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Updated April 23, 2012
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Online Radio Stations & Music
Online Radio Stations & Music
| AOL Radio | "With free online radio at AOL Radio, listen to your favorite music online featuring XM Satellite Radio. Get over 200 free streaming Internet radio stations from hip-hop to alternative, classical to country, pop to rock, and more." |
| Radio Locator | "The most comprehensive radio station search engine on the internet. We have links to over 10,000 radio station web pages and over 2500 audio streams from radio stations in the U.S. and around the world." |
| Last FM | "Last.fm connects you with your favorite music, and uses your unique taste to find new music, people, and concerts you'll like." |
| Pandora | "With Pandora you can explore this vast trove of music to your heart's content. Just drop the name of one of your favorite songs or artists into Pandora and let the Genome Project go. It will quickly scan its entire world of analyzed music, almost a century of popular recordings - new and old, well known and completely obscure - to find songs with interesting musical similarities to your choice. Then sit back and enjoy as it creates a listening experience full of current and soon-to-be favorite songs for you." |
| Slacker | "Slacker Premium Radio includes all the great features of Basic Radio. In addition, you also can do the following: Save radio songs to play whenever you want Skip an unlimited number of songs Never listen to advertising" |
| Rhapsody Radio | Used to be "Real Player." Now charges $10 a month for unlimited usage. |
| Web Radio | "Nearly 12,000 stations broadcasting online." |
| Windows Media Guide | Online radio |
| ABC Dig Music | "Whether you're a big music fan, or just an occasional listener, listen to dig for a diverse mix of great sounds - blues, soul, country, roots, world music, jazz, rock and lots in-between." |
| Shout Cast | An AOL partner "SHOUTcast Radio offers thousands of free Internet radio stations from DJs and broadcasters around the world " |
| NPR Music | "National Public Radio is an internationally acclaimed producer and distributor of noncommercial news, talk, and entertainment programming. A privately supported, not-for-profit membership organization, NPR serves a growing audience of 26 million Americans each week in partnership with more than 860 independently operated, noncommercial public radio stations. Each NPR Member Station serves local listeners with a distinctive combination of national and local programming. With original online content and audio streaming, NPR.org offers hourly newscasts, special features and ten years of archived audio and information. " |
| Digitally Imported Radio | "Enjoy our free radio channels featuring world renowned Artists, DJs, and the Hottest exclusive shows! Scroll down for channels, or click on the Listen Now menu above." |
| Net Radio | "Serious music. For serious music lovers. Our top-quality, commercial-free stations will make your work day fly, or your leisure time soar! Your music. Commercial-free. In digital stereo." |
| Jango | "Just type in an artist - and your first station starts playing right away. You'll get the music you want, along with similar favorites of Jango users who share your taste. Customizing your stations further is just as easy. Just add more artists and rate songs that you want to play more or less." |
| Absolute Radio | UK "Absolute Radio is a new music and entertainment brand that keeps all the great things our listeners love but a million times bigger and with more attitude and naughtiness than a Rolling Stones backstage party." |
| Accu Radio | "AccuRadio is a multichannel Internet radio station specifically designed to showcase the potential of the exciting new medium of Internet radio! AccuRadio is also the first multichannel Internet radio station desgined specifically for adults with sophisticated musical tastes. " |
| Online Radio Stations | "Free online music is easier to find than ever with the multitude of Internet radio stations now available to listeners. There's no better guide to all of the free radio stations available on the Internet than OnlineRadioStations.com. In addition to free Internet radio links, our website contains a wealth of information about music and more." |
| BBC Radio | UK "The UK version gives prominence to the breadth and depth of BBC content in the UK including news, sport and weather along with UK radio and TV. You may prefer this version if you live in the UK." The International version gives prominence to world news, sport and weather along with the BBC's international radio and TV services. You may prefer this version if you live outside the UK." |
