Recorder Home Page
Other Web Sites of Interest to Recorder Players
Compiled by Nicholas S. Lander
Other Recorder Sites
- Recorders, from Olga Shotlandija (Russia), in Russian
- Blogflutes, from Frank Oberschelp (Germany), recorder in Westphalia.
- Csakan … Rediscovered, from Bernhard Mollenhauer (Germany)
- Blockflötenstudio (Germany), recorder teaching studio in the village of Ebersburg-Weyhers near Fulda
- Blokkfløytistene Uranienborg (Norway), a group teaching recorder to children and teenagers
- Un flautista a l'aula 8 (Spain), Catalonian portal for communication between professionals, students and amateurs of the recorder
- Learn to Play the Recorder, from Joe Angert (USA), lessons, music primer, library, etc.
- Blokis, informative page from Winifred Bauer (in German)
- Recorder Orchestras in Germany, from Winfried Bauer (in German)
- Recorder Orchestras Worldwide, from Richard Geisler, USA
- Blockflöten Museum (in German)
- dolceBlog, from Gianluca Barbaro (Italy). News (concerts, courses events, etc.), web links, personal blog about the recorder (in Italian)
- About the Recorder in Jazz, from Gianluca Barbaro (Italy)
- Furulya.hu (Hungary), from Bánfi Balázs. Extensive web-sited devoted to the recorder
- Flûte à bec (France), extensive web-site devoted to the recorder; maintained by Pascal Premier
- YouTube: Recorder, videos of and about recorder playing – the good, the bad and the ugly!
- Fippletest (UK), illustrated site devoted to review of various makes of recorder, mostly old
- Blockflöte.de (Germany), extensive site devoted to the recorder maintained by Jo Kunath (in German)
- Recorder Lessons & Resources, from Gene Casti (USA); includes sound files, online scores, historical notes
- The Recorder Player's Page, Nicholas Saers (Norway); resources for recorder players including MP3 files, online scores, Norwegian folk music for recorders
- Nederlandse Blokfluitpagina (Netherlands), in Dutch
- Recorder Home Page Japan, from Minoru Yoshizawa
- Flautissimo, from Kay Schumacher (Germany). Information on recorder makers and their products, including reviews and a discussion list (in German)
- Die
Blockflöte, from Katharina Hoeckh (Germany). Discussion forum, calendar of events, shops with new and second-hand instruments, articles (in German)
- Blokfluit & Muziek (Netherlands), recorder site maintained by Blokfluitensemble FEW, includes notes on history, repertoire (in Dutch)
- Flauto
Nuovo - Instituut voor blokfluitonderricht in Friesland
(Netherlands)
- Korean Baroque Instruments Company, a site devoted largely to the recorder (in Korean)
- Recorder Music Listening Page, MIDI, MP3 and video files from Jim Phypers (USA)
- Recorder site from Fred Kersten
(USA), includes MIDI files, tips on teaching the recorder, etc.
- Music88: Recorders & Recorder Music, from Lynda Shen (Hong Kong)
- Recorder Music, from Geoff Grainger (Germany), lists of some 180 items of music with anecdotes and other information about instruments, composers, performers, publishers, recordings
-
Flauto Suinu (Switzerland), reports on a collaborative project
between recorder player Andel Strube and PIGVISION's Raymond Rohner
to test and record the interaction between the pig's vocal
expression and the variation of recorder sounds. Includes sound
samples. A bizzare joke at the recorder's expense!
Other Instruments
Three-holed pipes (tabor pipe, txistu)
Pipes: American Indian pipe, six-holed pipe, bamboo pipe,
flageolet, penny whistle, tin whistle), Sicilian pipe (friscalettu, frautu), fujara, etc.
- Die Erdklang-Flöte, innovative duct-flute with 5 finger-holes and a thumbhole which has a particularly loud and beautiful tone, from Alf Jetzer (Switzerland)
- Le flageolet francais, Découverte d'un instrument oublié …, from Phillipe Perlot (France)
- Windelf Flutes (Australia), maker of shakuhachi, American Indian pipe, walkingstick flutes
- Sweetheart Flute Co. (USA), maker of tabor pipes, whistles, Irish flutes, baroque flutes, fifes, etc.
