Here are some links to instrument makers from everywhere:
- Flutes and Whistles
- Oiling a Wooden Flute — an extensive guide
- The Abell Flute Company — Chris Abell makes beautiful flutes and whistles in N.C., USA
- Michael Copeland — sadly, Michael Copeland is no longer mass producing whistles
- Parks Whistles — Carey Parks makes whistles out of CPVC in Cape Coral, FL
- Michael Burke — a whistle maker out of Murphysboro, IL, USA
- Big Whistle Music — from Lancashire, England
- Uilleann Pipe Makers
- Dave Shaw — a pipe maker from co. Durham, England
- Kirk Lynch — a pipe maker from Weston, Missouri, USA
- Uilleann Obsession — a website for pipers with many links to makers
- Burton & Wyatt — pipe makers from West Penwith, Cornwall
- Violins
- Caring for a violin — one of many guides for fiddle care
- Sonic Violins — they make fiddles and pick-up systems, from Dorset, England
- Guitars
- Perlman Guitars — San Francisco’s own Luthier and great guy, Alan Perlman
- Lutes
- The Lute Page — and old page, but with some good info
- Bodhráns
- Goatbeater’s Forum —
- Sample List
- Seamus O’Kane — co. Derry bodhrán maker
- Albert Alfonso Bodhráns — Well-loved bodhráns made in TX
- Paraic McNeela Bodhráns — Dublin bodhrán maker since 1979
- Cooperman Bodhráns — Manufacturer of quality bodhráns (and other things).
- A long but old list of makers — not certain how up-to-date it is
- Facebook group — not that I’m a fan of FB