| Live 365 | "With thousands of stations and more than 4 million listeners a month, Live365 is the world's largest Internet radio network. The Company gives individuals and organizations a "voice" to be able to reach a global audience, while offering radio listeners an unparalleled choice in music and other audio content. Through easy-to-use tools and services, anyone with a computer and an Internet connection can create his or her own Internet radio station. As a result, Live365 offers the most diverse array of high-quality radio available today, with thousands of stations spanning myriad genres and representing over 150 countries." |
| Web Radio Live | "Add your own radio stations & Podcasts. Useful Links & Gadgets" |
| Yahoo Music | "Music Without Limits" |
| Radio Tower | "1. Use the earch or browse menu's to get listings of stations 2. Scroll through the station listings to find the station you want 3. Click Play to listen! (Requires Windows Media and/or Real Player)" |
| Classical Music Online | Links to over 70 online classical music stations. |
Song Lyrics
Song Lyrics
| Find Song Lyrics | Best when used by artist's name. Has songs back to Big Band era. |
| Lyrics Search Engine | |
| Lyrster | Slightly Creaky recommended: The only Internet resource we found that came up with "Somebody Bad Stole the Wedding Bells" and a dozen more obscure songs from the 1930s through 1950s. |
| Music Resources on the Internet | "Below are listed quite a few of the more extensive music lyrics, song lyrics Web sites and resources" |
| Song Lyrics.com | Search engine at the top of the page. Mostly songs from 1970 to recent. |
| Lyrics.com | Search engine at the top of the page. Mostly songs from 1970 to recent |
| eLyrics.net | "One of the largest song lyrics source on the net, providing access to more than 150,000 lyrics from 7,000 artists/bands since 2000. Elyrics.net is dedicated to present lyrics for educational and non-commercial use, you can either browse our lyrics database or use our Google powered search engine to find your song lyrics." |
| Lyrics Universe | "We have a large, every day growing universe of lyrics where stars of all genres and ages shine." Mostly since 1970s. |
| Lyrics Mode | "LyricsMode.com is a comprehensive online music resource which is providing text lyrics for music compositions. At the current moment LyricsMode.com has more than 650,000 lyrics for more than 25,000 artists and this amount grows day-by-day. " Only has the more popular songs. |
| Folk Music Database | From "History in Song." Limited historical selection of songs with historical theme. |
| A Traditional Music Library | "A large traditional and folk music library of songbooks, tune-books, sheet-music, lyrics, midis, tablature, plus music theory, chord diagrams, scales and other music educational & academic reference materials. " |
| American Popular Music Before 1900 | Link to many collections. "One of the really neat things about music, and there are many, is that it reflects the times. Lyrics tell how people feel and describe events. Through music we can celebrate, lament, or send messages. In many ways, music can offer a more accurate picture of people and events than any other method available. Once you visit the music collected here, you will be amazed at how music endures throughout the centuries. " |
| Christmas Song Lyrics | "Christmas song lyricshave a rich and varied history. Many of the old – dare I say it? – chestnuts we’ve been singing since we were children, yet we may not understand the words or origin. And every day, some new songwriter with a fresh holiday tune hopes to join the ranks of "The Christmas Song" or "White Christmas" with song lyricsthat will live on through the ages." |
| Lyrics & Music | " Get Song Lyrics plus YouTube, Concert Dates, Artwork, Tabs, and Wikipedia results all on one page." |
| Melody Lane Folk Songs | "A Treasury Of The World's Best Folk Songs In A Beautiful Illustrated Songbook" |
| RockFind | "Lyrics to 60,000 Pop, Rock & Oldies Song Lyrics Songs" By singer, no search engine. |
| All The Lyrics Oldies | 1940s through 1960s |
| A-Z Music | "To this date, the music lyrics of What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong, 1940's) can make any person regardless of age, sex or race, sit back for a few seconds and just feel darn good about himself/herself and everything and everyone. Now THAT is the power of good music lyrics!" |
| Cook Music Library | Indiana University School of Music Worldwide Internet Music Resources |
| Music Samples & Songs | Insert the title (does not have to be exact) and get a seclection of song titles to choose from. Listen to free samples of the song to find exactly the one you are looking for. (May be purchased for downloading.) |
| AOL Music | |
| Songza | "Songza is the easiest way to search for, stream and share any song. For free.To help keep your music fresh and portable, you can add any songs to your Songza playlist, which you can access from any computer, any time when you join Songza (also free!)." |
| Television Tunes | "Welcome to TelevisionTunes.com, a library of TV theme music and songs from yesterday and today.Browse our huge archive of 7,856 theme songs using the index." |
