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The quest for knowledge is a noble thing and we are privileged to have gained a measure of trust in our advice and research. There is value in this trust that needs to be supported by the worldwide community.

MII is asking for your support in continuing our valuable work.

• If we have helped you in your quest for knowledge, please consider a donation to help cover expenses. Click for details.
• If you are in a musical instrument related business and you have found our services of use, consider becoming a sponsor of our website. We do not accept unrelated or intrusive advertising, but we can acknowledge underwriters with strategically placed graphical links. Click for details.
• If you are a museum or musical instrument collection, subscribe to our public help desk service. In this way you can let us handle the odd questions about musical instruments that may come your way and we will promote your collection to our users. We can also provide full service database management for your musical instrument collection that can be implemented on a website. Details are forthcoming. Contact us for information.
• If you have a musical instrument you would like to donate to a good cause, see this page.

Musical Instrument Information (MII) from Oriscus.com is a valuable resource to a worldwide community of of musical instrument lovers. We have demonstrated time and again that there is a strong need for a musical "central intelligence agency" that will provide non-judgmental answers to questions from the very simple to the very complex.

We have:

• explained the history of the glockenspiel to school children
• provided guidance to someone needing to move a Steinway grand piano from France to Michigan
• pointed a user from Belfast to resources for learning to play the Chinese pipa
• helped a woodwind repairman find a wholesale supplier replacement pads
• helped countless individuals figure out whether their violin is an authentic Guarneri del Gesu or Stradivari.

The skills of a qualified musicologist are not often needed by the general public. But in the global landscape of the Web, there is no shortage of people in need of sensible information and advice.

At MII we treat users with respect and dignity, no matter how basic their questions may be. We do not discriminate among users on any basis. We have helped:
 

• school children with school projects
• parents find instruments for their children
• dealers find wholesale suppliers
• craftsmen and manufacturers find parts suppliers
• collectors find appraisers

We are actively seeking sponsors, underwriters, service contracts and individual donations. Contact us for information.

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