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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.

(For more information on WikiProjects, please see Wikipedia:WikiProject and the Guide to WikiProjects).

Goals

Standardize the appearance and layout of musical instrument related articles.
Improve and generally guide the development of musical instrument related articles.

Scope

Any article relating to musical instruments.

[edit] Guidelines

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.

[edit] Open tasks

To-Do List
for the Musical Instruments WikiProject

For more tasks and information, see our project talk page!
Project Tasks	Discuss and determine guidelines Discuss and determine template colors and project representative picture
Requests	~~Create a project template~~ Francis William Galpin James Warren York Bout (musical instrument) - a part of a string instrument Vincent Bach (Vincent bach <notice the lowercase "b"> currently a redirect to →Vincent Bach Corporation)
Copyedit	Musical instrument
Wikify
Merge	~~Slit-gong → Slit gong~~
Verify	Clarinet needs inline citations
Cleanup	~~refine project user templates, possibly combining four into one~~
Expand	Organology Musical instrument classification Michael Praetorius Sebastian Virdung Victor-Charles Mahillon Erich von Hornbostel Curt Sachs Martin Agricola List of musical instruments
Disambiguation
Stubs	pick away at all musical instrument stubs (see Category:Musical instrument stubs and Category:Stub-Class musical instruments articles)
Update	put project template on all musical instrument article talk pages, and assess article
NPOV
Infoboxes	see template page discuss and determine required infoboxes (and which already-existing infoboxes to "adopt")
Other	reactivate and maintain Wikipedia:Writing about music

To do

[edit] Participants

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.

[edit] Members

Akuyume (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (25 January 2007): Tubist, trombonist, and almost a pianist. A general lover of music and musical instruments
Beggarsbanquet (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (9 August 2007): Composer, cellist, bassist (bass guitar and double bass), with a little bit of piano knowledge. Orchestration is one of my specialties as a composer, so I know a lot about musical instruments of all kinds.
Bunch-a-Munch (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (16 April 2007): I'm very interested in instruments and I am learning the guitar (and NDCompuGeek is my dad!)
Fang Aili (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (26 January 2007): I play piano, mess around with recorder, guitar, and clarinet, among others.
Freddythehat (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (13 April 2007): Jazz Pianist, DrumCircle facilitator, all things percussive interest me.
Galassi (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (25 December 2007): Lutenist, singer, expert on anything lute-related.
Guidewell (talk · contribs) - (13 January 2008) Singer/workshop leadeer specializing in physical and vocal exercise in group work to rromote mental well-being in vulnerable people, a capela and newly-commissioned choral work (especially with full sound system and backing band): guitar player (all genres but favouring digital/electronic manipulation and straight English and Scottish folk tunes): medically retired concert and recording pianoforte technician - once editor of the Piano Tuners Quarterly - with special interest and expertise in the history, development, design and technology past and present and acoustic properties of the piano in particular and stringed keyboard and hand plucked and struck ones in general.
Kntrabssi (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (13 March 2007): Double bassist, keyboardist, cellist, all around music nerd!!
Laser brain (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (13 June 2008): Multi-instrumentalist.
Lute88 (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (25 December 2007): Lutenist, composer thereon, a bit of an "expert" on 18th century music.
M ajith (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (06 June 2007): I play the piano and listen to a lot of classical music. Created the article List of Piano Brand Names.
Madder (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (28 January 2007)
Madoherty (talk • contribs • count • logs • email)- (27 July 2007): I am a composer, performer, and ethnomusicologist. I also have interests in archaeoacoustics. I play world woodwinds: duduk, bloul, kaval, ney, quena, tav shvi, bass duduk, Ancient Puebloan flutes, and others, as well as piano and electric organ. I am also verse in music theory and instrument construction. My interests also include anthropology which informs my research interests in ethnomusicology, and an MLIS degree that assists in research.
Martinuddin Particular interested about string instruments: medieval, baroque, Indian, Arabic. played (a bit of) guitar, violin, cello, viola da gamba, sarangi, tanpura, harpsichord. Singer of medieval and classical Indian Dhrupad and experimental harmonic chant. Capable intrument repairer, interest in musicology, akouphenomenology. Woodworker by profesion.
Mdcollins1984 (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (February 9, 2007): pianist and organist, keyboard interest, but strings and general help and advice available.
Meldshal42 (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (2 July 2007): I play the trumpet, and I'm extremely musically entwined.
Melodia (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (10 April 2007): I played (Bass) Clarinet, Piano, and other various instruments when younger.
NDCompuGeek (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (25 January 2007): Music Ed college major, musicologist by trade (soon); play almost anything with a mouthpiece, but especially low brass (tuba, sousaphone, baritone, euphonium, alto horn, tenor horn, Wagner tuba, and a [very] little trombone [I can't get used to a slide instead of valves]); also keyboards (organ, piano, and synthesizer).
NetherlandishYankee (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (22 April 2007): Euphonium and some trombone and piano. Have made extensive contributions to the Euphonium article but not much to others
Pittising (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (1 September 2007): I play tin whistle and piano accordion well, and mandolin and applachian dulcimer badly. I also sing. I am mostly interested in traditional instruments of Europe and Africa and have experience working in Africa with tribal musicians.
Sheer panic (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (23 June 2007): I play keyboards and write electronic music. I hope to help improve the electronic musical instrument articles.
Moezzillas world (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (September 22, 2007): i'm a multi instrumentalist but among them are Guitar, Bass, Drums, Harmonica and synths and ive been in two bands and forming a third. i will improve articles on the harmonica and indie music.
Glogger (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (September 22, 2007): I'm an inventor and build musical instruments, as well as publish regularly in music conferences like ICMC, NIME, ACM Multimedia, etc.. I also do concert performances and music composition. I'm interested in organology, and musical instrument classifications that facilitate the invention of new musical instruments by not constraining our thinking to only what is currently known.
pikasneez27 (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (September 26, 2007): I play piano, percussion, and a little bit of guitar. I play cymbals in marching band on the field (not in the pit). Hopefully next year I will be able to play snare. I also play drumset in a rock band. I can play on the expert level in Guitar Hero 2.
Scoreed (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (October 10, 2007): I have played many different instruments.
PAH Page (talk · contribs)
Barkjon (talk · contribs) - learning drummer (on drum kit) and guitarist. I love percussion instruments!
Basketball110- cello
Bass Speaker III ^{(talk • contribs • count)}-I play sax, trumpet,guitar,bass guitar, some piano, and more.
Wikidude 57Join The Brawl!!! -I play recorder,clarinet and piano
M79 Specialist (February 12, 2008) -I play alto and march tenor saxophone, as well as play both the piano and harmonica for leisure with some guitar mixed in.
Quyentdnguyen (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (March 27, 2008): Music major (May '08). Primary instrument: piano. Secondary instruments: voice, violin, percussion. Will be studying ethnomusicology in Taiwan beginning fall'08.
Dr G (talk · contribs)-(April 20, 2008): Piano, keyboard, and organ. Also write and record music.
Weissmann (talk · contribs)-(May 4, 2008): Sales Manager

