Here are some other WWW sites of interest to string players and collectors. Do you have a site you'd like to recommend or trading links to your site? E-mail STRINGNET with its URL. We'll check it out and - if it meets our criteria - include it here.


The Double Bass Café - No Java served here. Just a simple-to-navigate yet comprehensive site full of fine basses in all price ranges and a little more!


Oy-Map - A new world directory of vendors and services. Just key in a country. A list of services and products appears.


Frety.NET - A new weblink directory not just for string players featuring homepage thumbnails


Mrviolin.com - A resource for violinists and collectors. Helen Baxter's A to Z resource for the violinist and collector.


"Cellobration Publications!" - Barbara Hedlund's online music catalogue of works for solo cello and cello ensemble.


Atlantic Violin Supplies Violin Supplies Catalog. - A Canadian website devoted to the tools of the violin making trade. Wood, varnish, planes, gauges, knives, soundpost setters, peg shavers, calipers, purfling cutters, parts and accessories and much more!


Want to know how a violin is made? Violin maker Derek Roberts' fascinating site which takes you through the entire process of making a violin, from choosing the wood through the next 24 days up until it's ready for varnishing.


New England Conservatory of Music in Boston, Massachusetts - One of the worlds foremost musical institutions, and without whose education and generous financial assistance, this musician would not be playing cello professionally.


www.violinshop.com. - WWW link for the located in Blackerby Violin Shop in Austin, TX. Dealers in fine violins, violas, cellos, double basses, bows, and accessories. Sales, adjustments and repairs, instrument insurance information, rentals, lessons, gallery and reference pages. From children to adults; from beginners to professionals.


Maestronet Showroom - Canadian website with extensive listings of dealers and makers. Archival photos plus other interesting pages. **Also**, comprehensive string instrument auction price records from the major auction houses dating back more than a decade.


Double bass website - Bob Gollihur's eclectic bass website, as featured in Double Bassist Magazine. Acoustic and electric lovingly presented.