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• Interactive NMM Maps
• The NMM Building, Townsley Courtyard, and Tuma Fountain Sculptures
• Abell Gallery:
European and American Keyboard Instruments from the 17th, 18th, and 19th
Centuries
• Bates Virtual
Gallery: Treasures from the Alan Bates Harmonica Collection
• Beede Gallery: Musical Instruments from the Great Civilizations of Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Islands
• Beethoven & Berlioz, Paris & Vienna: Musical Treasures from the Age of Revolution & Romance 1789-1848: Highlights of a major exhibition designed by the NMM for the Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September 1-November 2, 2003
• Cutler Gallery: Musical Innovations of the Industrial Revolution and European Folk Instruments
• Everist Gallery: The American Music Industry
• Exhibits in Lobby, Hallways, Concert Hall, and Tea Room
• Graese Gallery: Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, The American Civil War, The Golden Age of Bands 1865-1915®, a Violin Maker's Workshop, and Banjo & Mandolin Clubs
• Lewison Gallery: Nineteenth-century American Reed Organs, Pianos, and a Grand Harmonicon
• Lillibridge Gallery: Great American Guitars
• The Music Man Exhibition: Ya Gotta Know the Territory: The Musical Journey of Meredith Willson, a permanent exhibition designed and installed in 2002 by the NMM at the Meredith
Willson Museum in Mason City, Iowa
• Muzika! A Celebration of Czech and Slovak Music: Highlights from a collaborative exhibition at the National Czech & Slovak Museum, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, April 17-October 17, 2004
• Pressler Gallery: Musical Treasures from the Age of Louis XIV
• Rawlins Gallery: The Genius of North Italian Stringed Instrument Making 1540-1793
• Sound Samplings: An Index of Sound Clips of Selected Musical Instruments at the NMM
• Study-Storage Collections: A selection of instruments from the NMM's encyclopedic research collections
• Utley Virtual Gallery: Treasures from the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Brass Instrument Collection
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The NMM's nine galleries, which feature more
than 1,125 musical instruments, are designed to help visitors discover
the wonder of musical instruments as examples of inventive workmanship,
objects of refined beauty, and artifacts representative of the central
position that music has played in all of the world's cultures. Click
on maps to take a virtual tour of each NMM gallery.
- Interactive
Map of First Floor Galleries
- Interactive
Map of Second Floor Galleries
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Visitors to the NMM are welcomed to the NMM's
Townsley Courtyard by four bronze figures sculpted by Michael R.
Tuma: a turn-of-the-century immigrant violinst and three children.
The grace and charm of the sculpture are accompanied by the peaceful
music of the fountain's cascading water. Includes historic photos of the former USD Carnegie Library building.
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Keyboard instruments from the 17th, 18th,
and 19th centuries are displayed in the Abell Gallery, including
the earliest surviving piano
by a Portuguese maker (Manuel Antunes, Lisbon, 1767) and the
earliest French grand piano (Louis Bas, Villeneuve les Avignon,
1781), both with Cristofori-style actions. A pipe organ by Christian Dieffenbach
(Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1808) is exhibited so that its mechanism
can be viewed while it is being played.
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- Abell Keyboard
Gallery
- Abell Gallery
Decorated for Winter Holidays
- Grand Piano
by Antunes, Lisbon, 1767
- Miniature
Virginal by Franciscus Vaninus, Bologna, 1672
- Pipe Organ
by Dieffenbach, Pennsylvania, 1808
- Chamber Organ by David Dutton, Mount Vernon, New Hampshire, about 1850
- Chest Organ,
ca. 1620
- Viennese Grand Piano by Thÿm, 1815
- Description of Arne
B. Larson Collection on display in this Gallery
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The Bates Virtual Gallery
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The Alan G. Bates
Harmonica Collection's Virtual Gallery explores representative
examples from the donor's encyclopedic collection of more than 2,500
harmonicas!
