From: isako@mit.edu (Isako Hoshino) Newsgroups: rec.music.makers.piano,rec.answers,news.answers Subject: rec.music.makers.piano FAQ-Piano Internet Resources List Followup-To: poster Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.EDU Summary: This FAQ list is a compilation of resources available on the internet and www which are piano-related or may be of interest to piano players. Archive-name: music/piano/internet-resources Posting-Frequency: monthly Last-modified: 17 Oct 1997 Version: 1.8b This is the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) list for Piano-related Internet Resources. This document contains references to Internet resources which are piano-related or of likely interest to piano players. It is intended to answer questions of the type "Where can I find **** on the Internet?" In this listing preference is given to information sources created by educational institutions, non-profit organizations and voluntary efforts. Some commercial sources are included at the authors' discretion because of their interest to piano players, especially those hard-to-find items (piano rolls, piano parts, etc.). For fuller lists of links to commercial sources, see references below to music trade organizations of in section [18] Starting points for internet searches. It is assumed that the reader has a fundamental familiarity with the various internet facilities, e.g., World-Wide Web, listserv, FTP, Gopher, telnet, etc. Please note that only companies and resources accessible by Internet are listed here. Please check other documents and FAQ lists for general listings. At this time, the author is unable to update this document as the links keep changing on almost daily basis. Please use this document as a reference and as a starting point for your search, but recommend using the search engines such as google to help you find what you are looking for. This FAQ is periodically posted to rec.music.makers.piano, news.answers and rec.answers. This FAQ is available for retrieval from rtfm.mit.edu via anonymous FTP under: /pub/usenet/news.answers/music/piano/internet-resources If you do not have access to anonymous FTP, you may retrieve it by sending e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with the message (leave the subject line blank): SEND usenet/news.answers/music/piano/internet-resources You also have access to rmmp FAQs on WWW: http://rmmpiano.tripod.com/rmmp-faq.html ========================================================== Changes since v 1.8a RMMP FAQ web site update ========================================================== Piano-related Internet Resources FAQ List You may run a search onthe topics using the [#] pattern where "#" is the topic number. CONTENTS: [1] FAQs. [1.1] FAQs for newsgroup rec.music.makers.piano. [1.2] RMMP FAQ retrieval. [1.3] rec.music.ragtime FAQ. [1.4] Other music-related FAQs [2] Newsgroups. [3] Mailing lists. [4] Organizations. [4.1] Piano-specific. [4.2] General music-related. [5] Automated scores for downloading. [6] Composers, performers and repertoire. [7] Copyright. [8] Instructional softwares, references, on-line lessons and reviews. [9] Music score publishers and distributors. [9.1] List of U.S. music publishers. [9.2] Individual companies on the Internet. [9.3] Catalogs of scores [10] Piano manufacturers. [11] Piano hardware mailorder distributors. [12] Injuries. [13] Piano course descriptions. [14] Events. [15] Various special topics. [16] Bibliographies. [17] Humor. [18] Starting points for Internet searches. [19] Books and Magazines. [20] Other Piano Pages. ------------------------------------------------------------- [1] FAQs. [1.1] FAQs for newsgroup rec.music.makers.piano. * General Piano Topics FAQ. FTP file name at rtfm.mit.edu is /pub/usenet/news.answers/music/piano/general-faq * Playing From Memory FAQ. FTP file name at rtfm.mit.edu is /pub/usenet/news.answers/music/piano/memory-playing-faq * Piano Purchasing and Maintenance FAQ FTP file name at rtfm.mit.edu is /pub/usenet/news.answers/music/piano/maint-and-buy-faq * Digital Pianos FAQs. General