Useful Music Links

A collection of links Pete found useful over the years โ€” local shops, specialist repairers, online tune resources, and more.


๐Ÿช Local Music Shops

Stamford Music
Music shop โ€” Stamford

๐Ÿ”ง Specialist Shops & Repairers

Malcolm Smith near Newark
Sells & repairs violins, violas, cellos, mandolins, banjos, melodeons and concertinas
๐Ÿ“ž 01636 686835  ยท  โœ‰๏ธ malcolm@lambskinnet.co.uk
Stamford Strings Stamford
Sells & repairs violins, violas, cellos โ€” Libby Summers
๐Ÿ“ž 07818 286538
Acorn Instruments
Supplies melodeons
Simon Watkin Coates, near Peterborough
Sells & repairs violins, bows, violas, cellos & mandolins
Jon Haire Peterborough
Repairs & sets up acoustic, electric & bass guitars
Paul Wass Spalding
Repairs electric guitars, acoustic guitars & other instruments
๐Ÿ“ž 07906 281491  ยท  โœ‰๏ธ pwass61@gmail.com
Steve Tadd Peterborough
Repairs flutes, clarinets, saxophones, oboes, bassoons & piccolos โ€” good woodwind info on website
Bridge Instruments Sleaford
Sells electric & electroacoustic violins, violas & cellos
Sonic Violins
Sells electro-acoustic violins & octave violins
Hobgoblin Music Nottingham & Crawley
Folk instrument specialists
Headway
Violin pickups
Accusound
Instrument microphones

๐Ÿ“– Sheet Music & Online Tunes

Traditional Tune Archive
50,000 tunes (mainly Irish) with histories and sources
Folk Tune Finder
Type in a tune name and it finds the dots
The Session
Large collection of mainly Irish session tunes with ABC notation
Draw the Dots
Converts ABC notation into sheet music at a click
All About ABC
Guide to ABC notation โ€” the standard text format for folk tunes
Hardcore English (EFDSS)
Free English music sources โ€” also available as a book with or without CD

๐ŸŒ Folk Music & Community

EFDSS
English Folk Dance & Song Society โ€” the national body for English folk
Living Tradition
Folk and roots music magazine and resource

๐ŸŽผ Useful Tools

Logue Music Services
Transpose chords from one key to another online