Apollo’s Axes is your one-stop shop for rare, unique instruments. We feature quality instruments from around the world at wholesale prices. As you shop, please note the descriptions at the top of each category that explain the history of each instrument. Here’s some examples:
Bodhrans
Tambourines
Dholaks
Djembes
In addition to our our hard-to-find instruments, we also offer the same service, quality, and competitive prices on more contemporary instruments. You can shop by:
Modern Rock Instruments
Instruments for School – Band or Orchestra
Instruments for Children
Related Links
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Musical Instrument Tunings
Apollo's Axes provides more than one hundred different tunings for stringed instruments. Find the chart here.
Instrument Appraisals
Need an instrument appraised? This site provides very low cost appraisals and the ones we have seen were very professional and well done.
WhatsItWorthToYou
Graphics
Need some musical graphics? Try this site:Music Graphics Galore.
Instrument Encyclopedias and Other Collection Sites
Instrument Encyclopedia
Virtual Museum of Instruments
Catalog of the Musical Instrument Collection
The Probert Encyclopaedia
World Musical Instrument Gallery
History of Indian Music & Description of Instruments
Origin and History of Indian Music
Music Instruments - History & Myth
Music Education
The Notez Music & Artz Education Workshop
Recording Connection: an established music industry school where students train for careers as professional recording engineers.
Musical Notation
Ever wonder what is meant by g, g', g''; C0, C1, C2; or other notations? Try these sites and it should all be clear as mud.
How to interpret abc music notation
Guido Music Notation
Musical Scales and Modes
Patterns in Musical Composition Covers tempos, patterns, scales, modes and more.
Key Transposition Simple wheel you can make to transpose between any 2 keys.
Software
Shareware Music Machine Lots of free music related downloads!
Teachers
Need a music teacher? Try one of these links:
MusicStaff.com
The Music Teacher's List
PrivateLessons.com
International Drum Teachers
Harp Teachers
Indian Music Teachers Database
The Bagpipe Teachers List
French Horn Teachers for North America and Europe
French Horn Teachers for Asia and Australia
Vendors
The following links are for some of the vendors whose products we sell.
D'Addario Strings
Planet Waves Guitar Accessories
E.M. Winston Band Instruments
Engelhardt Basses and Cellos
La Bella Strings
Nobels Electronics
Remo
Trinidad and Tobago Instruments
Accordions
How to play an Accordion.
Piano Accorcian Sizes & Misc Information
Bagpipes
Modifying Chanter Reeds
Caber Records Modern and Traditional Bagpipe Music
Bagpipe Web Directory Very thorough list of links to thousands of bagpipe sites
Chinese Instruments and Music
An Introduction to Chinese Musical Instruments
ChineseMusic.net
Chinese Instruments
Chinese Musical Instruments
Chinese Musical Instruments
Drums
Rope Tuning Covers installing heads, ropes, and tuning
Flute and Piccolo Sites
Piccolo Page
Shakuhachi Flute Fingering Chart
Fretted Instruments
Diagnosing Fret Buzzing
Guitars
Guitar lessons online & scales - learn how to play guitarGuitarVision is the revolutionary new way to learn how to play your favorite songs on the guitar.
Hurdy-Gurdy
Hurdy-Gurdy Description
Indian Music and Instruments
Indian Instruments
Sitar Links, Music, Tuning, Care, Articles
History of Indian Music & Description of Instruments
Origin and History of Indian Music
Music Theory, Sitar, Tabla, Tanpura, Dholak and Harmonium lessons
Middle East & Mediterranean Instruments
Historical Information, Rabab, Kemenche, Cretan Lyra
Ney FAQ's
Saxophones
Embouchure
Trombones
Trombone Page of the World General trombone information site
Violins, Violas, Cellos and Basses
The Bow
Violin Family Measurements
Tools for making a Violin
Woodwinds
The Woodwind Fingering Guide
Bassoon Reed Balancing