- Fujara, Slovak overtone bass flute, from Folkart Slovakia
- The Pleasant Companion: The Flageolets Site, from Jacob Head (UK)
- Il Flauto in Sicilia: il messinese, from Mario Sarica (Italy)
- Friscalettu, from Raimondo (Italy), maker and on-line teacher
- Chiff & Fipple: The PostStructural Tinwhistle Internet Community, the ultimate guide to the instrument known as the tinwhistle, pennywhistle, Irish whistle, or just plain whistle.
- Michael Burke (USA), six-holed pipes in composite (bakelite), brass, and aluminum
- Busman Whistles, six-holed pipes in wood complemented by precision fittings in stainless steel or brass by Paul Busman (USA)
- Ancient Vision Native American Flutes, from Charles Littleleaf (USA)
- Native American Music, by Charles Littleleaf (USA)
- The Flute Project, from Ken Kemsi (USA), Novel instructions for making American Indian Flute
- The
Pipers' Guild of Great Britain, a charity with about 250
members, whose aims are to make, play and decorate bamboo
pipes
- Il flauto dolce di bambù, instructions for making bamboo pipes in various sizes (in Italian)
- Guido Gonzato Whistles (Italy), made from PVC tubing in various keys
- Susan Rawcliffe (USA), ceramic instrument builder
- Alba Whistles, Alba Aerophonics (Scotland)
flutes, whistles and flageolets handcrafted in the Highlands of Scotland from beautifully finished brushed aluminium, tufnol, wood
- The Home De(s)pot Flute, from FolkUrban Music, instructions for making a PVC pentatonic duct-flute
- Recorder [ie 6-holed pipe] Tuning Hole Placement Spreadsheet, from Ken Kemsi (USA)
- Jubilee Music Instrument Co. (USA). Daniel Bingamon makes tin whistles (some with
thumbholes!) in brass and PVC with adjustable windways
- Making a Key of D or C "Infra-Whistle", by David C. Daye (USA)
- The 'Low-Tech' Whistle, instructions for making a PVC pipe from Guido Gonzato (Italy)
Vessel flutes (gemshorn, ocarina)
- Hind Musical Instruments (USA), maker of wooden ocarinas (in walnut) and an ocarina celestina
- The Ocarina Originators Home Page
- Georgio Pacchioni (Italy), ocarina maker/player/composer and puppeteer extraordinaire!
- Clayzeness Whistleworks, ocarinas and clay flutes from Sandi and Richard (USA), includes
very comprehensive links
page
- Ocarina Workshop (UK), instruments, books, kits, cds, playalong tapes
- Basic instructions to make a gemshorn, from Melanie Wilson (USA)
- Werkstatt für Historische Musikinstrumente, workshop of Siegfried Jud, gemshorn maker (Switzerland)
- Making a Gemshorn, from Marc Carlson
End-blown cross-flutes (quena, shakuhachi)
Transverse cross-flutes
- Sweetheart Flute Co. (USA), maker of tabor pipes, whistles, Irish flutes, baroque flutes, fifes, etc.
- Mark Hoza's Kything Flutes
(Australia), wood headjoints for concert flutes and keyless wooden flutes
- John Lehner Flutes (Australia)
- Folkers & Powell, makers of historic flutes. This site has much information of interest to recorder players.
- M & E Irish Flutes, by Michael Cronnolly (Ireland) who makes them in polymer and blackwood.
- Aragón y Parrado (Spain), maker of medieval and Irish flutes
Capped reeds (cornamuse, crumhorn, kortholt, rauschpfieffe)
- The
Crumhorn Home Page, a useful compendium of information about
this bent & twisted instrument including where to buy one, how
to grow your own, available music, etc
Free reeds
Harpsichords
Early Music Sites
Discussion Lists/News Groups
General
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