| Classical Archives | “The Classical Archives is the largest classical music site on the web: 40,034 full length classical music files by 2,091 composers. Files are offered in several formats: live recordings in WMA and MP3, and in MIDI synthesized sequences. Subscribers may access 1,000 files/month (100/day), Registered Free Users may access 5 unrestricted files/day.” |
Karaoke
Karaoke
(most require free pulg-ins that can be downloaded)
| Karaoke Bar | “Choose the letter your song starts with by clicking on the letter on the navigation menu above. On the new page, find the song you want listed on the left side and click on the title. Lyrics will load into the center of the page along with background sound. If you can not hear any music at all, please check if your speaker volume is muted. You may be prompted to download a plugin for your browser.” |
| Karaoke Play | "We offer a free service where people can play karaoke online. Simply start singing and our system will record your voice. Other visitors can rate your songs and comment." |
| Ronan's Online Karaoke | "Here you can sing along to all your favourite tunes all from within the comfort of your very own home, office, or computer lab." |
| Red Karaoke | "The website built thinking of you to sing and to promote yourself as a singer on the web. So plug in a microphone into your computer and start singing your favorite songs or recording your own videoclips while the music plays. Have fun joining the largest community of online singers and enjoy viewing and listening to videos and songs." |
| E-Z Tracks | "Are you convinced you could be a rock star if someone would only give you a chance? Well, take these free karaoke downloads and do your thing. Download karaoke now and croon a Luther Vandross love ballad. Rock on with an Aerosmith song. Rap to 50 Cent. With free online karaoke, you know what to do. Let your musical spirits soar and don’t let anyone tell you turn down the volume. Get these free karaoke songs across all the musical genres – rock, rap, R&B, country, pop and more" |
| Keraoke Scene | "You have arrived at the world's most complete on line Karaoke resource, your essential guide to Karaoke singing and entertainment, software and hardware, special events - basically everything related to Karaoke!" |
| Sing Snap | "SingSnap.com provides an online singing service, that permits you to listen to, sing-along with, record, and playback personalized renditions of your favorite recording" |
| My Space Keraoke | From "MySpace" |
| Keraoke Room | "Trial members have 50 MB, and paid members have 200 MB. Once your trial has expired, your songs and images will remain online, but you will no longer be able to record or upload. " |
Records & CDs
Records & CDs
| Record Collector | "We are currently archiving 27 years of Record Collector for on line access for our subscribers. To view content available in the archive click on the magazine cover." |
| How Much are Your Old Records Worth | "Many 45s were issued with "picture sleeves." A 45 RPM picture sleeve is almost always worth more than the record! If you have 45s with original picture sleeves the records (with the sleeves) are usually worth three or more times the normal value of the 45 (in excellent condition) by itself." |
| How to Repair a Warped Record | "One of the worst things for a record collector to find is that they have managed to leave an LP in the car and have warped it or that they have bought a warped album. Keep in mind that really valuable records and ones that play fine should probably be left alone as there is no guarantee that you won't make your problem worse. But there is hope for the rest of your wavy vinyl!" |
| About Vinyl Records | "The vinyl record is a type of gramophone record, most popular from the 1950s to the 1990s, that was most commonly used for mass-produced recordings of music." |
| Vinyl Records, Some Beauties | "There have been several articles from my ‘fellow-bloggers’ regarding old records. I thought I’d head down to the ‘storage area’ to check out what I might have. It seems that a lot of them had really awful covers," |
| How Records are Made | "It all starts with the disc recorder or "lathe" as it is often referred to... a precision piece of equipment designed with a slowly rotating feed screw mechanism and carriage to uniformly move a cutting head across the radius of the disc. " |
| Collecting Vintage Audiophile LP Record Albums | (eBay Guide) "This guide will teach you the popular wisdom and accepted standards of what to look for and what matters in the collection of Vintage Audiophile LPs. I will limit this guide to information on American, classical music, audiophile LPs. And I will not talk about condition. " |
| The Association for Recorded Sound Collections | "Dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings, in all genres of music and speech, in all formats, and from all periods." |
