Welcome to Ancient Instruments.

This website is currently undergoing some major renovation, so apologies for any content that is at present missing. All the pages will come online in the next month or so.

Here you will find instruments, cds and tutor books for sale, links to other projects, and general information about ancient music and musical instruments.

This website is concerned with the musical culture of ancient Northern Europe before roughly 1050 AD, and some of its instruments, including the Blowing Horn (cow horn and ram's horn trumpets), Bone Flute, Bowed Lyre (Jouhikko, Talharpa, Gue), the Kantele, the Harp, the Willow Flute, Reedpipes, Viking Style Panpipes and of course the six stringed Lyre.

I make these instruments because they deserve to be played, they are part of our heritage, the musical tools of our Ancestors. I also hope to counter the lack of information that leads to music being such an under represented part of Dark Ages re-enactment, and to dispel the myth that 'nothing is known' about the musical culture of our distant past. Lets bring ancient Viking Music, Celtic Music and Saxon Music back to life in our living history displays!

We hope you find the information useful and inspiring!

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