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Welcome to the Musical Instruments WikiProject, a collaboration area and group of editors dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of Musical Instruments.
As we have just formed, we will likely be discussing this very matter once we have a workable number of participants. Please see the guideline page for further discussion.
Open tasks
To-Do List
for the Musical Instruments WikiProject
Please feel free to add your name to this list of members and honoured guests. There is no minimum or maximum participation level, these two divisions are for you to determine where you believe you would fit best.
It would also help the project if you would indicate any areas of particular interest. This way, if there is an article that may especially interest you, you could be notified of the required assistance.
NOTE: Italicized dates immediately after the username indicates when the name was first added to this list.
Members
Barkjon(talk· contribs · count· logs · email) - learning drummer (on drum kit) and guitarist. I love percussion instruments!
Geofferybard (talk· contribs) Viol family instruments violin, fiddle, viola de gamba, guitar, a bit of experimentation with (diatonic)blues harp, mandolin, transverse flute, interested in shakuhachi, all clavichord->synthesizer and Latin percussion. Cage, Shostakovich, Jean Luc Ponty, Papa John Creach. Write songs some simple composing also. Pretty good on theory for non-conservatory grad:up on modes, blues scale, etc but not a jazz head.
YelloCello(talk· contribs · count· logs · email) I'm a cellist! (hence username) I'll be doing a lot of stuff pertaining to orchestra around here.
KSWarrior8 (talk) 18:00, 6 March 2009 (UTC) I am a learning drummer and pianist
Ninehouse(talk· contribs · count· logs · email) - musician, music teacher, specifically interested in organology, Hornbostel-Sachs
Charlesb1970(talk· contribs · count· logs · email) - professional trumpet player. I am also interested in music theory.
Hanjay09(talk· contribs · count· logs · email)(January 302010): I play Cello, Sing and am Learning to play Piano and sing. (classically)
synthfiend(talk· contribs · count· logs · email)(Nov 5, 2010): I play synthesizer, piano, and keyboard. My primary interest here is the history related to designers and manufacturers of synthesizers and recording equipment.
Rwberndt(talk· contribs · count· logs · email)(Apr 12, 2011) - I play euphonium and abuse Trumpet for fun. I have been working on biographies and company history entries related to brass instrument makers.
AMVStecker(talk· contribs · count· logs · email)(June 242011): I study music at the university level, and play carillon and am currently learning organ, but have been playing trumpet and other wind band instruments for about 8 years and singing in sacred and secular settings since I was a small child. I also have experience with the great highland bagpipes, baroque recorder, pennywhistle, handbell choirs, and other various instruments.
Cubanabop(talk· contribs · count· logs · email)(August 112012) - ethnomusicologist, musician, professor of music of University of San Francisco. My students, when we learn about organology, help update and clean up musical instrument stubs as a class project.
Adjwilley(talk· contribs · count· logs · email)(September 202012) - part-time piano technician/tuner, and I play several string instruments. ~Adjwilley (talk) 00:40, 21 September 2012 (UTC)
ashquarter8(talk· contribs · count· logs · email)(October 242012 - I play the alto saxophone, piano, synthesizers, a little bass and I am familiar with some trumpet, french horn and mellophone fingerings. I know a little percussion. I am familiar with the flute, clarinet, trombone, euphonium, tuba and oboe also. I have modest ability to play the marimba and similar instruments. I am in a marching band, concert band for 5 years and a choir.
Saxophilist(talk· contribs · count· logs · email) - I play the saxophone. Mostly classical music.
Martin of Sheffield(talk· contribs · count· logs · email) Music lover (baroque + early in particular), play the recorder and am a change ringer. Also tune & maintain violia, viola, cello, trumpet, guitar and piano for the family
Xavier enc(talk· contribs · count· logs · email) Hello members! I am honoured to join the project and hope we can get this subject into the next level! There is some serious work that needs to be done and I am here to help! I am a very active participant in my projects and you will quickly find a hero to the rescue!--Xavier (talk) 10:06, 4 November 2015 (UTC)
Honoured Guests
Andrewa(talk· contribs · count) - 14 April2007: Drummer and occasional player of many instruments including almost anything with frets. Particularly interested in cymbal articles, and to a lesser degree with drum kit, fretted instrument and electric and electronic equipment articles.
Bibliomaniac15(talk· contribs · count) - 25 January2007: I play the violin and piano, and am in a string orchestra, so I think I can contribute to those articles.
CharlieHuang(talk· contribs · count) - 28 April2007: Guqin player of the UK. Former admin de facto bona fide, contributor and editor to the guqin articles.
Daniel Alan Phillips(talk· contribs · count) - 15 May2007: I have a bachelor's degree in music, play synths, piano, drums, and a little pedal steel guitar, and sing. In the past, I've written extensively about topics in electronic music for Electronic Musician magazine. I produce and compose, and work for a major synthesizer manufacturer. I'll spend time as it's available.
Metalcore424(talk· contribs · count· logs · email) - (9 April2007): Percussionist and self-taught theorist, as well as beginner pianist.
Rigadoun(talk· contribs · count) - 28 April2007: I play many different instruments, and have contributed many related to the gamelan. I put myself here as I'm not sure how much time I can devote to the project, but I'm all in favor of improving and systematizing these articles.
Wbchilds(talk· contribs · count) - 23 April2007: I play the cornet and piano, and in a range of brass and jazz bands and orchestras. I have a strong interest in brass music so I can contribute there!
Wiki libs(talk· contribs · count) I guess I fit here. Was a professional touring sidesman(guitar, bass, banjo, mandolin, dulcimer, piano, synths, harmonica, uke, cowbell whatever I got paid most for :-D) from 1978 to 1992.
Beggarsbanquet(talk· contribs · count)- 15 October2008: I'm a composer so I have a lot of general knowledge about instruments (and I've played in string/full orchestras, symphonic bands and jazz bands), but I'm particularly knowledgeable about the classical strings. Willing to help wherever I can.
jbgg007(talk· contribs · count)- 26 May2009: I play brass, horn primarily, in a wide variety of ensembles. I will help where I can, but I have more knowledge of the horn than of any other instrument.
Tunborough(talk· contribs · count· logs · email) - (5 December2010): Interested in the acoustics of musical instruments, early music and early instruments. Some experience with instrument making. Have an engineering background and not afraid of math.
The Ukulele Guy - Aggie80(talk· contribs · count)- 17 June2013: Play and research the ukulele and related musicians.
Please feel free to list your new Musical Instruments-related articles here (newer articles at the top, please). Any new articles that have an interesting or unusual fact in them should be suggested for the Did you know? box on the Main Page.
Sachs, Curt (September 10, 2006). The History of Musical Instruments(Paperback)|format= requires |url= (help). Dover Publications. pp. 560 pp. ISBN 9780486452654.
Wade-Matthews, Max (March 25, 2003). Musical Instruments (Illustrated Encyclopedia)(Paperback)|format= requires |url= (help). Lorenz Books. pp. 168 pp. ISBN 9780754811824.
Baines, Anthony (October 29, 1992). The Oxford Companion to Musical Instruments(Hardcover)|format= requires |url= (help). Oxford University Press, USA. pp. 416 pp. ISBN 978-0-1-9311334-3.