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- Typotone (Tuning Device) by Pinsonnat, Amiens, France, ca. 1830
- Triple Æolina by Charles W. Wheatstone, London, ca. 1830
- Symphonium by Charles W. Wheatstone, London, ca. 1829
- Æolina,
(Chord Harmonica) by Lewis Zwahlen, New York City, ca. 1831
- Trumpet Call Harmonica by M. Hohner, Trossingen, Germany, after 1906
- Trumpet Organ Harmonica by Andreas Koch, Trossingen, ca. 1920
- Trumpet Organ Harmonica by Andreas Koch, Trossingen, ca. 1910
- Pipeolion Harmonica by Christian Weiss, Trossingen, after 1907
- Trumpet Call Oriental Beauty Harmonica, ca. 1912-1928
- Trumpet Call Harmonica by M. Hohner, Trossingen, ca. 1923
- Auto Model Harmonica by M. Hohner, Trossingen, ca. 1924-1930
- Aero Band Zeppelin Harmonica by M. Hohner, Trossingen, ca. 1909-1924
- Graf Zeppelin Harmonica by Seydel Söhne Co., Klingenthal, Germany, ca. 1930
- Los Angeles Airship Harmonica by C. A. Seydel Söhne, Klingenthal, ca. 1926
- Sirena Model Harmonica by Andreas Koch, Trossingen, ca. 1925
- Coin Harp Model Harmonica by Carl Strauss, Germany, after 1902
- Recessed Bell Harmonica, ca. 1895
- Marine Orchestra bell harmonica by M. Hohner, Trossingen, ca. 1920
- Marine Band Bell Harmonica by M. Hohner, Trossingen, after 1897
- Four-bell, Savoy Harmonica, Germany, ca. 1910
- University Chimes Bell Harmonica, Klingenthal, 1910-1931
- Chromatic Harmonica by M. Hohner, Trossingen, ca. 1910-1930
- Chromatic harmonica by M. Hohner, Trossingen, 1936
- Gretsch Double-Sided Chromatic Harmonica, Germany, after 1930
- Siamese Twins Model Harmonica by M. Hohner, Trossingen, after 1904
- Paddle-Wheel Harmonica by M. Hohner, Trossingen, after 1937
- Pohl Phone Resonator Harmonica by M. Hohner, Trossingen, after 1908
- Mira Harmonica by Andreas Koch, Trossingen, ca. 1920
- Harmonophone Harmonica, Clover Brand, Klingenthal, ca. 1900
- Harmonophone Harmonica, Clover Brand, Klingenthal, 1904
- Walking-Stick Harmonica, France, ca. 1890
- Walking-Stick Harmonica by Swaine & Adeney, London, ca. 1860-1915
- Walking-Stick Harmonica, England, ca. 1900
- Description of Alan G. Bates Harmonica Collection and Archive
- Checklist of Bates Harmonicas on Display at the NMM
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The Beede Gallery
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The Beede Gallery explores the vast world of non-Western
music with exhibits that include exotic instruments from the great
civilizations of Africa, the Middle East, East Asia, India, the Pacific Islands,
Tibet, and Western Asia. Visitors to the NMM
will be able to view more than 240 instruments from these diverse cultures.
A sampling of these may be viewed below.
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- Entrance
to Beede Gallery
- Musical Instruments from Africa
- Two Drums (Entenga) from Uganda, ca. 1910
- Talking Drum (Kalengo), Nigeria or the Guinea Forest, early 20th century
- Frame Drum (Sakara), Yoruba, Nigeria, ca. 1980
- Dance Rattle (Osó or Makalaka) by Mhasha Villager or Tribesman, Bechuanaland Protectorate, ca. 1897
- Beaded Gourd Rattle (Cabaca), Cameroon, Mid-20th Century
- Stick Zither (Lokángo voatáro), Madagascar, 1905
- Plucked Lamellaphone (Sansa), Loango People, Zaire, ca. 1900
- Plucked Lamellaphone (Sansa), Probably East Africa, Early 20th Century
- Plucked Lamellaphone (Tyitanzi), Angola (West Africa), Early 20th Century
- Anthropomorphic Plucked Lamellaphone (Sansa), Gbaya tribe, Cameroon, ca. 1950
- Pluriarc (Multi-neck Harp), Benin (southwestern Nigeria), Early 20th Century
- Arched harp (Donnu) by Mangbetu People, Uele River Region, Belgian Congo, ca. 1910-1920
- Arched harp, Belgian Congo, ca. 1900
- Raft Zither, West Africa, ca. 1935
- Xylophone (Balo), Sierra Leone (West Africa), ca. 1900
- Portable Ring Xylophone (Kundung), Nigeria, Cameroon, or Zaire (Central Africa), ca. 1935
- Horn, Belgian Congo (now Zaire), ca. 1850-1900
- Hunting Horn, Belgian Congo (now Zaire), ca. 1925
- Hunting Horn, Italian East Africa (now Ethiopia), ca. 1925
- Hunting Horn, Eastern Africa, ca. 1925
- Hunting Horn (Baragumu), Kenya or Tanganyika (Now Tanzania), ca. 1925
- Natural Trumpets (Nafir and Kakaki), Morocco and Niger, ca. 1975
- Double-reed Woodwinds (Algaita and Sorna), Nigeria and Iran, ca. 1925-1950
- Lute (Qwaytara), Algeria, Late 19th Century
- Musical Instruments from the Middle East
- Short-Necked Lute ('Ud), Iraq or Syria, ca. 1850-1900
- Long-Necked Lute (Tar) and Goblet Drum (Zarb), Iran (Persia), ca. 1925
- Short-Necked Lute (Robab, Rabab), Afghanistan, 19th Century
- Short-Necked Lute (Robab, Rabab), Afghanistan, 19th Century
- Musical Instruments from Central Asia
- Long-Necked Lute (Pamir Robab), Pamir Region of Central Asia, ca. 1650