[edit] Honoured Guests

Andrewa ^{(talk • contribs • count)} - 14 April 2007: 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 January 2007: 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 April 2007: 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 May 2007: 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.
Deborahjay ^{(talk • contribs • count)} - 21 April 2007: Willing to copyedit and Wikify translated articles and those written in non-native English.
Metalcore424 (talk • contribs • count • logs • email) - (9 April 2007): Percussionist and self-taught theorist, as well as beginner pianist.
Rigadoun ^{(talk • contribs • count)} - 28 April 2007: 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.
Strobilus ^{(talk • contribs • count)} - 9 April 2007: Mostly interested in percussion instruments.
Swellbow ^{(talk • contribs • count)} - 17 April 2007: Drummer interested in drums and hammered dulcimers around the world.
Theodore Kloba ^{(talk • contribs • count)} - 28 April 2007: I play: piano, guitar, bass guitar, Chemnitzer concertina/Bandonion (both of which I also repair), and am learning: Cümbüş, Kanklės, Garmon', drums; I have tagged many of the articles I've contributed to with {{WPMusInst |quality=|importance=}}, and I'd like someone less involved with them to assess quality/importance.
Wbchilds ^{(talk • contribs • count)} - 23 April 2007: 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!
Yvesnimmo ^{(talk • contribs • count)} - 13 June 2007: I play violin and piano and could contribute to many pages.
# SeanMD80 ^{(talk • contribs • count)} - 10 January 2008: -- I play piano, clarinet, bass clarinet, and soprano sax.
# MatthewVanitas ^{(talk • contribs • count)} - 5 April 2008: -- I play assorted traditional string instruments (ukulele, dulcimer). Been focusing on adding subsections (or articles if merited) for interesting variants such as reso-ukes, etc.

Membership

[edit] Articles

[edit] Featured content

List of Caribbean membranophones

[edit] Candidates

[edit] Former featured articles

Saxophone - delisted December 2006
Timpani - delisted August 2007
Guqin - delisted March 2008

[edit] Good articles

[edit] Former Good articles

String instrument - delisted September 2006
Piano - delisted October 2006
Cello - delisted November 2006

[edit] New articles

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.

Jirba, a type of bagpipe played in Bahrain.
Electronic bagpipes
Resonator ukulele
SpecDrum
Steinway Hall
Zeusaphone

[edit] Collaboration and review

Collaboration of the week

Peer review

Assessment

Newsletter

[edit] Templates

Template page (a collection of templates)

{{asianmusicalinstruments}}
{{S Filipino instruments}}
{{Iranian musical instruments}}
{{Turkish musical instruments}}
{{Hornbostel-Sachs instruments}}
{{Instruments}}
- {{Woodwinds}}
- {{Brass}}
- {{String instruments}}
- {{Percussion}}
{{Squeezebox}}
{{Infobox Instrument}}

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