboard musical instruments.
MusicLink Pipe Organ Builders and Resources - List of links to organ builders, organists' associations, more.
Pipe Organs and Music - Extensive information on pipe organs and organ music. Museum of organs. Organs available for recycling. Japanese and English language.
Pipedreams - Companion site to the popular radio program. "A program of music for the King of Instruments"
The Organ in Art - Dozens of scans of paintings which include pipe organs.
The World's Largest Organs - International list of five manual organs and those greater than 100 ranks.
Historic Organs - list of sites from Open Directory
Organ History - The Pipe Organ, a description in two parts: "The organ and how it works" and "The History of the Organ"
OHS Catalog - Catalog sales division of the Organ Historical Society. Sells pipe organ related books, CDs, videos and sheet music. Site is fully searchable.
Choir and Organ - Classical music magazine (Orpheus Publications) - religious, secular, - reviews, news, events.
PIPORG-L - Electronic mailing list devoted to organs (pipe and electronic), organists and organ music.
The PipeChat List Home Page - E-mail list for pipe/digital/electronic organs and related topics. Informal and fun.
Church Organ Trader - Classified ads for pipe organs and parts, electronic church organs and related equipment, as well as positions wanted, in the organbuilding and the church organ musical community.
Online Organist - A service for organists and those seeking their skills. Contains an organist registry and a resources directory.
The Organ Web Ring - 100+ sites: organs, organists, organ music, organ builders, organ service, pipe organs, electric organs, and organ playing.
ORGANfax- Links site for the organ and keyboard world. UK bias, but has international scope.
Flue Pipe Acoustics - A description of the physics behind the sound of organ pipes and whistles.
LOCALITIES
The Dutch Organ Site - A comprehensive site of the Dutch organ music scene. Includes information about concerts, competitions, special announcements, builders.
The Organ Historical Trust of Australia - Pipe organs in Australia, their conservation and documentation.
Organ Music in Latvia - General overview of organs and organists.
Organs and Organists - Canadian site with many links to organs in Québec, Canada and the world.
ORGUE et Companie - French/English site, mostly resources for organists and amateurs in France.
Royal Society of British Organists - News, information about a series of graded local examinations for organ students, and a list of organ concerts.
Seattle Area Pipe Organ Scene - Info on local concerts, builders, radio programs.
Northern Ireland Pipe Organ Web Site - A central resource bringing together all aspects of the pipe organ scene within Northern Ireland. Email addresses of organists, specifications, lists of organ builders, recordings, details of recitals and lists of churches looking for organists.
Organs of Norrbotten - Information about organs in the north of Sweden.
Organs of the United States and Canada Database© - Intended to provide a detailed historical overview of all pipe organs built or installed in the US and Canada. Introduction, list of builders whose opus lists are included, list of builders underrepresented and contact information for the proprietor. Under construction, not searchable, no data yet available.
Pipe Organs of Louisville, KY - Devoted to the organs in and around Louisville; many stoplists (some with photos), cited alphabetically by location.
The Pipe Organs of Southern West Virginia - Photos and specifications of pipe organs in Athens and Beckley, W.V.
Pipe organs of the Merrimack Valley, Mass. - These organs were featured at the American Guild of Organists Regions I and II Convention, 1995.
The Pipe Organs of Youghal - A historic walled seaport town found in the mid-south of Ireland. Information about churches in the Youghal area with organ histories and specifications.
Trinity Lutheran, Lansdale, Penn. - Information, photos and specification of new Martin Ott organ.
Roosevelt Mem. Park. Outdoor Pipe Organ - One of the few outdoor pipe organs in the world. Built by Wurlitzer. Most of the organ is on 50" of pressure. Has a listening radius of 5 miles.
National Pipe Organ Register - A comprehensive, searchable database of information about British pipe organs.
Organ Clearing House - Organization which relocates older pipe organs. Site has contact information and photos of some organs available for sale.
PipeOrgans - UK-based e-mail list for players of classical organ music, those interested in matters technical and for pipe organ enthusiasts.
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Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada: Web Resources - Many organ, , bell and church music links. from Lift Up Your Hearts.
Göteborg Organ Art Center - Göteborg University center for study and research into all aspects of the organ art and the organ instrument--interpretation of the music of different periods, improvisation, research into pre-industrial organbuilding, studies of sources. Göteborg Organ Art Center - An international research center for organ history, organ building, teaching and performance practice.
International Organ Competition - Competition held in Odense, Denmark for organists under 35 years of age. Application and prize information, members of the jury, description of organs used.