- Musical Instruments from Tibet and Nepal
- Buffalo Horn (Ngeku), Nepal, 20th Century
- Pair of Telescoping Trumpets (Zangs Dung), Tibet, 20th Century
- Conch Shell Trumpet (Rag Gshog-ma), Tibet, 20th Century
- Telescoping Trumpet (Rkang Gling), Tibet, Late 18th/Early 19th Century
- Thighbone Trumpet (Rkang Dung), Tibet, 19th Century
- Skull Drum (Damaru), Eastern Tibet, Mid-19th Century
- Pair of Shawms (Rgya Gling), Tibet, Late 19th Century
- Brass Horn (Dbang Dung), Tibet, 19th Century
- Hand Bell (Dril Bu), Tibet, 20th Century
- Finger Cymbals (Ting Shags), Tibet, 20th Century
- Cymbals (Rol Mo), Tibet, ca. 1700
- Frame Drum (Dhyāngro), Nepal, Early 20th Century
- Lute (Tungna), Nepal, 19th Century
- Musical Instruments from India
- Pair of Drums (Tabla), Northern India, Late 19th Century
- Barrel Drum (Mridangam), Southern India, Early 20th Century
- Stick Zither with Gourd Resonators (Rudra Vina or Bin), Northern India, Early 20th Century
- Long-necked lute (Tambura), Southern India, ca. 1900
- Long-necked Lute (Sitar), Northern India, ca. 1900-1970
- Long-necked Lute (Saraswati Veena), Southern India, Early 20th Century
- Long-necked Lute (Esraj), Northern India, ca. 1950
- Long-necked Lute (Mandar Bahar) by by H. Muntz, Bengal, India, 20th Century
- Long-necked Lute (Peacock-shaped
Mayuri), India, 19th Century
- Short-necked Lute (Sarinda, Saroz), Bengal, India, Late 19th Century
- Short-necked Lute (Sarinda, Saroz), Northern India, Late 19th Century
- Short-necked Lute (Sarangi), Northern India, 19th Century
- Short-necked Lute (Sarangi), Northern India, Early 20th Century
- Serpentine Horn (Ranasringa), India, ca. 1900
- Serpentine Horn (Nagfani), Gujarat or Rajasthan, India, 20th Century
- Shawms (Ottu and Nagaswaram), Southern India, ca. 1900-1940
- Ankle Rattles (Ghunghroo), Rajasthan, India, 19th Century
- Dance Rattles (Kartal), Uttar Pradesh, India, Late 19th Century
- Musical Instruments from East Asia
- Spike Fiddle (Erhu), China, ca. 1950
- Transverse Flute (Qudi), China, Early 20th Century
- End-blown Flute (Xiao), China, Early 20th Century
- Mouth Organ (Sheng), China, Late 19th Century
- Hammered Dulcimer (Yangqin) by De Shang Co., Canton, City, China, Early 20th Century
- Long-Necked Lute (Sanxian), China, ca. 1850
- Short-Necked Lute (P'i p'a), China, ca. 1860
- Shawm (Haidi), China, Early 20th Century
- Zither (Qin), Hong Kong, ca. 1960-1973
- Cymbals (Dobatsu), Japan, 1853
- Drum (Shimedaiko), Japan, ca. 1840-1850
- End-Blown Flute (Shakuhachi), Japan, ca. 1950
- Bamboo Flute (Shinobue), Japan, ca. 1950
- Transverse Flute (Ryuteki), Japan, 20th century
- Bowl Gong (Kin), Japan, ca. 1870
- Short-Necked Lute (Biwa), Japan, ca. 1900-1940
- Fish-Shaped Percussion Slab (Gyo ban), Japan, Edo Period (1600-1867)
- Arched Harp (Saung-gauk), Burma (Myanmar), ca. 1960
- Crocodile-shaped Zither (Mi-gyaung), Mon People, Southern Burma (Myanmar), 19th Century
- Spike Fiddle (Tro), Burma (Myanmar), 19th Century
- Goblet-shaped Drum (Ozi), Burma (Myanmar), Late 19th Century
- Kettle Gong (Ka Si), Siam (Thailand) or Burma (Myanmar), ca. 1630-1680
- Bell (Po•ng la•ng), Siam (Thailand), 19th Century
- Free-reed Mouth Organ (Gaeng), Hmong People, Laos/Northern Thailand, 20th Century
- Free-reed Mouth Organ (Khaen baet), Lao People, Northeast Thailand, Mid-20th Century
- Drum, Sulu People, Southern Philippines, 20th Century
- Musical Instruments from Oceania
- Didjeridu (Yidaki) Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Australia, Mid-20th Century
- Rattle ('Uli'Uli), Hawaii, Mid-20th Century
- Rattle (Pu'ili), Hawaii, Mid-20th Century
- Drum, Batak People, Sumatra, Indonesia, Mid-19th Century
- Lute (Jungga), Sumba, Eastern Lesser Sundas, Indonesia, Late 19th Century
- Lute (Kachapi), Batak People, Sumatra, Indonesia, Late 19th/Early 20th Century
- Bullroarer, Papua New Guinea, 20th Century
- Drum, Gulf Province, Papua New Guinea, Mid/Late 19th Century
- Drum, Trobriand Islands, Papua New Guinea, Late 19th Century
- Drum (Kundu), Wossera Region, Sepi, Papua New Guinea, Late 19th Century
- Pair of Bamboo Flutes (Mambu), Palembei Village, Papua New Guinea, Late 19th Century
- Five Jew's Harps, Papua New Guinea, Mid-20th Century
- Slit Drum (Garamut), Sepik region, Papua New Guinea, Early 20th Century
- Trumpet Mask (Vurbracha), Baining people, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, Mid-20th Century
- Natural Trumpet (Towel), Mummeri Village, East Sepik Province, Papua New Guinea, 19th Century
- Natural Trumpet (Towel), Sepik Region, Papua New Guinea, 1970
- Natural Trumpet (Towel), Sepik River Region, Papua New Guinea, 1970
- Drum, Samoa, 19th Century
- Slit Drum (Nanaru a ting ting) from Ambrym Island, Vanuatu, ca. 1900-1915
- Musical Instruments from Java