| The Association of Vogue Picture Record Collectors | "An international organization of collectors and enthusiasts of Vogue picture records" |
| International Association of Jazz Record Collectors | "To maintain an Association of collectors of jazz recordings of all eras and styles, whether the collectible medium be recordings, tapes or films, and to encourage and promote both collecting and research in the related fields of artist, label and discography/filmography. " |
| Goldmine | "Goldmine is the world's largest marketplace for collectible records, CDs, and music memorabilia covering rock & roll, blues, country, folk, and jazz. Each issue features articles on recording stars of the past and present with discographies listing all known releases." |
| Classic Record Collector | "Now entirely and uniquely run by knowledgeable classical record enthusiasts, and it exists to serve all collectors who share our passions and interests." |
| Cylinder, Disc and Tape Care in a Nutshell | "Do not touch the playing surface/s of any recording. Clean hands before handling recordings." |
| Historic and Controversial Album Covers | "In this three part series about album cover art, we will explore some of the most legendary album covers of all time, look at some of the most controversial album covers as well as gauge the impact that major retailers have on cover art. Let’s start with a band that broke the ground for many of their other fellow musicians. " |
| The Covers Project | "We're building a database of cover songs (songs RECORDED by an artist other than the original ARTIST) with the intention of creating cover "chains." A cover chain is a set of songs in which each RECORDING is a cover of a RECORDING by the ARTIST who covered the preceding song. " |
| Record Collector Magazine | Online Magazine |
| Welcome to All But Forgotten Oldies | "Rediscover your favorite songs from the sixties and early seventies. Find those long-lost tunes you thought you had long forgotten. We maintain a searchable database of links to sound clips for over 4000 songs from 1960-1975 which can be browsed both by performing artist and by song title." |
| The 78rpm Record Home Page | A collection of links |
| Recording History | "Explores the history and impact of the inventions that changed the way we listen. Click on the links below to learn about the economic history of sound recording, the nature of recorded culture, or simply the hardware itself." |
| Safe Buying Tips | "We hear too often accounts of unsuspecting buyers being taken for $100s by unscrupulous individuals posing as dealers. If you follow the suggestions below, your chances of getting ripped off will be greatly reduced." |
| 45 RPM |
"If collecting records is compared to collecting stamps then 45s are the definitives. Indeed, it was the 45 r.p.m record that helped the music industry define popular music culture." |
| History of the Gramophone! | "Early attempts to design a consumer sound or music playing gadget began in 1877 when Thomas Edison invented his tin-foil phonograph. The word "phonograph" was Edison's trade name for his device, which played recorded sounds from round cylinders." |
| The Canadian Museum of Civilization's Wax Cylinder Collection | "The Canadian Museum of Civilization possesses 3,312 original wax cylinders which were recorded between 1899 and 1949." |
| Cylendar Preservation & Digitalization Project | "Cylinder recordings, the first commercially produced sound recordings, are a snapshot of musical and popular culture in the decades around the turn of the 20th century. They have long held the fascination of collectors and have presented challenges for playback and preservation by archives and collectors alike." |
| Gramofun | "I'm a collector of many things, but gramophonalia and 78rpm records seem to be taking over a small home. This site is devoted to this passion." |
| The Virtual Gramophone: Resources on the Internet | "Phase One (summer 1998) focused on the earliest commercial discs produced in Canada -- approximately 2,100 7-inch 78-rpm recordings released by the Berliner Company of Montréal between 1900 and 1909.Phase Two (autumn 1998) covered about 1,200 early 10-inch acoustic recordings made in Canada by the Berliner Company between 1900 and 1914....." |
| Gramophones and Phonographs | " As a private Collector here in England I will try and answer your Gramophone queries" |
| An Introduction to Needle Tin Collecting | "One of the main advantages of collecting needle tins is their size - minute compared to phonographs and gramophones, and almost indestructible compared to 78s." |
