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History, Identification, Online Museums, & Personal Collections.

• Accordion Links. A huge list of accordion related web pages.
• Asian banjos. A list with some evaluations and identification of the actual maker.
• Atlas Of Plucked Instruments. An online encyclopedia of all the world's plucked instruments.
• Banjo Tone Rings -- Fairbanks, Vega, and others. Hayao Tanabe's site with photos.
• Banjo Ukulele, Dennis Taylor's site containing many photos, instructions for playing, etc.
• Bill's Banjos Bill Destler's collection of over 75 instruments with brief histories and descriptions.
• Classic Banjo Resources
• Concertina Web Site, Don Nichols' site with histories, repair and identification articles and lists of other sites.
• E.J. Cubley Banjos Web Site, pictures and some history.
• Electric Mandolin Resource Page
• The English Classic Banjo Tradition - its origins and development. Part of an article about banjoist Ray Andrews.
• Clifford Essex Banjos History, descriptions and pictures of the various models by this important English company.
• Fairbanks Banjos. Articles and pictures about A.C. Fairbanks and his banjo making enterprises.
• J.L. French banjos.
• Gibson Banjos. Catalog descriptions & pictures of various models.
• Gourd Banjos. Interviews and pictures of makers and players.
• John Grey. British banjo maker.
• Guitar-Zither Clearinghouse
• Harmonica League, National
• Harmonica Lessons, Online
• How to Tell Mandolins, Citterns, Mandolas, Bouzoukis, etc. apart
• Hurdy Gurdy Page, a good place to start -- with links to other sites. See also Nyckelharpa.
• The Komuz, a 3 stringed, fretless lute from the Kyrgyz people of Central Asia.
• Lloyd Loar Mandolin Page
• Mandolin Museum. Pictures of a wide array of mandolins, acoustic & electric. Also homesite of the Ukulele Museum.
• Mandolinetto Howe-Orme information, and questions.
• Miner Museum Of Vintage, Exotic And Just Plain Unusual Instruments. The name says it all. Interesting photo tour of an eclectic collection of stringed and fretted instruments. There are some inaccuracies, but all in all a pleasure to visit.
• Mugwumps Online Magazine is the original source for instrument histories, dating, serial numbers, construction & repair articles, and more.
• National Fingerpicks - a pictorial history of their development.
• National Four-String Banjo Hall Of Fame Museum. Amazing instruments, fancy decorated is an understatement.
• National String Instruments. Many high quality pictures, so the site loads slowly, but visually delightful.
• The Nyckelharpa. A Scandinavian bowed fiddle, similar to the hurdy gurdy. Click here for the Nyckelharpa Association
. See also Hurdy Gurdy.
• Sterner Capo Museum. Dedicated to that ubiquitous and essential accessory known to the uninitiated as a "cheater." Pictures, articles, patents, etc.
• Oscar Schmidt. History of the company and some pictures of instruments, mostly guitars. Stella, Sovereign, & Galliano Guitars and more.
• S.S. Stewart Banjos. History, identification and dating information.
• S.S. Stewart Site, mostly guitars and instruments after SSS death. (Dead link. If anyone knows John White, please contact Mugwumps.)
• Tenor banjo photos and catalogs.
• Theremin World. Everything about this early electronic instrument.
• Thumbnail History of the Banjo. Bill Reese's treatise thereon.
• Ukelin Homepage, Hawiian Art-Violin, Banjolin, Guitarolin, Violin-Uke, and Marxolin.
• The Ukulele Diner
• Ukulele Homepage
• Ukulele Links
• Ukulele Museum. Pictures of a wide array of ukes, etc. Also homesite of the Mandolin Museum.
• Vega & Fairbanks banjo information also David Day.
• Virtual Museum of World Instruments, in English or Spanish.
• Zither Banjo, The Art & Times, Players, makers, Music, etc.

Lessons, Tabs listings, Music Associations, Other useful sites, etc.

• American Banjo Fraternity the official organization of the classic banjo since 1948.
• Angie's Banjo much information as well as links to many banjo related sites.
• Autoharp Pages Everything Autoharp - makers, publications, tuning, etc.
• AcuTab Publications Lessons by mail and other interesting stuff, Roanoke, VA
• Banjos and Tinnitus - Information and other ramblings about tinnitus, or "ringing in the ears," oorsuizen, the five string banjo and other annoying stuff.
• Banjo Bands Listing Four string banjo organizations around North America.
• Banjo Camp North Fun-packed weekend for banjo players, and for folks who want to become banjo players.
• Banjo Guitar Banjos with 6 (long) strings, instruments, players, & playing.
• Banjo-L website Banjo related information, etc.
• Banjo Newsletter The longest running, best source for player profiles, tabs, etc.
• Banjo Survey. Participate and read the results.
• Banjo Tabs and ads Other instruments, too.
• Bluegrass Australia
• Bluegrass-music.com, Your resource for all things Bluegrass!
• Blue Grass Roots, World's largest bluegrass and related web-links catalog, searchable database of bluegrass and related recordings, labels, new releases, etc.
• Boston Bluegrass Union (BBU), concert listings, and more...
• Easy Ukulele Songs for Beginners
• EWOB - European World Of Bluegrass Association
• ezBanjo.com. To introduce the clawhammer style of 5-string banjo with songs that are easy and fun to play.
• Folklore Society of Greater Washington Home Page
• Folk Music Resources On The Internet
• Harmonica Lessons, etc.Tutorials, maintenance, sales, tips.
• Health Hazards Of Working With Wood
• Instruments Of Celtic Music
• IBMA - International Bluegrass Music Association
• Jews Harp Guild preserving the history and art of this, and other, ancient, unique, or culturally significant acoustic instruments.
• Lute & Guitar music site (includes mandolin & banjo).
• Mandolin & Balalaika web site in Norway, with many of the pages in English. Excellent link list.
• Mandolin Cafe
• Mandolin Heaven. Original mandolin recordings, compositions, & instruction.
• Mandolin Listings at MusicSearch
• Mandolin Pages - Now defunct, visit Mandolin Cafe instead.
• Mandozine
• Mechanical Music Digest
• Musical Saw, lessons and resources listing.
• Nashville Mandolin Network Links
• Netherlands Bluegrass Music Association
• Old Time Herald Online edition of the magazine of the same name.
• Old Time Music
• The Old-Time Music Home Page.
• TablEdit a program for creating, editing, printing and listening to tablature and standard notation fretted instruments.
• Ukulele and related web sites.

Discussion groups, mailing lists, etc.

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• ACUTAB banjo mailing and discussion list. To subscribe, email with the message (omit the quotes) "subscribe".
• Banjo-L banjo mailing and discussion list.
• Banjo Guitar discussion group & email list. Click and join.
• Cittern-L traditional celtic music, citterns, etc. Go to this site and subscribe.
• CoMANDO mandolin mailing and discussion list. To subscribe, email with the message (omit the quotes) "subscribe comando yourfirstname yourlastname".
• Fiddle-L Visit their home page for a concise explanation of what the list is about.
• FlatPick-L flattpicking mailing and discussion list. To subscribe, email with the message (omit the quotes) "subscribe flatpick-l yourfirstname yourlastname".
• Hammer Dulcimer list. Stays pretty much on topic. Send email with with a line in the message that says "subscribe your-name".
• Hammer Dulcimer list. Split off from the one above it is a more chatty, real-time list, but somewhat less active lately. Send email with with a line in the message that says "subscribe your-name".
• Musical Instrument Makers Forum dedicated to makers of any musical instrument.
• Society For The Preservation and Advancement of Harmonicas.
• Ukulele list. To join, send an email with "subscribe" on first line.