- Sliding Rattle (Angklung), Java, 20th Century
- Spike Fiddle (Rebab) from the Javanese Gamelan Kyai Rengga Manis Everist
- Barrel-shaped Drum (Bedhug) from the Javanese Gamelan Kyai Rengga Manis Everist
- Metallophone (Gender Barung) from the Javanese Gamelan Kyai Rengga Manis Everist
- Knobbed Gongs (Kempiang and Kethuk) from the Javanese Gamelan Kyai Rengga Manis Everist
- Conical Drum (Kendhang Ageng) from the Javanese Gamelan Kyai Rengga Manis Everist
- Metallophone (Saron Panerus, Peking) from the Javanese Gamelan Kyai Rengga Manis Everist
- Metallophone (Saron Wayang) from the Javanese Gamelan Kyai Rengga Manis Everist
- Knobbed Gongs (Bonang Barung) from the Javanese Gamelan Kyai Rengga Manis Everist
- Zither (Celempung) from the Javanese Gamelan Kyai Rengga Manis Everist
- Knobbed Gong (Ageng) from the Javanese Gamelan Kyai Rengga Manis Everist
- Checklist of Musical Instruments in the Kyai Rengga Manis Everist Gamelan
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The exhibition, Beethoven & Berlioz, Paris & Vienna: Musical Treasures From the Age of Revolution & Romance 1789-1848, offers a unique opportunity to view more than seventy representative instruments and bows from this age of revolution and romance, some of which may have been heard by the great composers themselves. In keeping with the cosmopolitan nature of the age, superb examples by the greatest makers of the period were chosen for the exhibition, regardless of where those makers might have lived - Brno (Brünn), Brussels, Cremona, Dresden, London, Mainz, Markneukirchen, Milan, Mirecourt, Naples, Nürnberg, Paris, Stuttgart, and Vienna - in order to illustrate the equally revolutionary changes in musical instrument construction, including both new inventions and the modification of great surviving instruments to meet the new demands of the future, that took place on the Continent during the first half of the 19th century. More than half of the instruments chosen for this special exhibition can be viewed on this Virtual Tour.
The exhibition
catalog and poster
are both available from the NMM's Gift
Shop.
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- The King Violoncello by Andrea Amati, after 1538
- The Harrison Violin by Antonio Stradivari, 1693
- King Charles IV Violin Bow attributed to Stradivari Workshop, 1700
- Violin by Matthäs Ignatz Brandstätter, Vienna, 1824
- Three Bows by Tourte l'aîné and François Xavier Tourte (Tourte le jeune)
- Violin by Chanot & Lété Workshop, Paris, ca. 1819
- Violin by Chanot & Lété Workshop , Paris, 1819
- Violoncello by Chanot & Lété Workshop, Paris, 1819-1820
- Three Bows by Knopf, Gaulard, and Voirin
- Violin by Johann Georg Stauffer, Vienna, December 1826
- Dancing Master's Fiddle attributed to Richard Tobin, London, early 19th century
- Flageolet (bird pipe) by F. Noblet, Paris, ca. 1825
- Flute by J. Heinrich Grenser, Dresden, ca. 1796-1806
- Flute by Claude Laurent, Paris, ca. 1817
- Flute by Johann Ziegler, Vienna, ca. 1830
- Flute by Auguste Buffet, Paris, ca. 1838
- Oboe by Johann Ziegler, Vienna, ca. 1840
- Cor Anglais by B. Schott Söhne, Mainz, ca. 1830
- Clarinet in A by August Grenser, Dresden, 1785
- Clarinet in C by Wolfgang Küss, Vienna, ca. 1827-1830
- Clarinet in C by Bouchman, Annonay, France, ca. 1825
- Bassoon by Jean Nicolas Savary jeune, Paris, 1823
- Alto Saxophone by Adolphe Sax, Paris, 1860
- Trumpet by Ernst Johann Conrad Haas, Imperial City of Nürnberg, 1765
- Pair of Invention Trumpets by Michael Saurle, Munich, 1806
- Pair of Timpani, German States, 18th Century
- Keyed Bugle by Charles-Joseph Sax, Brussels, ca. 1840
- Serpent Forveille by Turlot, Paris, ca. 1825
- Bombardon, Vienna or Markneukirchen, ca. 1840
- Harp by Naderman, Paris, 1797
- Guitar by Antoine Aubry, Mirecourt, 1779
- Lyre-guitar by François Roudhloff, Paris, ca. 1810
- The Cutler-Challen Choral Mandolino by Stradivari, 1680
- Mandolin by Antonio Vinaccia, Naples, 1772
- Æolina (Chord Harmonica) by Lewis Zwahlen, New York City, ca. 1831
- Harmoni-cor by Louis Julien Jaulin, Paris, ca. 1859
- Accordion attributed to M. Busson, Paris, ca. 1830
- Physharmonika by Ph. I. Trayser & Co., Stuttgart, ca. 1847
- Harmonium by Alexandre & Fils, Paris, ca. 1844-1855
- Grand Piano by Anton Martin Thÿm, Vienna, ca. 1815
- Square Piano by André Stein, Vienna, ca. 1820-1830
- Grand Piano by Nannette Streicher and Son, Vienna, 1829
- Glass Armonica, France, ca. 1785
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The Cutler Gallery presents Musical Innovations
of the Industrial Revolution, as well as instruments used by the
folk musicians of northern Europe, central and eastern Europe, and
the Mediterranean countries. More than 190 musical instruments representative
of these themes are on display.