| 8-Track Heaven | "The 4-track cartridge format had a head start over 8-tracks. Developed in 1956, the 4-track format was originally forsaken as unmarketable, and lay dormant until the early '60s (as far as the consumer market goes), when enterprising Earl Muntz saw its potential. He acquired rights to the format and began marketing both players and prerecorded tapes, licensing music from major record labels. The development of the 8-track format took the basic 4-track technology and refined it, making changes designed to make the tape less likely to jam while playing, and to increase accessibility to individual selections on the tape." |
| 2 XL | "8 track was actually 4 stereo programs on one loop cassette which was modeled after the professional audio cart machine. Pressing "program" would physically move the audio head up one set of tracks, allowing you to listen to any one of the 4 segments on the tape." |
| 8-Track FAQ | "What possible place could clunky old mechanical has-been ,8-tracks have on the fast-paced, up-to-the-minute high tech Information ,Superhighway?" |
| The Care and Handling of Recorded Sound Materials | "Sound recordings are machine readable artifacts; they are documents for which the integrity of the information they contain is directly related to the artifacts' physical well being. Since the majority of sound recordings are made of plastic, conservation must be treated as a plastics degradation problem, requiring a different approach than paper conservation. It is important to understand the basic chemical degenerative processes and the principles of the retention of sound by the various media in order to ensure that proper action is taken to slow the rate of degradation." |
| Classical Record Collecting: A Beginner's Guide |
"If you're thinking of starting a classical record collection, there's good news, and there's bad news. The good news is that there's more music to choose from, at a lower price, than at any time in history. Just 10 years ago, for example, the Schwann/Opus catalogue of classical recordings was about the size of a large issue of TV Guide. Now it's almost the size of the Manhattan Yellow Pages. The bad news is that there is no industry that's less helpful or less friendly to the consumer than the classical music business. " |
| Record Collectors' Guild | "There are various methods in which you can estimate the value of your vinyl recordings. Some are simple, others require a certain amount of leg-work. Whether you are buying, selling, or just curious about the value of your collection, it's important that you take the time, and do your homework. After all...the more research you do now, will either save you or make you money in the long run." |
| "The Birmingham Record Collectors is a club based in Birmingham, Alabama, USA, but with international membership, devoted to the collecting of music, its preservation, and lasting friendship." | |
| More Music | (UK) "This Page offers links to some of the best collector sites on the net. Using this page to seek a rare record or CD" |
| Vinyl Record Collectors | "Designed for the dedicated vinyl records collector and record buyer! Lots of informative and educational content featuring the American Prolific Inventor of the 19th century: Thomas Edison, History of Vinyl, The early Phonograph of Thomas Edison through to the Gramophone, the Jukebox, Lee De Forest inventor of the Valve Amplifier. Guaranteed to bring back memories of the 78rpm, the 33rpm, and the 45rpm record, so if you enjoy albums, otherwise known as LP's or if you like to collect vinyl records as your hobby, then here is where you wanna be. The Stereo Hi-Fi. The invention of the first flat disc, that lead to the Vinyl Record as we know it today, and unto the Compact Disc. Technology that has been used in the past and leads up to the advent of the dreaded CD that has never been forgotten. " |
| A Searchable Database of Classical Music Recordings | "Only family names are used: search for Beethoven, not Ludwig van Beethoven. All spellings are anglicized according to whatever convention we felt was, well, most conventional :-), e.g., Furtwangler not Furtwängler (or just use furtw to play it safe). The article the is not included in titles in any language. For example, search for Mahler's Lied von der Erde, not Das Lied von der Erde. Search for symphonies and concertos using a format like this: Symphony No. 4 or Concerto for Violin No. 3." |
| Tyrone's Record and Phonograph | "I've been collecting records since I can remember. The first thing I crawled to was my parents stereo system. At age 2, I didn't take a blankie or teddy bear to bed with me, but a stack of 45rpm records. I was given a stack of 78rpm records at age 6, and began seriously collecting them at 10." |
| How to Grade Your Vinyl Records | "The ability to accurately grade the vinyl records in your collection is absolute necessity if you either want to know exactly how much they are worth, or if you are intending to sell any of them in the future. If you misrepresent the condition of your vinyl, when dealing with other collectors, you will be undoubtedly subject to a swirling vortex of violent language and most probably a public stoning." |
