MHN Instrument Encyclopedia Beginning with more than 140 artifacts from the Stearns Collection at the University of Michigan, this resource features musical instruments from around the world. This Multimedia Instrument Encyclopedia is a student project constructed for entertainment and educational purposes. While all instruments make sounds, they all have a different way of doing so. This section of the Music Emporium is dedicated to explaining just how different instruments make the sounds they do. Traditionally, most music has been functional, consisting of songs associated with many aspects of daily life, and with special occasions and events.
Music is indispensable to most rituals and ceremonies.
Dances of all sorts are accompanied by singing and percussion instruments. Typical musical instruments include rattles, various types of drums and, occasionally, flutes and whistles. The Universe of Bagpipes Oliver Seeler's web site has information, history, sounds and much more about the Universe of Bagpipes. This document was first published in the Journal of the Galpin Society. Written by Neil Wayne, it traces the history of the Concertina, invented by Charles Wheatstone around 1829 or 1830.