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- Details
of Four Nineteenth-Century Brass Instruments
- Serpent
from England
- Copper
Serpent
- Detail
of Dragon-head Bell on Upright Serpent
- Three Keyed
Bugles
- Glass Armonica, France, ca. 1785
- Early Nineteenth-Century
Flute and Clarinets
- Comparison of
Two Nineteenth-Century Clarinets Made in England and France
- Clarinet
in C by Wolfgang Küss, Vienna, ca. 1827-1830
- Oboe
by Johann Ziegler, Vienna, ca. 1840
- Bassoon by Jean Nicolas Savary jeune, Paris, 1823
- Quartet
of Saxophones by Adolphe Sax
- Violin by Johann Gottlob Ficker, Neukirchen, Saxony, 1810
- Violin
by Chanot & Lété Workshop, Paris, ca. 1819
- Violin
by Matthaeus Ignatius Brandstaetter, Vienna, 1824
- Ornately
Decorated Violin Attributed to Honoré Derazey, ca. 1850-1870
- Stelzner System Viola Made in Richard Weichold/August Paulus workshop, Dresden, April 1893
- Lyre-guitar
by Francois Roudhloff, Paris, ca. 1810
- Bohemian
Bagpipe, ca. 1850
- Details of a Norwegian Hardingfele (Hardanger
Fiddle)
- Description of Arne
B. Larson Collection on display in this Gallery
- Description of Meisel
Family Violin Collection on display in this Gallery
- Description of Wayne Sorensen Woodwind Collection
on display in this Gallery
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The Everist Gallery introduces The American Music
Industry, as it grew from humble, 19th-century beginnings to the
large factories of the 20th century. NMM visitors will enjoy
seeing more than 150 examples of American ingenuity on display in the
Everist Gallery.
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- Clarinet
in C by Graves & Co., Winchester, New Hampshire, ca. 1833-1850
- Bass Ophicleide by Graves & Co., Winchester, ca. 1835
- Baritone Trombacello by Graves & Co., Winchester, ca. 1842-1848
- Presentation Cornet by Graves & Co., Boston, 1851, with Echo Attachment
- Jewelled
Cornet by Conn, Elkhart, Indiana, 1883
- Alpine zither (concert zither) by Franz Schwarzer, Washington, 1900
- Violin zither (bowed zither) by Franz Schwarzer workshop, Washington, 1909
- Trumpet
Featured in the Movie, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
- Korn Kobblers
Display
- "Big Chief" Tenor Banjo by Ludwig & Ludwig, Chicago, 1927-1929
- Johnny Cash's Bon Aqua Guitar by C. F. Martin & Co., Nazareth, Pennsylvania, 1971
- June Carter Cash's Hummingbird Model Guitar by Gibson, Inc., Kalamazoo, ca. 1967
- Joe Carter's Guitar by Tony Vines, Nashville, 2000
- Electric Lap-Steel Guitar ("Frying Pan") by Electro String Instrument Company, Los Angeles, ca. 1935-1939
- Prototype Electric Upright Bass
Guitar by Gibson, Inc., Kalamazoo, ca. 1938
- Electraharp (Electric Pedal Steel Guitar) by Gibson, Inc., Kalamazoo, 1941
- Les Paul Model Electric Guitar by Gibson, 1952
- Danny Chauncey's Firebird VII Electric Guitar by Gibson, 1964
- Billy Grammer's Custom Electric Guitar by Gibson, ca. 1968
- Electric Guitar by Gibson Guitar Corp., Nashville, July 26, 1990, with Custom Painting of Ryman Auditorium
- Electric Guitar by Gibson Guitar Corp., Nashville, October 25, 1991. Autographed by Nashville Celebrities
- Description of Arne
B. Larson Collection on display in this Gallery
- Description of Cecil
B. Leeson Collection on display in this Gallery
- Description of Charles
D. Stein Early Electronic Instrument Collection on display in
this Gallery
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Visitors entering the NMM lobby will be greeted
by a gigantic long drum from Thailand. Nearby, a magnificent
Seeburg Orchestrion can be
seen in the Jeanne F. Larson Tea Room, which also
houses the NMM's Alphorn. The outstanding French harpsichord
by Jacques Germain (1785), featured on several recordings available
from the Gift Shop, is located in the Arne
B. Larson Concert Hall, along with the Italian harpsichord (ca.
1662-1682) by Ridolfi. Numerous instruments are featured in
hallway exhibits, including treasures from the Joe R. & Joella F. Utley Collection
of Brass Instruments, the Alan G. Bates Harmonica Collection,
and Early 20th-century New Orleans Jazz.
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- Goblet Drum (Glaw•ng ae•), Northern Siam (Thailand), Late 19th Century
- Orchestrion by Seeburg, 1913
- Harpsichord Attributed to Giacomo Ridolfi, Italy, ca. 1662-1682
- Harpsichord by José Calisto, Portugal, 1780
- Harpsichord by Jacques Germain, Paris, 1785
- Cittern, possibly by Petrus Rautta, England, 1579
- Two Ivory
Cornetti, Southern Germany, ca. 1600
- Two 16th-18th-Century Wooden Cornetti
- Presentation Side Drum by Tompkins,
Yonkers, New York, 1860
- Snare Drum by Lyon & Healy,
Chicago, ca. 1893
- Ludwig's
Black Beauty Snare Drum, 1920-1925
- Description of the Joe
R. and Joella F. Utley Collection of Brass Instruments on display
in this Gallery
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The Graese Gallery is devoted to American music
and musical instruments exhibited within the context of American
social and cultural life, ranging from the instruments of the indigenous
peoples of North and South America to those played by Civil War
bandsmen. These American musical expressions are represented
by a display of more than 140 instruments.
