Instrument Information
A Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Instruments
http://www.music.iastate.edu/antiqua/instrumt.html
Introduction to Historical Tunings
Tuning instruments the Medieval way
http://home.earthlink.net/~kgann/histune.html
History of Tuning and Temperment
Technicals on how to properly tune instruments through the ages
http://www.terryblackburn.us/music/temperament/stoess.htm
Peirol's Vielle
Instrumental participation in the troubador repertory
http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/articles/troubadours.and.instruments.html
The Crumhorn Homepage
http://www.recorderhomepage.net/crumhorn.html
What Musicians Wore
Some broken links - still worth looking through!
http://www.larsdatter.com/musicians.htm
Drums
Introduction to some Medieval Drums
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dD7PrvRp5k
Percussion in Medieval and Renaissance Dance Music
Discusses the types of drums used and the way they worked with the dances
http://www.antithetical.org/restlesswind/plinth/percperf2.html
Quick and Dirty Guide to the Doumbek
http://www.blackroot.org/drumming/drumming.html
Middle Eastern Rhythms FAQ
http://www.khafif.com/rhy/rhythm.html
Doumbek Rhythms
Lots of rhythms with audio examples
http://www.cavesofice.org/~alaina/drum.php
Jas's -- MIDI Hand Drum Rhythm Generator
http://www.khafif.com/rhy/rhygen.html
How to Play
Bagpipe - The Practice Chanter & Tutorials
http://www.hotpipes.com/practice.html
Bagpipes : Understand Finger Positions for Bagpipes
Many other instructional videos by this guy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoJhfWho7Gc
Harp - Locksley's EZ Harp Method
Instructions that familiarize you with how to play the Harp
http://www.whitetreeaz.com/ezharp/ezharp.htm
Lute - Mattheus Waissel's Lute Tutorial
PDF format
http://www.gerbode.net/ft2/composers/Waissel/1592/waissel_tutor.pdf
How to Make
Ashiko - pre-14th century African
http://www.ehow.com/how_2321646_african-drums-ashikos.html
Bodhrán - Irish Drum
http://www.ceolas.org/instruments/bodhran/santin/
Davul/Tupan/Tapan - pre-13th Century Turkish
http://www.phantomranch.net/folkdanc/articles/tapan.htm
Fiddle - 13th Century
http://home.att.net/~PeteSchug/
Flute - B.C.
(there are a LOT of sites with this information. Have a look around and see if any others make more sense to you)
http://www.woodenflute.com/building
Goblet Drums (Doumbak in Armenia, Tablah in Egypt, Toumberleki in Greek, Tumbak in India, Tarabana in Romania, etc)
http://www.eegraphics.com/drums/goblet.html
Harp - 10th Century
http://www.harpmaker.net/projectc.htm
Hurdy Gurdy - 13th Century
How to Make one (for less than $20)
http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~dhavlena/hurdy.htm
Lute - 14th Century
http://www.cincinnatiearlymusic.com/medieval_lute.html
Lyre - 2800 B.C.
http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~priestdo/lyre.html
Nyckelharpa - 14th Century
http://www.nyckelharpa.org/resources/nh_plans.html
Organ - 3rd century BC
How to Make a Portable Organ
http://thescholarsgarret.com/portative/
Rebec - 9th Century Middle Eastern
http://www.cincinnatiearlymusic.com/rebec_rebuild.html
Recorder - 3rd Century German
http://www.recorderhomepage.net/design.html
Scheitholt - Pre-15th Century (It's an early dulcimer)
http://washuu.net/Musical/scheitholt.htm
Shawm - Pre-14th Century
(pictoral walkthrough)
http://www.publicinterest.com/woodwinds/shawms/
Tabor - 1300 Europe
http://www.renwks.com/products/tabor.htm
Tin Whistle - 12th Century
http://www.ehhs.cmich.edu/~dhavlena/low-d.htm