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The Early Music Shop was formed in 1968 at a time when early music, as we now know it, was in its infancy. We were encouraged in our early years by the late David Munrow and many of his pioneering contemporaries, and it's almost true to say that The Early Music Shop is as old as the early music revival itself. It has certainly contributed to the continuing interest there has been in the field, making early music and its performance on original instruments accessible to a growing number of people.

Added on: Jun 22, 2005 | Hits: 464

"Celebrating 29 years in business. Our customers say that we have the best catalog in the business. We Specialize in Muzzle loading guns, kits, parts, accoutrements, rendezvous gear & primitive Americana." Of particular, their inventory of period screws and nails may be of interest to some. (ed.)

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Hardware supply company whose screw inventory may be of interest to some. (ed.)

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"For almost 200 years, the company has achieved a reputation for skilled nail cutting that has ade its product readily saleable throughout the markets of the world. Through all the changes and the hurried pace of modern industry the same product is still being produced for customers who prefer the superior holding power and durability of this time-tested nail."

Added on: Oct 31, 2005 | Hits: 439

"Spaenaur is recognized throughout North America as a leading wholesale distributor for industrial fasteners, hardware components and tools. Spaenaur operates out of a 115,000 sq. foot warehouse in Kitchener, o­ntario and has positioned itself as a master distributor serving Distribution, MRO and Production markets.

One of Spaenaur’s key strengths is its catalog. Spaenaur’s catalog consists of 1,784 pages that contain over 70,000 standard and hard-to-find products and is regarded as o­ne of the best fastener resource guides in the industry." ...

Added on: Oct 31, 2005 | Hits: 899

MSC Industrial Supply Company, the premier distributor of MRO supplies to industrial customers throughout the United States, is excited to announce that our acquisition of J&L Industrial Supply is complete effective June 8th, 2006. J&L is the largest specialty metal working distributor servicing the United States and the United Kingdom. Together, MSC and J&L will be the largest metalworking distributor in the World! Ultimately the combination of these two companies will bring many benefits to you in the near future, including the expansion of the overall product offering to lines like the premier Kennametal brand that J&L currently offers and access to MSC's world class MRO product offering. Our plan is to proactively communicate to you, as these new benefits become available.

Over the coming months a team of experienced associates from MSC and J&L will work together o­n delivering the best practices of both companies - while plans are being built, MSC and J&L will conduct business as usual. Since we will not compromise the quality of our services as we move forward with this new exciting opportunity, for now we encourage you to continue to do business with both organizations separately as you have in the past. Our focus remains o­n providing the highest level of customer service and the local support that you expect and count o­n, both during and after the transition.

Added on: Jan 24, 2007 | Hits: 288

The Rivolta Family has been cutting and dealing with wood for a Century. We are the fourth generation in our family business. We buy the best and most precious woods from all continents. We choose and cut the logs, and then the timber is dried with great care in our sawmill in Desio. The quality and the variety of woods that we deal with allow us to select the most suitable material. Our great-grandfather began by selling carpentry wood. Tonewood is now our main activity; although we still supply sawn sizes for restoration, turnery, and handicraft objects. ... (See site for more information.)

Added on: Jun 10, 2007 | Hits: 426

"We are pleased to welcome you in the world of Abete Fiemme. These pages tell the story of the "tree of music", an extraordinary tree which grows in the forests of the Fiemme Valley (Italy). From this wood, unique in the world for its resonant characteristics, we obtain soundboards for valuable musical instruments.

A. Stradivari personally chose the spruces in the Fiemme Valley to make his fascinating violins. Nowadays the "heart" of some of the most famous pianos in the world, is a "Ciresa soundboard "." ... (See site for more information.)

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"A & M Wood Specialty Inc. continues to offer one of the broadest inventories in North America of wood and related wood products. For the furniture maker and architectural millwork shops we stock over 120 species of fine hardwoods and veneers, as well as a broad selection of furniture grade and specialty plywood's. All of the solids can be purchased rough or dressed to your specifications. Many European species are available, with boards up to 42 inches wide occasionally on hand.

For the instrument maker, be it string, woodwind or keyboard, we stock a variety of traditional woods and associated products. A browse through our price list or web site will give you an understanding of our varied selection. For wood turners we have many species of kiln dried wood in 3 inch and 4 inch thicknesses, a variety of partially dry half logs, numerous squares in various species and dimensions, plus a large inventory of burls ranging from quite small to several hundred pounds. " ... (See site for more information.)

Added on: Jun 10, 2007 | Hits: 472

"The Boulder Early Music Shop is your source for Medieval, Renaissance, and Baroque music, instruments, and accessories. We carry a full line of
-Sheet Music, Books, and Scores (over 11,000 items!),
-Instruments, Kits, and Strings (over 800 items),
-Gifts & Accessories (over 150 items). " ...