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- Musical Instruments of the Indigenous Peoples of North America
- Ceremony Drum, Northern Plains Indians, 19th century
- Ceremony Drum, Northern Plains Indians, 19th century
- Ceremony Drum by Jerry Lieb, Jr., Yupik, Bethel, Alaska, 2002
- Courting Flute, Pueblo Nation, New Mexico, late 19th century
- Courting Flute, Apache Nation, Southwestern U.S., 19th/early 20th century
- Courting Flute, Northern Plains Indians, 19th/early 20th century
- Courting Flute, Sioux Nation, Pipestone, Minnesota, early 20th century
- Turtle Shell Dance Rattle, Iroquois Nation, Northeastern North America, late 19th century
- Raven Dance Rattle by Ken Kidder, Poulsbo, Washington, ca. 2005
- Fiddle, Mescalero Apache, New Mexico or Arizona, 19th century
- Checklist of Musical Instruments of the Indigenous Peoples of North America
- Musical Instruments of the Indigenous Peoples of Central and South America
- Terra Cotta Statue of a Pre-Columbian Musician
- Two Pre-Columbian Ocarinas, ca. 700-900 A.D.
- Musical Instruments of the United States
- Exhibit
of Civil War Instruments
- Civil War
Drums and Brass Instruments
- Violin-Maker's
Workshop Exhibit
- Lyre-mandolin by Orville Gibson, Kalamazoo, ca. 1894
- Violoncello by Gibson, Inc., Kalamazoo, March 1942
- Palmer
Roe Playing a Barrel 'Cello, 1955-1966
- Alpine zither (Arion harp zither) by Franz Schwarzer workshop, Washington, ca. 1920
- Knabe Square Piano, 1891
- Contrabassophon by William G. Schultze,
New York, ca. 1885
- Vocalion Reed Organ, ca. 1895
- Double Chromatic Harp by Henry Greenway, Brooklyn, New York, ca. 1895
- Description of Canning
Banjo Collection on display in this Gallery
- Description of Arne
B. Larson Collection on display in this Gallery
- Story of the "Drummer
Boy of the Cumberland"
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The nineteen instruments on display in the Lewison
Gallery spotlight 19th-century American reed organs, pianos,
melodeons, and electronic organs for home and church use.
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More than thirty-five superb guitars, banjos, and mandolins are featured in the permanent
exhibition, Great American Guitars, which also includes a recreation of the legendary D'Angelico/D'Aquisto/Gudelsky Guitar Workshop.
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- Celebrating Great American Guitars
- Guitar by Orville Gibson, Kalamazoo, 1902. Style 03
- Mandolin by Orville Gibson, Kalamazoo, 1903. Style F-2 Artist
- Harp-guitar by Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Company, Kalamazoo, 1916.
Style U
- Mandolin attributed to John D'Angelico for Raphael Ciani, New York City, ca. 1921
- Guitar attributed to John D'Angelico for Raphael Ciani, New York City, ca. 1923
- Guitar by Gibson, Inc., Kalamazoo, 1937.
Model L-5
- Guitar by Gibson, Inc., Kalamazoo, 1938.
Century Model L-C
- Guitar by Gibson, Inc., Kalamazoo, 1964. Dove Model
- Guitar by C. F. Martin & Co., Nazareth, 1941.
Model D-28
- Guitar by Elmer Stromberg, Boston, 1946.
Master 400 model
- Guitar by John D’Angelico, New York, 1947.
New Yorker model
- D'Angelico/D'Aquisto/Gudelsky Workshop
- The Harmony Company Exhibit
- Guitar by S. L. Mossman Guitars, Winfield, Kansas, 1977. Golden Era model
- Resonator Guitar by the Dobro Brothers, Chicago, 1978
- Guitar by Fender Custom Shop, Corona, California, 1994. D'Aquisto Ultra model
- Guitar by C. F. Martin & Co., Nazareth, 2001. Shawn Colvin M3SC Grand Auditorium Signature Edition
- B. B. King
"Lucille" Model Guitar by Gibson
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More than 180 instruments are featured in the permanent
exhibition, Ya Gotta Know the Territory: The Musical Journey of Meredith Willson,
designed and installed in 2002 by the NMM at the Meredith
Willson Museum in Mason City, Iowa, hometown of the composer of the popular Broadway musical, The Music Man.
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View eleven of some thirty musical instruments and bows from the collections of the NMM featured in this multi-sensory exhibition exploring the history of Czech and Slovak musical expression from medieval Gregorian chants through contemporary jazz. Muzika! was a featured exhibition at the National Czech and Slovak Museum (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) in 2004.