Organ Alternatives - Canadian site "dedicated to the organ as a performing instrument, and to its future". Online newsletter in Adobe Acrobat format.
The Organ Amateur Page - Includes midi files, a list of some of the author's favorite organs.
The Organ Connection - Photos and details of selected feature organs; articles on featured composers; MIDI files. Handsome site.
OrganFocus.com - Search a database of pipe organ events around the world. Concerts, festivals, masterclasses. Original reviews, essays and more.
Osiris - How to use the Osiris Archive of organ specifications.
The Shrine of St. Cecilia - Reproductions of historic images of St. Cecilia, many with portativs.
British Institute of Organ Studies - Society which promotes historical research, conserves the sources and materials for British organ history, and works for the preservation of these instruments. Site includes list of programs and online newsletter.
British Organ Archive - Description of contents, summary list of primary material, access information
Broadway Baptist Church - Fort Worth, Texas; description, photos and specs of the Rildia Bee O'Bryan Cliburn Organ, Casavant Opus 3750, 5 manuals & pedal, 191 ranks.
Christchurch Town Hall - Documentation of the 1997 installation of the Rieger organ. Hundreds of photos, MP3 sound files, coming events, guestbook, and CDs for sale.
Dream Organs - Organ designs & proposals by builders, performers and commentators; an account of the organ in literature; essays on music and organ design; spec of the "Liber Organum", an 8,276 stop [sic] dream organ.
Hammercreek Studio - Photographic portfolio of decorated organ pipes. Firm stencils, stipples, stripes and gilds organ pipes for historic churches, institutions and private residences.
Het Orgel - Dutch/English site for magazine published by the Royal Dutch Association of Organists. Recent articles, list of editors, subscription information.
International Organ Foundation - A non-profit organization dedicated to the conservation and preservation of the pipe organ in all its forms.
JAV Recordings - CDs of world famous pipe organs. Documentary series “Great Organbuilders of America” features the work of Aeolian-Skinner.
Moller Organ Project - The author shows a personal pipe organ rejuvination/rebuilding project in many photos and descriptions. Nice site.
Street Organ Page - Street organ facts, history, makers, music, restoration tips. Dedicated to the mechanical organ and its music.
THEATRE ORGAN--------------------------
Theatre Organ Home Page - All about theatre organs; searchable databases including WurliTzer opus list; classified ads; many links to other sites.
ACT Division of the Theatre Organ Society of Australia - Formed to preserve the sounds and traditions of the theatre organ in Canberra and to further the understanding of the instrument and its music.
Chicago Area Theatre Organ Enthusiasts, Inc. - Information about Chicago area theatre organs and organists, past and present.
Eastern Mass Chapter ATOS - Oldest ATOS chapter; listings of public concerts, member events and other theatre organ information.
Free State Theatre Organ Society - Home of the 2/8 Robert Morton-Wicks theatre organ. Organ history and specification, directions, concert schedule.
Kirk of Dunedin Pipe Organ - World's largest series theatre-style organ concerts, specification, recordings available.
Los Angeles Theatre Organ Society - Lists of concerts and events; local organs; membership info.
The Main Chamber - Site of the Chicagoland Theatre Organ Society; includes list of officers and coming events, membership info.
The Organhouse - Description and photos of John Ledwon's 4/52 residence theatre organ in Agoura, Calif.; list of recordings.
Paramount Grand Page Organ - Anderson, Ind. theatre organ; concert schedule; .wav samples.
Pine Tree Chapter ATOS - Chapter meeting and membership information; photos and history of our Wurlitzer Op. 1634 3/13.
Puget Sound Theatre Organ Society - Local news, concert listing and regional theatre organ history.
RJE Productions homepage - Homepage for R. Jelani Eddington. Information on recordings, theatre organs, organ music, etc.
Rochester Theatre Organ Society - Concert schedules, pictures of the two Wurlitzer consoles (4/22 and 3/12) and pipe chambers, 4/22 stoplist, driving directions, membership information, more.
Scottish Theatre Organ Preservation Society - History and goals; information on Scottish theatres (esp. the New Palace Centre in Greenlaw, Berwickshire) and theatre organs.
Steve's Place - Details of customized Rodgers 321B Theatre Organ; the Tivoli Theatre in Downers Grove, IL, and its 3/10 Wurlitzer.
Wrltzr.com - Devoted to the 3/19 Wurlitzer at Colorado State University; info about artists, local food and lodging; upcoming events.
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Harp - resource sites (though not a "keyboard," harpist play "double-staff" music, so.......)
Barb Lepke-Sims - pro harpist with good link list of harp resources
American Harp Society
HarpMall.com
The Harp Column - bi-monthly national magazine
HARPA - International harp newspaper
Harp Webring - 80 sites for harp lovers to explore
World Harp Congress
The Electric Harp Column
harp.net
The Harp Page
Debbie's Harp Resource
The Harp Forum
Instrument Encyclopedia- Harp
The Harp Index
Henry Houh's Harp Links
Odilia's Harp News, HARPA-TELYN
Frequently Asked Harp Questions
William Rees Harps Resource Menu
Harp Site List from Open Directory
Harp Organization List from Open Directory

