Offers illustrated instructions on the building of a hurdy-gurdy, the crank-operated string instrument popular in the Renaissance.

Learn about the recorder, the flute, the Shawm, the Kortholt, the Dulcian, Cornetts, the Sackbut, and other period wind instruments.

Offers a guide to the drum-and-wind combination popular in the 15th and 16th centuries. Includes links to more pipe and tabor resources.

Recounts the history of the recorder from the middle ages through the Renaissance. Link to tips on playing and maintaining the instrument.

Describes the origins and history of the rebec, a small stringed instrument popular in the middle ages and the Renaissance.

Examines evidence of instrumental participation in the repertory of the troubadors of southern France.

Non-profit organization is dedicated to the study of the viola da gamba. Link to member universities and other organizations