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- Lute by Thomas Edlinger, Prague, 1728
- Basset Recorder attributed to Arzazius or Hans Schnitzer, ca. 1550
- Basset Horn by Frantisek Doleisch I, Prague, 1793
- Pochette (Dancing Master's Fiddle) attributed to Bohemia, ca. 1600-1650
- Violin, Bohemia, ca. 1800
- Keyed Trumpet by Eduard Johann Bauer, Prague, late 1830s
- Tristan Trumpet by Gebrüder Alexander, Mainz, ca. 1925
- Euphonium by V. F. Cervený & Fils,
Königgräts, Bohemia, ca. 1900
- Schediphon by Josef Josefovich Schediwa, Odessa, The Ukraine, 1901
- Resonator Guitar by the Dobro Brothers, Chicago, 1978
- Violin by Mathias Ptak, Tabor, South Dakota, ca. 1880-1920
- Fujara by Pavol Smutný, Dúbravy, Slovak Republic, 2003
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The Pressler Gallery features Musical Treasures
from the Age of Louis XIV, including more than 100 superb Austrian,
Bohemian, Dutch, English, Flemish, French, German, Irish, Italian,
Polish, Spanish, and Swiss instruments from the 16th, 17th, and
18th centuries.
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- 16th-Century Italian Harp
- Ornately
Decorated Harp by Naderman, 1797
- Treble (Alto) Recorder by Jan Juriaensz van Heerde, Amsterdam, ca. 1670
- Descant (Soprano) Recorder by Haka,
ca. 1680
- Treble
(Alto) Recorder by Gahn, Before 1711
- Two Historic
Bass Recorders
- Trumpet Marine, Switzerland, ca. 1675-1750
- Pochette (Dancing Master's Fiddle), France, ca. 1650-1675
- Pochette (Ivory and Tortoise-shell), France, ca. 1650-1675
- Pochette, possibly by Jacque Regnau[l]t, Paris, ca. 1650-1675
- Pochette labelled Joachim Tielke, Hamburg, 1671
- Pochette by Mathias Wörle, Augsburg, 1691
- Kit bow attributed to John Dodd, London, ca. 1790-1800
- Kit bow by James Dodd, London, ca. 1800-1815
- Tenor Viola by Jacob Stainer, Absam bei Innsbruck, ca. 1650
- Violin by Jacob Stainer, Absam bei Innsbruck, 1668
- Tenor Viola da Gamba by Gregor Karpp, Königsberg, East Prussia, 1693
- Guitar by Alexander Voboam, Paris, 1670
- English
Guitar by Preston, after 1734
- Three
Nürnberg Trumpets
- Coiled
Trumpet by Steinmez, before 1694
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Tenor Cornetto, Germany, ca. 1650
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Harpsichord by Andreas Ruckers, Antwerp, 1643
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Spinet by Charles Haward, London, 1689
- Harpsichord by Joseph Kirckman, London, 1798
- Long Drum, Britain, 1714-1727
- Swiss
House Organ, 1786
- Flute
by Pierre Naust, Paris, ca. 1690
- Flute
by Johann Wilhelm Oberlender I, ca. 1720
- Flutes
by Scherer and Hallet
- Oboe by Jacob Denner, Imperial City of Nürnberg, ca. 1725
- Clarinet
in A by Augustin Grenser, Dresden, 1785
- Bassoon
by Augustin Grenser I, Dresden, ca. 1755
- Polish Shofar,
17th-18th Century
- Description of Arne
B. Larson Collection on display in this Gallery
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The Rawlins Gallery is the home of a permanent
exhibition, The Genius of North Italian Stringed Instrument Making
1540-1793, featuring more than 60 famous instruments and bows by Antonio
Stradivari, Andrea Guarneri, three generations of the Amati family,
and others.
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- Entrance
to Rawlins Gallery
- Rawlins
Gallery Displays
- The Harrison
Violin by Antonio Stradivari, 1693
- King Charles IV Violin Bow attributed to Stradivari workshop, 1700
- The Rawlins
Guitar by Stradivari, 1700
- The
Cutler-Challen Choral Mandolino by Stradivari, 1680
- Bass Viola da Gamba by Antonio Stradivari Workshop, ca. 1730 (cello conversion, ca. 1835-1850)
- Lute attributed to Tieffenbrucker Family, Padua, ca. 1600
- Lute Modified by Thomas Edlinger, Prague, 1728
- Guitar attributed to Matteo Sellas, Venice, ca. 1640
- Guitar by Domenico Sellas, Venice, ca. 1670
- Cittern, attributed to Urbino, ca. 1550
- Sixteenth-Century Lira da Braccio
- The King Violoncello by Andrea Amati, Cremona, after 1538
- Violin by Andrea Amati, Cremona, ca. 1560
- Viola by Andrea Amati, Cremona, ca. 1560
- Violin by Andrea Amati, Cremona, 1574
- Violin, The King Henry IV, by Antonio and Hieronymus Amati, Cremona, ca. 1595
- Violino
Piccolo by Girolamo Amati, Cremona, 1613
- Tenor
Viola by Andrea Guarneri, 1664
- Viola by Gasparo Bertolotti da Salo, Brescia, before 1609
- Viola by Pietro Giovanni Mantegazza, Milan, 1793
- Violoncello Piccolo by Ferdinando Gagliano, Naples, 1793
- Bass
Viola da Gamba by Guidantus, 1728
- Description of Witten-Rawlins Collection on display
in this Gallery
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An Index of Sound Clips of Selected Musical Instruments at the NMM
- Violoncello, The King, by Andrea Amati, Cremona,after 1538
- Violin by Jacob Stainer, Absam bei Innsbruck, 1668
- Violin, The Harrison, by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1693
- Bass Viola da Gamba, Antonio Stradivari Workshop, Cremona, ca. 1730
- Natural Trumpet in D by Johann Leonhard Ehe III, Imperial City of Nürnberg, ca. 1750
- Gamelan, Kyai Rengga Manis Everist by Ud Soepoyo, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, 1999
- Harpsichord attributed to Giacomo Ridolfi, Italy, ca. 1662-82
- Harpsichord by José Calisto, Portugal, 1780
- Harpsichord by Jacques Germain, Paris, 1785
- Harpsichord by Joseph Kirckman, London, 1798
- Grand Piano by Manuel Antunes, Lisbon, 1767
- Orchestrion by J. P. Seeburg Company, Chicago, ca. 1913
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Only 7% of the NMM's encyclopedic collections of more than 14,500 musical instruments are on public view at any one time. The remainder of the collections, which include many of the earliest, best preserved, and historically most important instruments known to survive, are available in the Study-Storage areas where broad-based comparative research, of a kind that can be undertaken only at this institution, is conducted. Click here to read the NMM's Guidelines for Access to Musical Instruments.