Companies

Lyon & Healy Harps
Thormahlen Harps
International Society of Folk Harpers and Craftsmen
FC Publishing Co. - publishers of harp arrangements
Vanderbilt Music Company
W&W Musical Instrument Company
Camac Harps
Pilgrim Harps
Lyra Music Web Site
Classic Harps Northwest (Aoyama Harps)
Harps Ulimited International
Melody's Traditional Music and Harp Shoppe
David Kortier- Harpmaker
Pratt Manufacturing: Harp Manufacturing,
Nancy Rae and Protege lever harps
Hidden Valley Harps
Virginia Harp Center
Dragonflower Music
Timothy Harps
Sylvia Woods Harp Center
Harp & Roses
Stringed Instruments Division
Roadcases
The Harp and Dragon
Hobackgroundoblin-Stoney End
Silva Vocat Music
HarpLand Music Inc.
Harpshop, Nova Scotia
Karen Rokos Harp Services
Ray Doherty Transit Cases
The Musical Workshop
Pat O'Loughlin, Harpmaker


The Harp Column Classified Ads
The Harp Market
The Harp Connection
Harp in Sacred Liturgy Conference
Annual Harpers Escape Weekend in Spring Lake, NJ

Personal Harp Web Sites

Jan Jennings
Ray Pool
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Accordian - resource sites - includes concertina & bandoneon

Accordion Links homepage - largest listing of accordion links in the world
Accordions Worldwide - The largest accordion internet site in the world, home of the Accordion Yellow Pages database with many thousands of listings of accordionists and accordion organisations which are free for anyone, Weekly News in five languages, general information on the accordion and related instruments, internet site design and hosting.
Center for the Study of Free-Reed Instruments - The CSFRI serves as a resource for all aspects of all free-reed instruments
International Concertina Association - International Concertina Association was founded over 40 years ago and works to promote the music and playing of the various forms of concertina.
Accordion Books - Accordion books on repair construction and learning to play all kinds of accordions.
The Classical Free-Reed, Inc. - A nonprofit educational and cultural organization dedicated to the advancement of the free-reed instruments in classical music. This includes the accordion & bayan, concertina & bandoneon, harmonium & reed organ, harmonica, sheng, khaen, kobing, and others.
Pied Crow Accordions and Concertinas Index - Gallery of Accordians and Concertinas, tuning, diagrams of key and button layouts and links to many other squeezebox-related articles.

