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ASW Guide to Historical Woodwind Instruments Discusses makers and types of historic woodwind instruments, beginning with the Medieval period. http://www.aswltd.com/guideww.htm

Bamboo and Ethnic Flutes Around the World Descriptions and pictures of ethnic flutes from India, China, South America and North America. (Purchasing information provided.) http://shakuhachi.com/TOC-WorldFlutes.html

The Beginnings of Music: The Opposites in the Flute History and philosophy behind the instrument. From a presentation by Barbara Allen. http://www.barbaraallen.org/The-Flute.html

Dayton C. Miller Flute Collection Pictures and audio files of some of the historic flutes in this collection, located at the library of congress. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/dcmhtml/dmhome.html

Flutehistory.com Historical information about players, makers, composers, and instruments of the past 800 years. Site contains articles, pictures, and a catalog of books and CDs. http://www.flutehistory.com/

Malayalam Film Songs Explains the technical aspects of playing the light Indian film song flute. http://www.odakuzhal.com

My Historical Flutes Links to pictures and descriptions of the author's antique flutes and historical reproductions. Includes purchasing tips. http://webhome.idirect.com/~toot/flutes.html

Rick Wilson's Historical Flutes Page Presents photos, descriptions, and information about historical European and American flutes from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Performance practices are also discussed. http://www.oldflutes.com

Terry McGee Flutes Australian maker of wood flutes, offers links to historical flute studies, research, and fingering charts. http://www.mcgee-flutes.com/

Traverso Historical Flute Newsletter Quarterly newsletter of news and information about the flute and its music in the eighteenth and adjacent centuries. http://www.baroqueflute.com/traverso/