Added on: Aug 20, 2007 | Hits: 477

"The von Huene Workshop, Inc., founded in 1960 by Friedrich and Ingeborg von Huene, makes, sells, and repairs historical woodwinds. The Early Music Shop of New England is a retail store and mail-order division of the von Huene Workshop that sells music, accessories and instruments by all makers of historical woodwinds, strings and keyboards.

At the Early Music Shop & the von Huene Workshop, we are dedicated to providing the best possible instruments and service at the best possible price. " ...

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"Kate McWilliams enjoys researching and recreating underappreciated medieval instruments. She began building instruments while in college, and now builds them professionally. She has exhibited her instruments at the Boston Early Music Festival, the Berkeley Early Music Festival, and the Madison Early Music Festival. While largely self-taught, she has spent two years studying with luthier Daniel Larson.

Her current research interest is the British Museum Citole (formerly known as a gittern), one of the sole surviving instruments from the fourteenth century. This study reveals valuable insights into the practices of medieval stringed instrument makers. She has built a replica of this remarkable instrument, though with only a sampling of the intricate carvings.

She holds a BM in Music Education and an MM in Violin Performance, with a concentration in Early Music, from the University of Delaware, and an MA in Musicology from the University of Minnesota. She teaches violin and viola performance in private lessons (both modern and historical technique), and frequently gives lectures in schools about different aspects of music in society. Her most influential teachers have been John Madura, Nicholas Mann, Russell Murray, and David Douglass. " ...

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"Welcome to Whitechapel Ltd. Here you will find not only the finest quality essential hardware for your house, cabinetwork and furniture but also thousands of uniquely beautiful alternatives from Europe and the US.

We make a special effort to find hardware from smaller manufacturers that are not generally represented in the US. While others rely on Far Eastern suppliers, we'd rather offer the more unusual and always more interesting designs that only smaller and older makers are capable of producing. You can order everything offered in our 315 page print catalog from this website, but if you prefer to see full size color photos of each item please order a copy. " See website for more info. (ed.)

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"Fastening Products is a full line fastener and hardware supplier. We supply standards, non-standards and specials in all materials and quantities. We are unique in the fastener industry in that our in-house machine shop enables us to produce custom, precision or production machined parts in any quantity. Just send us a blueprint or sample. We do not say “No Quote” and leave the tough ones on your desk.

Fastening Products of Lancaster has been serving customers since 1974. We pride ourselves in our extensive line and courteous, personal service. We offer free local delivery and same day shipment of stock items. A catalog is available listing the range of standard fasteners that we stock. " See website for more information. (Slotted wood screws) (ed.)

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"The Renaissance Workshop Company Ltd. (RWC) is the world’s largest specialist manufacturer of early music instruments, all based on existing originals or relevant iconography and are handmade by a small team of dedicated craftsmen who have many years experience.

RWC designs and manufacture, for historical performance, a wide range of faithful reproductions of mediaeval, renaissance and baroque musical instruments from keyboards (clavichords, harpsichords, spinets…) and stringed instruments (fiddles, lutes, viols, hurdy-gurdies, psalteries…) to windcaps (crumhorns, cornamusen, shawms...)

RWC is not only an Early Music workshop making musical Instruments to the highest standards, the company has saved many rare and some relatively unknown instruments from extinction.

What makes the Renaissance Workshop Company Ltd. unique however is that the same range of Early Music instruments are offered to customers either complete or in kit form for home assembly. Each kit provides all the parts for you to build the instrument and has been designed for ease of assembly. Most do not assume any prior knowledge or experience of instrument making. The company even organises kit-building courses, designed to be as much fun as they are instructive

Although most of the kits are sold to aficionados, the company supplies to connoisseurs of mediaeval, renaissance and baroque music throughout the world, and has established a strong export base to Europe, Japan and the United States. RWC has really contributed to the take off of the sales of early music instruments world-wide. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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Early Music supply house -- large number of titles for recorder, strings and guitar, vocal music, very large number of chamber works for various combinations of instruments, manuscripts etc. See website for more information. (ed.)

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"We are Richie and Elaine Henzler, proprietors of COURTLY MUSIC UNLIMITED. ...

Although we now live in the Adirondack mountains of upstate New York, we still teach in New York City once a month. We have expanded our workshops to three times a year (held on the shores of beautiful Lake George). We also teach and perform locally and volunteer our musical services in a number of local churches that had not had any music for years. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Mar 27, 2008 | Hits: 422

"Since 1976, the Recorder Shop has been offering quality musical instruments, sheet music and accessories to early music enthusiasts. Owned and operated by musicians, we strive to offer knowledgeable, cheerful and prompt service. Because of your faithful support over the years, we have expanded to include music publishing: Dovehouse Editions and Loux Music. Our School Music Department is for music teachers featuring classroom recorders, Orff Instruments and percussion. We have many instruments in stock and over 4,500 titles of music for recorder, flute, viola da gamba, violin, ‘cello, crumhorn, etc. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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At Ars Antiqva you will find all related to early music: instruments (baroque guitar, vihuela, theorbo, laud, flute, viola da gamba, baroque bows, harpsichord etc.) You will find as well as new and used instruments for sale as well as manuscript. Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Apr 19, 2008 | Hits: 540

" ... In 1986 an offer to share a workshop with an antique restorer friend started me thinking about using some of my enthusiasm and interest in wood to real benefit. I restored musical instruments for a time - but I soon decided I wanted to actually make something.