Discussion: FTP file name at rtfm.mit.edu is /pub/usenet/news.answers/music/piano/digital-pianos-faq Hardware Specifications: FTP file name at rtfm.mit.edu is /pub/usenet/news.answers/music/piano/digital-pianos-list * Piano Internet Resources FAQ List. (this article) FTP file name at rtfm.mit.edu is /pub/usenet/news.answers/music/piano/internet-resources [1.2] RMMP FAQ retrieval. FAQs for rec.music.makers.piano are posted monthly on rec.music.makers.piano, rec.answers, and news.answers. They may be obtained by anonymous FTP from rtfm.mit.edu under /pub/usenet/news.answers/music/piano/ They are also available on WWW at http://www.ptg.org/rmmp/ If you do not have access to anonymous FTP or WWW, you may retrieve the FAQ(s) by sending an E-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with a message, (leave the subject line blank): SEND usenet/news.answers/music/piano/general-faq SEND usenet/news.answers/music/piano/maint-and-buy-faq SEND usenet/news.answers/music/piano/memory-playing-faq SEND usenet/news.answers/music/piano/digital-pianos-faq SEND usenet/news.answers/music/piano/digital-pianos-list SEND usenet/news.answers/music/piano/internet-resources The FAQ editor and maintainer for rec.music.makers.piano is Isako Hoshino, isako@mtl.mit.edu. [1.3] rec.music.ragtime FAQ. Posted to the rec.music.ragtime newsgroup. [1.4] Other music-related FAQs While not piano-specific, the following FAQs may be of interest to piano players: * FAQ for rec.music.classical.performing. Performance anxiety; injuries; organizations; reading list. Can be retrieved at rtfm.mit.edu under /pub/usenet/news.answers/music/performing/faq ------------------------------------------------------------- [2] Newsgroups. If you are looking for old messages, most of the usenet postings are archived at: http://dejanews.com/ * Piano. rec.music.makers.piano rec.music.ragtime * Other music-related. rec.music.bluenote rec.music.classical rec.music.classical.performing rec.music.classical.recordings rec.music.composing rec.music.early alt.music.j-s-bach alt.music.shostakovich ------------------------------------------------------------- [3] Mailing lists. Subscribe by sending a message to the subscription address containing *one* of the following variations (if one doesn't work, try another): SUBSCRIBE LISTNAME SUBSCRIBE LISTNAME firstname lastname SUBSCRIBE fistname lastname * PIANO-L. For pianists and piano teachers. All aspects of performance and pedagogy may be discussed. Monthly archive files may be view or downloaded from http://cotton.uamont.edu/disk0/anonymous/lists/piano-l Subscription address: piano-l-request@uamont.edu * MUSPRF-L Music Performance and Pedagogy. Subscription addres: LISTSERV@CMSUVMB.CMSU.EDU * HPSCHD-L Harpsichord; other early keyboard instruments. Subscription address: listserv@albany.edu * GROOVE-B3 music, artists and recordings discussion list. Maintained by Hammond Subscription address: LISTSERV@NETCOM.COM * (no name... just put "SUBSCRIBE" on the e-mail message) Technical discussion list of Hammond Organ Subscription address: HAMMOND-REQUEST@ZK3.DEC.COM * (no name... just put "SUBSCRIBE" on the e-mail message) Mechanical Music Digest (formerly Automatic Musical Instruments). Player piano-type instrument mailing list. Subscription address: automatic-music-request@foxtail.com http://www.foxtail.com * DUG Disklavier discussion group. Monitored by Yamaha. subscription address: dug-request@westnet.com * 18-Pno-L Discussion of 18th Century Keyboard Literature Subscription address: Majordomo@earth.ColState.EDU * Chopin-L Discussion of 19th Century Piano Literature Subscription address: Majordomo@earth.ColState.EDU * 20-Pno-L Discussion of 20th Century Keyboard Literature Subscription address: Majordomo@earth.ColState.EDU * NPPC-L The National Piano Pedagogy Conference Mail List Subscription address: Majordomo@earth.ColState.EDU * Pno-Ped-L Issues in the field of Piano Pedagogy Subscription address: Majordomo@earth.ColState.EDU * Pno-Perf-L Issues in the field of Piano Performance Subscription address: Majordomo@earth.ColState.EDU * PIANOFORTE For pianists of all levels, amateur and professional. subscription address: majordomo@lists.oulu.fi ------------------------------------------------------------- [4] Organizations. [4.1] Piano-specific. * Piano Technicians Guild. On-line information for piano players as well as piano technicians. Tuning and maintenance; links to other piano, organ, general music sites. http://www.ptg.org/ * West Mesa Music Teachers Association, Rio Rancho, NM. Produces "The Piano Education Page", which contains information of interest to teachers, students and parents, plus WWW links to numerous other music resources. http://www.unm.edu/~loritaf/pnoedmn.html * Piano Technicians Guild -- Dallas Chapter Web page kept by the Dallas Chapter of the PTG. http://members.tripod.com/~dallasptg * French Piano Institute Non-profit organization in Maryland, USA established in 1992 to promote the authentic performance of French piano music. Keep your eyes open for the two-week piano festival held each July in Paris, France every July which they host! http://www.mmsw.com/fpi.htm E-mail: gdelente@msn.com [4.2] General music-related. * International Association of Music Information Centres. Currently provides a homepage with links to the American, Canadian and Norwegian Music Center(re)s, plus a list of all the affiliated national music organizations. Watch this homepage for new links as other music centers begin using the Web. http://www.ingress.com/amc/iamic.htm * American Music Center. Library of scores (search catalog on line, borrow by mail) and recordings; directory of composers (arrange contacts); information on organizations and competitions; links to other music information sites. http://www.ingress.com/amc/ http://www.amc.net/amc/ * Canadian Music Center/Centre Musique Canadienne. Library database (on line search of catalog of scores and recordings, plus loan requests); purchase scores of Canadian music by E-mail. http://www.ffa.ucalgary.ca/cmc/ * Norwegian Music Information Centre. Articles on music in Norway; useful addresses; catalog of most of the music in print of most of the contemporary Norwegian composers; news and events; links to other music resources. A fine example of integration of automated information. http://www.notam.uio.no/nmi/ * International Alliance for Women in Music Many links to other women's music organizations and to resources on music by women composers http://music.acu.edu/www/iawm/home.html * Center for Women in Music Inclues links to other women's music organizations, plus a catalog of composistions by New Your women composers gopher://cwis.nyu.edu/11/Departments/Ed/CWIM/ * Guild of American Luthiers Non-profit organization devoted to free sharing of information on the construction, repair, physics, theory and business of stringed musical instruments, including keyboards http://www.deltanet.com/GAL/index.htm * American Liszt Society. Web page describing the organization and its activities. http://www.peabody.jhu.edu/als/lisztsoc.html * Bagaduce Music Lending Library. Web page describing the library and how to become a member. http://www.hypernet.com/musiclib.html E-mail: musiclib@hypernet.com to request information packet, membership form; order catalog. ------------------------------------------------------------- [5] Automated scores for downloading. * http://www.gmd.de/Misc/Music/scores/Welcome.html PostScript format * Preludes and "BlueStrider" by Jeff Harrington in PostScript and MIDI format: http://www.parnasse.com/jeff.htm * Net New Music New Music sound files, MIDI and digital audio http://www.parnasse.com/netnewmusic.shtml * Music by Brent Hugh: http://www.cstp.umkc.edu/users/bhugh/musici.html note: Site will become http://cctr.umkc.edu/userx/bhugh/musici.html * ftp.cs.ruu.nl/cd/pub/MIDI/SONGS/CLASSICAL MIDI format * Sheet music collection of the Johns Hopkins Milton Eisenhower Library (available December 1995). Social history of America through its popular music. MIDI format http://musicbox.mse.jhu.edu/ * Cormorant Press shareware piano musics by Bach, Goldgerg, etc.. http://www.cormorantpress.com/ e-mail: wlgold@biddeford.com PO Box 169 Hallowell, Maine 04347 * Classical MIDI Connection http://mail.dtx-bbs.com/~raborn * Classical MIDI Archives http://www.prs.net/midi.html * Haydn, Mahler, Tchaikovsky and Wagner http://www.emi.net/~zurf/midi.html * IRD Internet Music File http://www.mbmarktcons.com/mbmarkt/irdhome.htm ftp://ftp.mbmarktcons.com/pub/mbmarkt/ird/ird-by-topic/art&ent/music.exe ------------------------------------------------------------- [6] Composers, performers and repertoire. * World Wide Web individual artist pages. http://www.amc.net/amc/artists.htm * "Unknown Composers". Biogaphical summaries and lists of compositions of composers whose works deserve to be heard and played more than they are. Includes "Non-standrard Piano Masterpieces", written by members of the Piano-L list. http://kith.org/jimmosk/TOC.html * Scarlatti Archive [or a beginning at least]. Recording excerpts. http://www.win.tue.nl/cgi/scarlatti * J. S. Bach home page http://tile.net/bach/ * Performer biographical summaries. http://www.classicalmus.com/artist-piano.html http://www.sony.com/Music/ArtistInfo/ http://www.nwu.edu/WNUR/jazz/artists/ * Composer biographical summaries. http://www.shef.ac.uk/misc/rec/ps/efi/ http://www.schirmer.com * Guiomar Novaes Brazilian pianist http://www.geopages.com/Paris/2169/guiomar.html * Links to composer data http://music.acu.edu/www/iawm/resource.html * Mini-encyclopedia of composers http://www.hnh.com/qcomp.htm * Classical Composers Database (under construction?) http://www.noware.nl/users/jsmeets/index.html * Classical music resources http://www.classical.net/music/ * Living composers. http://www.io.com/~glenford/Mozart_Among_Us_TOP.html * FAQ for alt.music.J-S-Bach. http://www.basistech.com/bach/ * Oleg Volkov http://members.aol.com/ovolkov1/home.htm ------------------------------------------------------------- [7] Copyright. * U.S. Copyright Office. Obtain Circulars on-line. http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/ gopher: marvel.loc.gov telnet: marvel.loc.gov Log on as marvel. * Article "The Copyright Law and the Musician" by David Richards. Covers the nature and extent of copyright protection, restrictions on copying and arranging, "fair use", recording, public performance, infringement, penalties, licensing organizations. http://harmony-central.mit.edu/Bands/copyright.txt gopher://wiretap.spies.com/00/Library/Article/Rights/copyrigh.mus * Article by Sandy Jane Wong on copyright in relation to multimedia. http://www.dorsai.org/p-law/wong_dir/docs/wongpap4.html * Text of copyright laws. http://www.law.cornell.edu/usc/17/overview.html gopher path: palimpsest.stanford.edu/11/ByTopic/copyright/copyright.act * Music Publishers' Association. http://host.mpa.org/mpa/ * Copyright Clearance Center Online. http://www.openmarket.com/copyright/ * Licensing organizations. American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). was: http://www.visualradio.com/ascap/as0.htm now: ??? BMI. http://bmi.com/ SESAC. http://online.music-city.com/sesac.html Article "Operating dynamics of Performing Rights Societies". http://www.nlc-bnc.ca/documents/infopol/copyright/massarsk.txt * Copyright FAQ ftp://ftp.aimnet.com/pub/users/carroll/law/copyright/faq/ ------------------------------------------------------------- [8] Instructional softwares, references, on-line lessons and reviews. * Technology in Music Education (TIME). First go to University of Texas at San Antonio, http://www.utsa.edu Select menus: UTSA Information Institute for Music Research at UTSA TIME * Brent Hugh's music instruction software page. Has links to manufacturers. http://www.cstp.umkc.edu/users/bhugh/musici.html Site will become http://cctr.umkc.edu/userx/bhugh/musici.html * Musicware http://www.halcyon.com/musicware/ * Practicing effectively and efficiently - by Martha Beth Lewis http://www.serve.com/marbeth * Sheet Music Online Some teaching materials in EPS format and other self-study materials available. http://sheetmusic.cenornet.com * Piano on the Net On-line piano lessons! http://206.20.136.210/~wngdsm/music.html * Encyclopedia of the Piano Garland Publishing Inc., 1000A Sherman Avenue Hamden, CT 06514 e-mail: info@garland.com http://www.garlandpub.com * Jump Music Piano playing instructional computer-interfaced hardware http://www.jumpmusic.com ------------------------------------------------------------- [9] Music score publishers and distributors. [9.1] List of U.S. music publishers. * Music Publishers' Association. http://host.mpa.com * G. Schirmer, Inc., and Associated Music Publisher, Inc. http://www.schirmer.com * Musicware http://www.halcyon.com/musicware/

