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(see also Early Wind Instrument Businesses)

Bagpipe

  Bagpipe
Wikipedia: Bagpipes
The Bagpipe
Bagpipe Society
Bagpipes in Germany
Bagpipes WebRing
Google Scholar: Early Bagpipe
Google Books: Early Bagpipe
Bagpipe Iconography
Google Images: Early Bagpipe
YouTube Video: Early Bagpipe
Bagpipe Sheet Music
Early Bagpipe CDs
Early Bagpipe Books

Bassanello

  Bassanello
Wikipedia: Bassanelli
Bassanelli in Syntagma Musicum
Google Scholar: Bassanello
Google Books: Bassanello

Bladder Pipe

  Bladder Pipe
Wikipedia: Bladder pipe
The Bladder Pipe
Google Scholar: Bladder Pipe
Google Books: Bladder Pipe
Google Images: Bladder Pipe
YouTube Video: Bladder Pipe

Chalumeau

  Chalumeau
Wikipedia: Chalumeau
Wiki Books: Clarinet/History
Google Scholar: Chalumeau
Google Books: Chalumeau
Google Images: Chalumeau
YouTube Video: Chalumeau
Chalumeau Sheet Music
Chalumeau CDs

Cornamuse

  Cornamuse
The Cornamuse
Wikipedia: Cornamuse
A loud, low cost cornamuse you can build
Google Scholar: Cornamuse
Google Books: Cornamuse
Google Images: Cornamuse
YouTube Video: Cornamuse
Cornamuse Sheet Music

Cornett

  Cornett
(see Cornett on the Early Brass Instruments page)

Cow Horn and Oliphant

  Cow Horn (Oliphant)
Wikipedia: Olifant
Google Scholar: Cow Horn
Google Books: Cow Horn
Google Images: Cow Horn

Crumhorn

  Crumhorn
Crumhorn Home Page
The Crumhorn
Wikipedia: Crumhorn
The Crumhorn and Rackett
Google Scholar: Crumhorn
Google Books: Crumhorn
Google Images: Crumhorn
YouTube Video: Crumhorn
Crumhorn Sheet Music
Crumhorn CDs
Crumhorn Books

Dulcian

  Dulcian
The Dulcian
The Dulcian
Wikipedia: Dulcian
Wikipedia: Bassoon
The Baroque Bassoon Home Page
Baroque Bassoons
The Shawm and Curtal
Google Scholar: Dulcian
Google Books: Dulcian
Google Images: Dulcian
YouTube Video: Dulcian
Dulcian Sheet Music
Dulcian CDs

Flageolet

  Flageolet
Wikipedia: Flageolet
Wikipedia: Tin whistle
Flageolet
Historical Notes on the Tinwhistle
Google Scholar: Flageolet
Google Books: Flageolet
Google Images: Flageolet
YouTube Video: Flageolet
Flageolet Sheet Music
Flageolet CDs
Flageolet Books

Gemshorn

  Gemshorn
The Gemshorn
Wikipedia: Gemshorn
Gemshorn
The Shofar
Google Scholar: Gemshorn
Google Books: Gemshorn
Google Images: Gemshorn
YouTube Video: Gemshorn

Hautboy

  Hautboy (Hautbois)
Wikipedia: Oboe
Wikipedia: Oboe d'amore
Wikipedia: Oboe da caccia
Google Scholar: Hautboy
Google Books: Hautboy
Google Images: Hautboy
YouTube Video: Hautboy
Hautboy Sheet Music
Hautboy CDs
Hautboy Books

Kortholt

  Kortholt
The Kortholt
Wikipedia: Kortholt
Google Scholar: Kortholt
Google Books: Kortholt
Google Images: Kortholt
Kortholt Sheet Music

Panflute

  Panflute (Panpipe)
Wikipedia: Pan flute
History of the Panflute
A Worldwide History of the Panflute
panflute.com
Google Scholar: Panflute
Google Books: Panflute
Google Images: Panflute
YouTube Video: Panflute
Panpipe CDs

Pipe and Tabor

  Pipe and Tabor
Wikipedia: Pipe and Tabor
Wikipedia: Morris dance
Pipe and Tabor
The Pipe and Tabor
Introduction to the English Pipe and Tabor
The Taborers Society
The Pipe and Tabor in Gloucestershire Morris Dancing
Pipe and tabor
Google Scholar: Pipe and Tabor
Google Books: Pipe and Tabor
Google Images: Pipe and Tabor
YouTube Video: Pipe and Tabor
Pipe and Tabor CDs
Pipe and Tabor Books

Rackett

  Rackett
The Rackett
Wikipedia: Rackett
Racketts
The Crumhorn and Rackett
Rackett
Google Scholar: Rackett
Google Books: Rackett
Google Images: Rackett
YouTube Video: Rackett
Rackett Sheet Music

Rauschpfeife

  Rauschpfeife
The Rauschpfeife
Wikipedia: Rauschpfeife
The Rauschpfeife
Rauschpfeiff
Google Scholar: Rauschpfeife
Google Books: Rauschpfeife
Google Images: Rauschpfeife

Recorder

  Recorder
Recorder Home Page
Wikipedia: Recorder
American Recorder Society
The Recorder
The Recorder
The Society of Recorder Players
Christian Mondrup's Recorder Music Archive
Music 88 Recorder Home Page
Recorder Player's Page
Google Scholar: Recorder
Google Books: Recorder
Google Images: Recorder
YouTube Video: Recorder
Recorder Sheet Music
Recorder CDs
Recorder Books

Schreierpfeife

  Schreierpfeife
Google Scholar: Schreierpfeife
Google Books: Schreierpfeife

Serpent Serpent
(see Serpent on the Early Brass Instruments page)

Shawm

  Shawm
Wikipedia: Shawm
Wikipedia: Catalan Shawm
The Medieval Shawm
The Renaissance Shawm
The Hirtenschalmei
Shawm
The Shawm and Curtal
Bombardes
Wikipedia: Piffero
Google Scholar: Shawm
Google Books: Shawm
Google Images: Shawm
YouTube Video: Shawm
Shawm Sheet Music
Shawm CDs

Traverso, Transverse Flute

  Traverso (Transverse Flute)
The Transverse Flute
Flute History
Baroque Flute Resources
The Renaissance Flute
Wikipedia: Irish flute
What is an Irish flute?
Wikipedia: Flute
Flute History
Wikipedia: Baroque Flute Handbook/Care
Woodenflute.com
Google Scholar: Traverso
Google Books: Traverso
Google Images: Traverso
YouTube Video: Traverso
Flute Sheet Music
Flute CDs
Flute Books
Traverso
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Other


ASW Guide to Historical Woodwind Instruments
Wikipedia: Wind instrument
Wikipedia: Woodwind instrument
Medieval and Tudor wind instruments
Google Scholar: Early Wind Instruments
Google Books: Early Wind Instruments
Google Images: Early Wind Instruments
YouTube Video: Early Wind Instrument

For other instruments, see:  Brass, Keyboard, Percussion, Strings, Winds, Mixed.