Accordion Lovers Society International - San Diego's online forum for appreciation of accordion music
Accordion Teachers Association of Massachusetts - Established in 1960, it provides annual competitions for accordionists and other instrumentalists.
Accord-Unisson - L’accordéon et Madagascar. Echange artistique, culturel et technique entre musiciens. La collecte et l’envoi de pièces et outillages pour l’entretien et la réparation d’instruments de musique. Association loi 1901 sur Chambéry.
Arizona Accordion Club - Accordion music lovers in Arizona playing charity functions and professionally
Florida Accordion Association - Florida organization for all accordionists and/or accordion music enthusiasts.
Guildford Accordion Club - Guildford Accordion club web site ,club meets 3rd Friday of every month, in Ripley, Surrey, England.
Leyland Accordion Club - Accordion Club, Accordion Newsnet UK authors, Accordion Links, UK Accordion news, Accordion Festivals, Accordion recording and Midi Installations.
Links, Accordion Music - Accordion Club, Accordion Newsnet UK authors, Accordion Links, UK Accordion news, Accordion Festivals, Accordion recording and Midi.
Michigan Accordion Society - Michigan Accordion Society established in June 1996 sharing accordion music within our communities and promoting the accordion as a beautiful and versatile instrument.Over 150 members and growing
Milwaukee Accordion Club - The Milwaukee Accordion Club's purpose is to stimulate a positive attitude toward the performance of music on the accordion
National Accordion Organization of the United Kingdom - Caters for the main body of British accordionists and numbers almost every well-known name in the accordion world among its members.
Norwich Accordion Club - Norwich Accordion Club, Norfolk, England
Accordion Music Publishing - JANPress Publications is dedicated to the promotion, sale, and distribution of original accordion compositions, transcriptions, and arrangements (for standard or free bass accordion), as well as recordings of this literature.
Accordion Repair and Tuning Home Page with Free Advice - Accordion Repair and Accordion Tuning Home Page with Free Advice.
Accordion USA - National News Publication for the accordion community.
accordion,free scores - free accordion scores, free accordion mp3, accordion cartoons and all about accordions
Accordion-Online.de - German accordion composers and their pieces, free accordion sheet music and recordings (MP3)
Accordions In West Yorkshire, UK - News and up to date information on Accordions in West Yorkshire. Great sound samples , photographs. Features Craven Accordion Centre and their Intermediate Accordion Band.
All Things Accordion - Accordion-related products and services. World-wide bookings. Sponsors of National Accordion Awareness Month. buy/sell, lessons, sheet music, Polka Cola. Site for in-line skating accordionists Bellows&Blades, Roma'59 and the Squeegees
Allegro - Der Online Musikversand - Hier finden Sie fast alle Noten, Musikinstrumente, CDs, Zubehoer und Musiksoftware.
allegro ohg der notenversand - musical instruments, musicsoftware, notes, lyrics, leedsheets, and cds.( In German)
The squeezebox - Information for fans of the diatonic accordion - Information about the bisonic or diatonic accordion, with soundclips form Holland, Friesland, Estland and USA.
The Squeezebox Sound Clips Page - Sound clips (.WAV files) of various performers on the accordian and concertina.
Wet/dry Sound and Tuning - The different aspects of Accordion tuning such as "wet/dry" tuning are excellently explained by Richard Morse and Alan Polivka.

Concertina and Bandoneon
The Anglo Concertina - The anglo concertina is quite similar to two 10-hole diatonic harmonicas, each cut in half at the 5th hole, with the left halves being on the left side and the right halves being on the right.
Bandoneon & Tango Website - This is a site devoted to the bandoneon, the free-reed instrument used in the performance of Argentine Tango. It contains information about the instrument's history, keyboards, playing techniques, chords, fingering, etc.
Chemnitzer Concertina Information - Images and descriptions of concertinas and manufacturers. Photos of concertina builders.
Concertina and Stumph Fiddle - A site dedicated to the Chemnitzer Concertina popular in the Midwest and the Stumpf Fiddle.
Concertina FAQ - (US Site)
Concertina FAQ - (UK Site)
The Concertina Novice - Resources for novice players of the American Chemnitzer Concertina
CONCERTINA.net - A complete resource for the anglo concertina enthusiast, with an emphasis on traditional Irish music. Features an anglo concertina buyer's guide as well as resources for learning, caring for and listening to this most remarkable instrument. Includes CD reviews and sound clips.
Concertinas - Lark In The Morning's concertina page of fine concertinas.
ConcertinaVille - David Glenn's page on Anglo Concertinas and Irish traditional dance music. You'll find useful information about anglo concertinas (what they are, how to play them, etc.) and links to other people with this same unique interest.
Don Nichols' Concertina Page - Internal details about the concertina, information about specific concertina types, and information about stolen concertinas.
International Concertina Association - International Concertina Association was founded over 40 years ago and works to promote the music and playing of the various forms of concertina.
Homewood Musical Instrument Company - A resource for the concertina player, anglo; english or duet. Repairs and restorations undertaken. Free Advice.
The MacCann Duet Concertina - How to play chords on any MacCann duet concertina; extensive chord charts and keyboard diagrams (50 pages).
Nick Robertshaw's Concertina Pages - Identification of English Concertina Types, and other links to Concertina Sites.
Polish Fireball's Chemnitzer Concertina Music Site - The Web resource for free sheet music with special notation for the Chemnitzer Concertina.
A Quick Guide to Difficult Chords for Concertina Players
TOP Brass Woodwind Strings Fretted Percussion Keyboard & Harp
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