This Alphabetical Directory of Instrument Makers and Others Includes Only Instruments Featured on This Website; It Does Not Include Thousands of Other Instruments That Are Not Yet Posted

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W. W. M.:

Fife in B-flat, U.S.A. (1920-1950)

Wagner,  C.:

Keyed Bugle, probably Saxony (1840)

Wagner, Gustav:

See Inventory of Arnold Ruskin Collection

Wanyeya (John Saul):

Ceremony Drum, Yanktonai, Fort Thompson, South Dakota (1960)

Ward,  Cornelius:

Flute,  London (1842)

Washburn,  Lyon,  and Healy:

	Alpine Zither (Arion Harp Zither), Chicago (ca. 1900)
	Upright Piano with Automatic Player Mechanism,  Chicago (1900-1915)

Way Drums Inc., George:

	Snare Drum, Elkhart (1957-1961)
	Snare Drum, Elkhart (1957-1961)

Webb,  John:

Keyed Trumpet in G,  London (1988)

Weber and Balmer:

Alpine Zither (Concert Zither), St. Louis (ca. 1884)

Webster:

	Annotated Checklist of Instruments Designed by Lloyd Loar Along with Their Amplifiers and Speakers, Kalamazoo, Michigan (1930s)
	Amplifier, Racine, Wisconsin (1935)

Weidlich, Otto:

Tremolo Harmonica with Dual Bell Attachment, Brunndöbra (Klingenthal), Germany (ca. 1920)

Weiss,  Christian:

	Harmonicas (3),  Monte Cristo model,  Trossingen (ca. 1898)
	Harmonica,  Pipeolion model,  Trossingen (after 1907)
	Harmonica,  Metalla model,  Trossingen (1912)

Wettengel, Eugen:

Alpine Zither (Concert Zither), Markneukirchen, East Germany (1948)

WFL Drum Company:

Checklist of Snare Drums by Ludwig Companies

Wheatstone, Charles W.:

	Symphonium, London (ca. 1829)
	Triple Ĉolina, London (ca. 1830)

Whitaker and Company:

Clarinet in C,  London (1823)

White Brothers:

Side Drum,  Boston (1856-1865)

White Co., H. N.:

	See Inventory of Arnold Ruskin Collection
	Flutes in C, Cleveland (1960)

Whiteley, William:

Flute in C, Utica, New York (1810-1853)

Wilcox and White Company:

Upright Piano with Player Mechanism,  Meriden,  Connecticut (after 1919)

Wilkie,  Medcalf,  and Bogardus:

Square Piano,  New York (1827)

Wilson Brothers Manufacturing Company:

	Side Drum,  Chicago (1925)
	Snare Drum,  Chicago (1925)

Wilson, Roland:

Bass Cornetto, Cologne, Germany (April 2010)

Winters, Carl:

Ceremony drum, Standing Rock Sioux, Taos, New Mexico (1991)

Wittman, Brian:

Xaphoon (Bamboo Sax) (ca. 1980)

Wittmann, Christian:

Trumpet, Imperial City of Nürnberg (1795)

Wo, Kee:

Chinese Tom, Fat Shan, Canton, China (early 20th century)

Wolf,  Robert and Company:

Clarinet in B-flat,  London (1842-1846)

Wolf,  Thomas and Barbara:

	Grand piano (after Johann Schantz, Vienna, ca. 1800),  The Plains, Virginia (2004)
	Harpsichord (after Jacques Germain, Paris, 1785),  The Plains (1994)

Wood (Goulding-Wood and Company):

Clarinet in B-flat,  London (1815-1820)

Wood and Ivy:

Clarinet in C,  London (1837-1847)

Wood,  George:

Clarinet in C,  London (1832-1836)

Wood,  James and Son:

Clarinet in B-flat,  London  (1821-1832)

Wood,  Orville T.:

	Experimental Howe-Way 6-3-3 Keyboard,  Phoenix (1970)
	Experimental Howe-Way 6-3-3 Keyboard,  U.S.A. (1971)

Woodham, Richard:

Slide Trumpet, London (before 1797/98), made from Natural Trumpet by George Henry Rodenbostel, London (before 1789/90)

Woolworth,  C. M.:

	Violin (#105), Ottumwa, Iowa (1898)
	Violin (#106), Ottumwa, Iowa (1898)

Wörle,  Mathias:

Pochette,  Augsburg (1691)

Wrede,  Hermann:

	Clarinet in C,  London (1814-1829)
	Clarinet in C,  London (1829-1840)

Wright & Co., E. G.:

Cornet in B-flat/A, Boston (1865)

Wright,  Elbridge G.:

	Over-the-Shoulder Cornet in E-flat, Boston (1850)
	Keyed Bugle in E-flat,  Boston (1854)
	Keyed Bugle in E-flat,  Boston (1858-1860)
	Over-the-Shoulder Cornet in E-flat, Boston (1860)

Wunderlich, Karl:

	Bassoon, Siebenbrunn, Germany (1930)
	Bassoon, Siebenbrunn (1935)

Wurlitzer:

	Upright Piano with Player Mechanism,  Chicago (1927)
	Spinet Piano,  Chicago (1937)

Wurlitzer,  Rudolph,  Company:

Orchestrion,  Cincinnati (1912-1913)

Wyatt, Steve:

Harp, Arizona (1974)