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Homepage
– The front page of this site
SITEMAP – This page, giving an organised
list of all the pages at this site.
You can move around the site by either clicking on the links at
the bottom of each page or returning to the sitemap from any page
Biography – Information about the work
and career of Darryl Martin
The
Swan Mark – Explains the ideas behind and use of the black swan as
the maker’s mark
Contact – Real and electronic contact
details
University of Edinburgh – Information about
the Instrument Collections of the University, and about Musical
Instrument postgraduate courses in the Music Department
RESEARCH
Publications
– A list of Darryl Martin’s publications
Online
Articles – Various unpublished articles or papers which are
available to freely download
Some thoughts on gut strings.
Reconstructing an Instrument after a portrait by Jan van Hemessen, Antwerp, about 1530
Stringed Keyboard Instruments in England to 1630
The
Talbot manuscript - better as it is than the book it never was?
The
Palmer orpharion ; a re-evaluation
Early
English virginals
Talbot,
Mersenne and Praetorius : the uses - and abuses - of historical sources
English
virginal design concepts and pitch standards
Tension-Free Instruments - The Guitar and Mandolin Designs of Orville Gibson.
Forward
to the past - the reconstruction of historical keyboard instruments
Design
concepts and innovation in London instrument making
Drawings etc. – Details about purchasing Darryl Martin’s thesis
and various technical drawings he has made
English
virginals – An overview of the surviving English virginals with a
discussion about compass and pitch
Talbot
manuscript – An overview of the manuscript and what it consists of
INSTRUMENTS
Early
English Instruments – Describing the various plucked keyboard
instruments offered by the workshop
Clavichords
– Describing the clavichords offered by the workshop
Prices
and Ordering Information – For the Early English instruments and
Clavichords
Gallery
– Images of various instruments which have been made by the workshop
Workshop
and Philosophy – Information about the working approaches of
Darryl Martin
Frequently
Asked Questions – Things you might wish to know that others have
already thought to ask
Darryl Martin’s News – Find out what
is new!
Links – To various musical and non-musical
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