| Early Recorded Sounds & Wax Cylinders | "Whether you are a newcomer or old-hand to old, old-time recordings, you'll enjoy this voyage into the wonderful sounds of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries." |
| The Cylinder Archive | "Welcome to The Cylinder Archive.This website is dedicated to the hobby of collecting phonograph cylinder records." |
| The 78rpm Record Home Page | The labels, history, and care of 78 RPM recordings |
| New Zealand's 78rpm Record Site | " Here you'll find articles on local 78s, plus my work to date on creating a dating guide for Australian and New Zealand issued 78s. You'll also find lots of stuff relating to my collecting interest in the copyright royalty stamps found on these old records." |
| The Vitaphone Project | "In 1991 a group of film buffs and record collectors met to discuss the possibility of seeking out the shellac soundtrack discs that accompanied early 1926-1930 Vitaphone (and other) talkie shorts and features. The Vitaphone Project was formed to accomplish this goal as well as to partner with the studios (particularly Turner/WB), film archives (UCLA, LOC, BFI), and private collectors worldwide in order to get these films restored and seen again. Of particular interest were the nearly 2,000 talkie short subjects, featuring vaudevillians, bands, opera singers, and comedians made by Vitaphone from 1926-1929. In many cases 35mm picture elements exist without an accompanying soundtrack." |
| Association for Recorded Sound Collections | "The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is dedicated to the preservation and study of sound recordings, in all genres of music and speech, in all formats, and from all periods." |
| Collecting Sheet Music | "Sheet music represents both opportunities and challenges that many other collectibles do not. The opportunity lies in the rich, wide variety of sheet music that has been printed and distributed over the years. With well over two centuries of printed music to choose from, you can be guaranteed that your niche will provide plenty of opportunity to add to your collection. " |
| Rock Poster Collector | "Everything you wanted to know about rock posters ...and more" |
| The Victor-Victrola Page | "This website is dedicated to phonographs made by The Victor Talking Machine Company from 1901 through 1929. It contains detailed information about the various models that were produced by Victor, along with rarity, design features, valuation, etc. In addition, information on restoration, parts, instructions for use, and acoustic analysis is provided. This site is for beginners and seasoned collectors alike. If you are just getting started, and want to learn a little background and get some basic information about when your Victor or Vict rola was built, how many were made, and an idea of value, please click on the "Getting Started" link below and read though the brief material. It will assist you in navigating around this website. " |
| Mr Victor | "As our website name implies, we are most fond of the Victor/Victrola line of vintage phonographs and it is our goal to have at least one example of every model that was produced by the Victor Talking Machine Company between 1901-1929. We are well on our way towards that goal - by mid-2004 we had over 100 examples of the various Victor/Victrola models produced. Our main area of concentration now is to find more upright models with the rare wood and painted finishes, both from the Victrola line as well as other companies as well." |
| How to Build a CD Collection | "Whether you are just getting into music or want to vary what you listen to, there's a wealth of great artists to discover. You just need to know where to look." |
| CD Collecting Is Next To Godliness | "First off, let's be honest - like any person who "collects" things, sometimes I feel like my penchant for hunting CDs is actually a sickness or, maybe more accurately, a compulsion I cannot help. I have sometimes decided to buy CDs instead of pay a bill. Thankfully, these occasions are rare and usually I can control my spending, buying just enough to satisfy my herculean thirst for cool music without jeopardizing things like my home." |
| How to Start a Jazz CD Collection | "How can you assign a single word to a genre that encompasses everything from swing to bebop to free form improvisation? Because of this confusion, many would be jazz collectors are stymied by their preconceptions, investing heavily in hardcore bebop, say, when they might be more attuned to the relaxed West Coast sound. If you’re a complete beginner, here’s a disappointment proof way to go about starting your jazz collection." |
Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs |
"The document provides guidance on how to maximize the lifetime and usefulness of optical discs, specifically CD and DVD media, by minimizing chances of information loss caused by environmental influences or physical handling. Discrete topic areas include prevention of premature degradation, prevention of information loss, CD and DVD structure, disc life expectancy, and conditions that affect optical discs. Other issues relevant to the management or maintenance of optical systems are beyond the scope of this document." |