I was fascinated by boxes, and still am. Isn't everyone? ... boxes contain things and, more importantly, HIDE things from view. Human nature being what it is one naturally wants to know what is inside a closed box - so a natural reflex is to open it, and if it's locked you really want to open it. What is it that is being so carefully protected, or hidden - what can it be that justifies this special treatment, particularly if it is an elaborate and valuable box.

I wanted to create these 'precious' and fascinating items -the 'jewellery' of the cabinet makers art - and this also suited the logistics of being in a small, shared workshop surrounded by chests of drawers, tables, chairs and partner's desks. Actually I had made my first box around the time I moved into the workshop [click here] and this was so well received that I decided to phase out the musical instrument work to concentrate on the box making. Things just took off from there and I have been making boxes ever since. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"My name is Michael Mogy. I was born into the tool and hardware business. As a child, during my weekends and after school I worked in my fathers hardware business in South Africa. We moved to Australia in the mid 1970's. When I finished my schooling, I worked in hardware and tools.

I have always specialised in procuring the unusual, hard to get but always something that my customers "have been looking for for ages".

I travel all over the country doing the Wood-Worker Shows, agricultural field days, Vintage Car Swap meets and some craft shows. I am taking my wares to the people in remote areas as well as to other capital cities in all states. Many people know me and wait from show to show to purchase something from the "Toolologist".

Now I have teamed up with my wife Gerdi, and we have brought to you what we believe to be one of the largest ranges of box makers brassware and veneer inlays available. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

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"Landon Wiedenman is a fine wood and exotic materials artist specializing in unique custom woodwork. Drawing his inspiration from the sharp contrast found in the landscape of the Montana of his youth. Wiedenman has pursued the art of inlay and fine wood working, originally as the first step towards building custom instruments. Along the way he found an affinity for exotic woods, ivory, and shell, now his mediums of choice. Landon Wiedenman can create literally any design using coral, water buffalo horn, turquoise, Damascus, or any material that provides the colors and textures needed. The palette and canvas are limited only by your imagination. Wiedenman has developed techniques which can inlay a curved surface with a radius of just one half inch, wrapping your design around the grip of a knife, a sculptured jewelry box, or even the button of a guitar machine. " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: May 04, 2008 | Hits: 348

"Handmade reproduction of parchment roses for harpsichords and baroque guitars after originals and iconographical sources, or after patterns by request. ...

... In the summers 1982,'83 and'85 I participated in seminars held by ancient violin-making Gerhard Söhne in the courses of Ancient Music Pamparato (Cuneo). After the diploma of Violin Making in Vicenza I started the business of building maker Renaissance lutes, viola da gamba Renaissance and Baroque, ribeche and mandore medieval, and even occasionally making rosette parchment for cymbals and Baroque guitars, upon request. ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Jul 06, 2008 | Hits: 560

"Already the litte change in the name of the company (earlier: Marc Vogel, Bestandteile fŸr den Cembalobau) shows, that fundamental things have changed but still are the same to the 20th anniversary on 1st July 2004 of the Marc Vogel oHG - Cembaloteile.

During the last 20 years Marc Vogel has constructed a small but fine supplier company for harpsichord builders. The products are used from China to the United States, from Moskau to the Amazonas. He invested as much power in the training of his employees, to whose he handed over his company. He said:

“Years of experiences instructed me to integrate young people to my work in time so that a continuoues developement of the firm is possible. I would like to use this anniversary to give the firm a more extensive basis. So the firm “Marc Vogel - Bestandteile fŸr den Cembalobau“ becomes the general partnership “Marc Vogel oHG - Cembaloteile“ through the entering of the employees Sabrina Meisel, Waldemar Zimmermann and Michael Scheer. I will retire from the daily business because of age and health, but I will still be at the firm's disposal as an adviser. I would like to thank you for the good cooperation and ask you to convert your trust to the new firm owners.Ó ... " Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Jul 07, 2008 | Hits: 558

"Harpsichord and viol - old music played on old instruments is growing in popularity. Laymen as well as professional musicians interpret music from Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque increasingly today with replicas of musical instruments from the time when the music was played.

For over twenty-five years, I offer a wide range of such historical instruments: cheap replicas for beginners as detailed copies for the layman and professional musicians and kits for customers who wish to build instrument themselves, along with accessories, literature, music and CDs .

On this website I can currently only a small part of my bid. My whole catalogue with tools, kits and accessories can I send you on request (or download in pdf format on site. (ed.) ... " (Google translation) Visit website for more information. (ed.)

Added on: Jul 23, 2008 | Hits: 581