October 2026 · Wider reading and source audit.

An instrument is more than its shape. Bring its sound, structure and evidence together.

How can digital representations keep musical heritage open to critical inquiry?

From an instrument in a room to an attributable, reusable recording.

An evidence-led workspace for exploring instruments, people, places and histories.

A versioned corpus of organological records, connected to their sources.

The tools, standards and research collections of MODAVIS, with their responsibilities and release status.

A shared language for instruments, evidence, historical states and digital representations.

Stable identities, explicit versions and inspectable content.

Musical instruments, digital scholarship and the possibilities of open research.

Published research milestones and a dated archive of talks, conferences and demonstrations.