| CD Care | "A Compact Disc is a molded plastic disc containing digital data. It is composed of : i) A clear poly carbonate plastic substrate ii) A reflective metallic layer, iii) And a clear protective coating of acrylic plastic. The reflective metallic layer is where from data is read in the form of minuscule depressions (pits) and contrasting flat regions (lands) that are arranged in a spiral track (groove) winding from the disc's inner hole to its outer edge." |
| CD and DVD Archiving | "Do not Touch the surface of the disc, Bend the disc, Use adhesive labels...." |
Music Boxes
Music Boxes
| Music Wonder House | "Welcome to the Musical Wonder House, located in Wiscasset, Maine, a quiet 18th Century village on Route One North along the coast of Maine. America's unique museum, the internationally famous Musical Wonder House is "The showplace for mechanical musical instruments", featuring 5000+ restored musical boxes, player grand pianos and organs, spring-wound phonographs, musical birds, porcelains, furniture, clocks, steins, whistlers, and even a musical painting, restored, demonstrated and displayed in opulent rooms furnished with antiques of the period. This 32-room 1852 sea captain's mansion, complete with 23 antique coin-operated machines surrounding an impressive flying staircase with classical mouldings, is the backdrop for this awe- inspiring musical collection." |
| Musical Box Society International | "The Musical Box Society International is a non-profit organization dedicated to the enjoyment, study and preservation of all automatic musical instruments." |
| Antique Music Boxes - Buying Tips | "If the box is not working, don't get discouraged. A music box is a delicate mechanism that can be easily damaged, but most damages usually can be repaired as well." |
| The History Of Mechanical Music And Music Boxes | "The history of the mechanical music begins in the Flanders. An ingenious bell ringer invents a cylinder with pins which operates cams, which then hit the bells." |
| Musical Box Society of Great Britain | "The aim of the Society is to further an interest in and an appreciation of all forms of mechanical music." |
| Musical Box Society International | "Any item of mechanical music, from a music box (disc box or cylinder box), to a fairground organ or anything in between, such as a musical clock, singing bird box, band organ, reproducing piano, orchestrion, nickelodeon, musical snuff box, automaton or automatic musical instruments of any kind." |
| Tips for Starting A Music Box Collection | "For those who love to collect inlaid music boxes, musical jewelry boxes, ballerina music boxes, and antique music boxes such as disc driven cylinder music boxes, musical snuff boxes, and the like, there are many things one can look for when it comes to finding the perfect box." |
| Musical Wonder House | "The showplace for mechanical musical instruments", featuring 5000+ restored musical boxes, player grand pianos and organs, spring-powered phonographs, musical birds, porcelains, furniture, clocks, steins, whistlers, and even a musical painting." |
| How to Buy Musical Carousels | "Musical carousels range from inexpensive children's toys to expensive collector's items." |
Instruments
Instruments
| The Instrument Encyclopedia | "Beginning with more than 140 artifacts from the Stearns Collection at the University of Michigan, this resource features musical instruments from around the world. " |
| The American Musical Instrument Society | "The American Musical Instrument Society is an international organization founded in 1971 to promote better understanding of all aspects of the history, design, construction, restoration, and usage of musical instruments in all cultures and from all periods." |
| Folk Music Instruments | An alphabetical listing with links to each. |
| Glossary of Musical Instruments | "A selection of musical instruments recorded, photographed, or sketched for the California Folk Music Project Collection" |
| American Bell Association | "Bell collectors are intrigued by the appearance, sound and history of bells. Bell collections vary depending on member interest: brass bells, bronze bells, ceramic bells, glass bells, crystal bells, porcelain bells, wood bells-- all types of bells." |
| Automatic Musical Instrument Collectors Association | "A worldwide appreciation of historic automatic musical instruments. " (Including player pianos) " Our members' interests vary widely from collecting instruments and rolls and related items, from fascination with the mechanisms to interest in the history and the technicians and the artists to just plain listening to the music of these amazing instruments." |
