Musical Instruments

Musical Instruments
Sibyl Marcuse
Norton, 1975. ISBN#: 0-393-00758-8
paperbound, 607 pages, $7. used, OP?
Reference. Fave. Seems to be the last edition available, and may be out of print. A classic, no nonsense, inexpensive, jam packed, invaluable little volume.

The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments
ed., Stanley Sadie
Macmillan, 1984. ISBN#: 0-943818-05-2
hardbound, 3 vol., 2,700 pages, 1,600+ B&W illus., $550.
Reference. When ya gotta know, ya gotta know. Hefty price tag brings you over 14,000 entries, including plenty of non-Western and folk instruments.

You can also visit our Dictionary of Musical Instruments from around the world. There's one page up now, and the complete list will be up and running soon.

 
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