* Hildegard Press Music by women composer http://music.acu.edu/WWW/IAWM/hildegard.html * European American Music Distributors http://www.eamdc.com * Arsis Press Publisher of concert and sacred music by women composers http://www.instantweb.com/~arsis * Encore Music publishing house dedicated to publishing and distributing the finest sacred music in the world http://www.sacredmusic.com e-mail: encor@cyberhighway.net [9.2] Individual companies on the Internet. * Theodore Presser, Inc. E-mail: presser@netaxs.com * Maestronet. Piano sheet music for the early grades available for sale and download directly over the net. (Uses Adobe's cross platform file format Acrobat). http://www.maestronet.com * Composer's Manuscript Press. Provides music and software for churches. http://www.goshen.net/cmp101/cmp.html * J.W. Pepper & Son, Inc. Browse catalogs, order music on-line. http://www.jwpepper.com/ * Music Book Society. A book club offering books, CDs, videos, etc., in the area of classical music and opera. On-line ordering under development. http://www.tiac.net/users/musicbk * RBC Music Company, Inc. has huge inventory of all types of piano music. specializes in educational print music Order on-line, or be added to e-mail list to receive promotional flyers or mail-outs. hrrp://www.rbcmusic.com E-mail: sales@rbcmusic.com * sheet musics on the network put there by copyright holders. ftp://ftp.gmd.de/music/README.html * Combs Music GIFs, sample sounds, ordering piano transcriptions. http://www.infi.net/~combsdm e-mail: combsdm@nr.infi.net * A.D.G. (Andrew D. Gordon) Productions. Instructional materials. http://www.adgproductions.com * Alfred Publishing (under development as of 3/96) http://www.alfredpub.com * Sheet Music Online Also includes a list of various piano goodies (metronomes, artists benches, action lubricants, etc.) http://sheetmusic.cenornet.com * Piano Books, Scores, Audio, etc Categorized compilation of 500 Piano related books, scores, audios, etc. http://members.aol.com/pianobooks [9.3] Catalogs of scores * Catalog of Jazz and Contemporary Scores maintained by American Music Center - catalogs of over 25,000 contemporary and jazz scores http://www.ingress.com/amc/scores.html * Catalogs of Classical Music http://www.gprep.pvt.k12.md.us/classical/catalogue.html * Links to on-line music library catalogs http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~brownlib/music/music.html ------------------------------------------------------------- [10] Piano manufacturers. * Baldwin http://mozart.mw3.com:80/baldwin/ * Kurzweil http://www.youngchang.com/kurzweil/ * Steinway & Sons http://www.g2g.com/steinway/ e-mail: swinfo@g2g.com * Piano Disc http://www.pianodisc.com/ * Boston Pianos http://www.g2g.com/steinway/html/boston.html * Yamaha Corporation http://www.yamaha.com * Wersi http://www.midifarm.com/wersi/ * Roland Corporation http://www.rolandcorp.com/ * Young Chang Akki Co., Ltd. http://www.youngchang.com * Stanwood & Company http://www.tiac.net/users/stanwood/first.htm * Hubbard Harpsichords, Inc http://www.hubbard.qds.com * Technics http://www.InfoStream.ab.ca/technics/digital.html http://www.technics.com/technics/ * Generalmusic S.p.A. Ahlborn organs, Schulze Pollmann pianos, Real Piano digital pianos and more... http://www.generalmusic.com/products/index.htm * Mason & Hamlin http://www.masonhamlin.com ------------------------------------------------------------- [11] Piano hardware mailorder distributors. * International Piano Supply Piano parts, tools, accessories, etc. http://www.pianosupply.com/ips * CMF Piano Accessories sell piano benches (100s of variations), stools, lamps, castercups, covers, cushions, cleaning supplies, books, videos etc.