| A Guide To Musical Instrument Repair | "Musical Instrument repair can be very simple when you follow a few easy instructions. Knowing how to make minor repairs on your musical instrument can save you hundreds of dollars on professional repair shop costs, and also help you out of a major jam." |
| Mechanical Music Digest | Online Magazine |
| Harmonica, Harmonicas and Harps | (Part commercial) |
| Collecting Vintage Musical Instruments | "Fine American-made vintage guitars, banjos, and mandolins are the ultimate forms of collectible art. Whereas a painting can be experienced only visually, and a piece of sculpture may be seen and touched, a fine musical instrument can be appreciated visually in much the same manner as a painting, can be handled or touched as a sculpture, but also produces sound." |
| Collecting Unique Musical Instruments | "Those of us in western civilizations are accustomed to a large variety of instruments. However, there are many types of instruments that you will never see in any orchestra. They are, however, worth your consideration, both for their uniqueness of structure, but of sound." |
| Handbook for the Collection of Traditional Music and Musical Instruments | (PDF) 159-page research document |
| History of Musical Instruments | "Instruments are the tools of musicians. And like other craftsmen, as the musician becomes more skilled he/she becomes more capable of producing great works with his/her tool." |
| Ocarina, The First Wind Instrument | "An ocarina made in the tradition of thousands of years past is formed of wet terra cotta, purchased from any larger craft store, into a myriad of shapes. Everything from faces to fish to suns and moons. One shape traced to ancient times appears to be the image of a sand dollar. " |
| The Bagpipe Sociaty | "It is hoped that these pages will give you an idea as to the objectives and activities of the Society." |
| Historic Brass Society | "The Historic Brass Society is an international music organization concerned with the entire range of early brass music, from Ancient Antiquity and the Biblical period through the present. The history, music, literature and performance practice of early brass instruments such as natural trumpet, natural horn, early trombone, cornetto, serpent, keyed bugle, keyed trumpet, early valve horn, 19th century brass instruments are some of the main issues of concern to the HBS. " |
| The International Clarinet Association | "A community of clarinetists and clarinet enthusiasts" |
| Pan-Flute | "This is a site about panflutes and panpipes, but also featured are Irish whistles and recorders, quenas, gemshorns and other extraordinary flutes from around the world. " |
| International Trumpet Guild | "Founded in 1974 to promote communications among trumpet players around the world and to improve the artistic level of performance, teaching, and literature associated with the trumpet." |
| The American Recorder Society | "Founded in 1939 to enable recorder players to meet, improve their playing skills, and publish editions of recorder music. " |
| The Taborers Society | "Dedicated to the promotion of the pipe and tabor" |
| Catgut Acoustical Society | "The CAS brings together researchers in musical acoustics, violin makers, composers, string players, and lovers of the music they make. One of our primary interests is the application of scientific principles to the construction of instruments in the violin family. " |
| The American Federation of Violin and Bow Makers | "To help develop the technical skills and knowledge of the membership through seminars and regular meeting events. In addition, the Federation sponsors exhibitions as a forum for makers, musicians and the general public to meet and exchange information regarding instruments and the performing arts." |
| The American Banjo Fraternity | "To perpetuate the Classic 5-String Banjo, its music, and performing technique as they were used on the concert stage , principally between the years of 1885 and 1915." |
| The Guitar Foundation of America | "To inspires artistry, builds community, and promotes the classical guitar internationally through excellence in performance, literature, education and research." |
| Classical Mandolin Society of America | "Our members play primarily mandolin, mandola, mandocello, guitar or bass and/or are teachers, conductors and composers of mandolin music. However, it's not even necessary to be a musician to be a member! " |
| British Clavichord Society | "Encourages the understanding and enjoyment of the clavichord. It promotes recitals, workshops and lectures on the history, construction and repertoire of the instrument. " |
| The British Harpsichord Society | "Promotes awareness, enjoyment, study, playing and ownership of harpsichords and related plucked keyboard instruments ." |
| The Reed Organ Society | "Devoted to the appreciation, study, collection, restoration and preservation of reed organs. " |
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