e-mail: cmf@infi-net.com http://www.infi-net.com/pianostuff ------------------------------------------------------------- [12] Injuries. * Jonas Jen's thesis on occupational problems of pianists: injuries and other disorders. Causes, symptoms, therapies. http://rvik.ismennt.is/~jssen/musmed.html * Article "Musculoskeletal Problems in Musicians" covering musculoskeletal/neuromuscular disorders as they relate to the musician; causes and effects, preventive measures, and an overview of current diagnosis and treatment procedures. Prepared by the Center for Safety in the Arts. Gopher path: gopher.tmn.com/Artswire/csa/arthazards/performing URL: gopher://gopher.tmn.com/11/Artswire/csa/arthazards/performing * At University of Nebraska - Lincoln: repetitive injuries in general http://www.engr.unl.edu/ee/eeshop/music.html http://www.engr.unl.edu/ee/eeshop/rsi.html * Repetitive stress injuries in general. ftp.csua.berkeley.edu/pub.typing-injury/ * SOREHAND mailing list Subscription address: listserv@itssrv1.ucsf.edu * Pno-Med-L mailing list Medical Issues for the Pianist Subscription address: Majordomo@earth.ColState.EDU * List of RSI-aware doctors, including performing arts medicine clinics. http://www.engr.unl.edu/ee/eeshop/findadoc.html auto E-mail: to mpaul@engrs.unl.edu, subject "Findadoc" * Alexander Technique Mailing List: alextech@nicnext.life.uiuc.edu (subscription info can be found on the Web Page also) http://www.life.uiuc.edu/jeff/alextech.html http://none.coolware.com/health/alex_tech/FlyerBody.html http://sedona.net:80/life/alex/ http://www.alexandertechnique.com ------------------------------------------------------------- [13] Piano course descriptions. * Indiana University School of Music. http://www.music.indiana.edu Choose Music Resources on the Internet, Academic Sites. * Rice University Music Department Links to music schools http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~brownlib/music/music.html * Lycos search facility. Also try using this search facility. Search using keywords "piano" and "course", "degree", or "major". http://lycos.cs.cmu.edu ------------------------------------------------------------- [14] Events. * Musi-Cal On-line world-wide live performance information http://www.calendar.com/concerts/ e-mail: concerts@calendar.com * Chopin Competition in Warsaw http://www.atm.com.pl/chopin-competition/ * The Murray Dranoff International Two Piano Competition Presents http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/1106 * Concorso Pianistico Internazionale Citta' di Senigallia International Piano Competition and International Meeting Young Pianist http://www.nettuno.it/senigallia/concorso/ * Monterey Bay Ragtime Festival http://members.aol.com/BCABBR/mbrf1.html ------------------------------------------------------------- [15] Various special topics. * New piano notation conventions from the International Conference on New Musical Notation (1974). http://next.rug.ac.be/Notatie_piano.html * Ragtime. http://ragtimers.org/~ragtimers/ See also rec.music.ragtime newsgroup and FAQ. * Electronic music machines. http://www.hyperreal.com:80/music/machines/ ftp: hyperreal.com.machines * Organ mailing lists: Technical discussion list. To subscribe, send an E-mail to hammond-request@zk3.dec.com with subscribe in the message body. Music, artist, and recordings discussion list. To subscribe, send an E-mail to listserv@netcom.com with subscribe groove-b3 in the message body. * Disklavier. http://crca-www.ucsd.edu/bobw/disklavier.html * A virtual representation of The Franklin Institute Science Museum's exhibit "What Makes Music?", an introduction to the physics of music. http://sln.fi.edu/~helfrich/music/intro.html * Piano tuning software for Windows from Home Scale Technologies. http://www.itsnet.com/~hometech/ * Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz Home Page. http://www.scetv.org/scetv/pjazmenu.html * Contemporary Music Info-Junction. Links to articles on theory, electronics, organizations, composers, reviews, etc. http://www.thoughtport.com/CMIJ/ * Glossary of musical terms. http://www.hnh.com/mgloss.htm * Harpsichord Information Center. http://www.geocities.com/Paris/1685/ * Wedding Music Information Source http://www.nuwebny.com/wedmusic * Electronic Piano Buying Guide http://www.golden.net/~mgd/pibg.htm * Piano Hammer Research Page http://www.gmi.edu/~drussell/hammers.html ------------------------------------------------------------- [16] Bibliographies. * Music Education Resource Base. http://www.ffa.ucalgary.ca/merb/ ------------------------------------------------------------- [17] Humor. * Legendary Bangkok piano recital. http://www.nzso.co.nz/fun/bangkok.html * Description of a piano http://www.ii.uib.no/~magnus/e/PIANO.html ------------------------------------------------------------- [18] Some starting points for Internet searches. The following provide numerous references to other sources of music-related information: * Carnegie Mellon University Internet index (Lycos). Good for searching on word matches. Select "enhance your search". Then type in the search words, such as "piano dealer" or "concert pianist". Select "match any term" and change it to "match on all terms". Then select "search". http://lycos.cs.cmu.edu or http://www.lycos.com * Yahoo! Good for searching by category. Select "arts" or "entertainment". Then select "music". At that point you may key in the word "piano" and select "search", or you may continue downward by sub-catetories, such as "instruments", then "companies". http://www.yahoo.com * Library of Congress. gopher: marvel.loc.gov telnet: marvel.loc.gov Log on as marvel. * The Piano Education Page. http://www.unm.edu/~loritaf/pnoedmn.html * Indiana University School of Music. http://www.music.indiana.edu Chose Music Resources on the Internet. * Galaxy internet directory service. http://galaxy.einet.net/galaxy.html On menus choose Leisure and Recreation, Music. * Patrck's Musicians' Referral Page http://www.crl.com/~patrickk/music.html looking for musicians? looking for a band to join? equipment for sale? * Classical music resources http://www.classical.net/music/ * Music Trades Magazine features a wide array of statistics as well as late-breaking industry news and feature articles http://www.musictrades.com ------------------------------------------------------------- [19] Books and Magazines. * Keyboard Magazine. http://www.keyboardmag.com/keyboard/ * The Piano Book - description; order on-line. http://www.tiac.net/users/pianobk * Everything You Ever Needed To Know About Buying A Piano http://www.webgate.net/~jelliott/piano/piano.html ------------------------------------------------------------- [20] Other Piano pages. * The U.K. Piano Page http://www.airtime.co.uk/forte/ * Piano Tuning FAQ FAQ about piano tuning answered in scientific aspects -- This page contains some educational information including scientific aspects of piano going out of tune as well as mathematical aspects and history of Equal Temperament. http://members.aol.com/pianotuned/faq.html * All About Pianos! "Everything you ever wanted to know about the piano!" http://www.tiac.net/users/pianos ========================================================== End Piano Internet Resources FAQ List This document is copyright (c) 1995, 1996, 1997 by Phil Tompkins and Isako Hoshino. It may be freely distributed in its entirety provided that this copyright notice is not removed. It may not be sold for profit nor incorporated in commercial documents without the authors' permissions. This article is provided "as is" without express or implied warranties. While every effort has been taken to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this article, the authors assume no responsibilities for errors or omissions, or for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein. Authors: Phil Tompkins Isako Hoshino Maintained by: Isako Hoshino rmmpfaq@yahoo.com ==========================================================