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- Bowed Stringed Instruments
- Violin by Girolamo Amati, 1604
- Two
19th-century Mute Violins
- Strohviol,
Germany, early 20th century
- Ergonomic Viola by David Rivinus, Parrett Mountain, Oregon, 2005
- Brass Instruments
- Hunting Horn by Crétien, Vernon, Normandy, ca. 1650
- Keyboard Instruments
- Harpsichord by Andreas Ruckers
the Elder, Antwerp, 1607
- Harpsichord by Gommaar van Everbroeck, Antwerp, 1659
- Harpsichord by Nicolas Dufour, Paris, 1683
- Grand Piano (Pandaleon-Clavecin) by Frantz Jacob Spath, Regensburg, 1767
- Harp-shaped Piano by Gottfried Maucher, Konstanz, Germany, 1797
- Grand Piano by Nannette Streicher and Son, Vienna, 1829
- Percussion Instruments
- Swiss Side Drum, ca. 1750
- French Side Drum, 1850-1900
- Bucktails Regiment Bass Drum, ca. 1888
- Rope-tension Parade Drum by WFL Drum
Company, 1940
- World-War II Era Parade Drum by WFL
Drum Company, 1942
- Pioneer
Model Snare Drum, Ludwig & Ludwig, ca. 1946
- Plucked Stringed Instruments
- Guitar by Ervin Somogyi, Oakland, California, 1980
- Triple Zither (Trillingszither), Tyrol, late 18th Century
- Alpine Zither (Elegie zither in two sections) by Max Amberger, Munich, ca. 1870
- Alpine Zither (Arion harp zither) by Franz Schwarzer, Washington, Missouri, 1888
- Alpine Zither (Arion Perfecta zither) by Franz Schwarzer, Washington, ca. 1891-1920
- Zither (Qanun), Turkey, after 1920
- Bandura in Torban Style, Ukraine, ca. 1950
- Jarana Primera by Carlos Escribano, San Andres Tuxtla, Veracruz, Mexico, 2004
- Woodwind Instruments
- Clarinet
in C by Moussetter, Paris, ca. 1785
- Ornately-carved
Clarinet Bell, ca. 1800
- Flute
by William Henry Potter, ca. 1806-1814
- Saxophone
Presented to the NMM by President Bill Clinton
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The Utley Virtual Gallery explores representative
examples from the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection of more
than 500 brass instruments.
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- Two Ivory Cornetti Made in Southern Germany, ca. 1600
- Hunting Horn by Crétien, Vernon, Normandy, ca. 1650
- Miniature Natural Horn by Johann Wilhelm Haas, Imperial City of Nürnberg, 1681
- Natural Horn in F by Johann Carl Kodisch, Imperial City of Nürnberg, 1684
- Signal Hunting Horn by Wolf Wilhelm Haas, Imperial City of Nürnberg, 1754-1759
- Natural Trumpet in E-flat by Johann Carl Kodisch, Imperial City of Nürnberg, ca. 1700
- Natural Trumpet in D by Johann Wilhelm Haas, Imperial City of Nürnberg, ca. 1710-1720
- Natural Trumpet by Wolf Magnus Ehe I, Imperial City of Nürnberg, ca. 1714-1722
- Three Eighteenth-Century Natural Trumpets from the Imperial City of Nürnberg
- Natural Trumpet by Johann Leonhard Ehe III, Imperial City of Nürnberg, ca. 1750
- Pair
of Natural Trumpets by Michael Saurle, Munich, 1806
- Natural Trumpet by Franz Stöhr, Prague, ca. 1825
- Slide Trumpet by George H. Rodenbostel and Richard Woodham, London, before 1797/98
- Copper
Serpent by William Lander, ca. 1825
- Keyed Bugle by Charles-Joseph Sax, Brussels, ca. 1840
- Tortoise-shell Keyed Bugle by George W. Shaw,
Thompson, Connecticut, ca. 1845-1850
- Trumpet in F by John August Köhler, London, ca. 1850
- Trumpet in F by Ferdinand Altrichter,
Frankfurt an der Oder, Prussia, ca. 1885
- Harry
James Model Trumpet by King, ca. 1972
- Description of The Joe
R. and Joella F. Utley Collection of Brass Instruments
- Checklist of Brass Instruments Made Before 1800
- Checklist of Keyed
Bugles in the Utley Collection
- Checklist of Keyed
Trumpets in the Utley Collection
- Checklist of Natural Trumpets Made in Nürnberg Before 1800
- Checklist of Ophicleides in the Utley Collection
- Checklist of Over-the-Shoulder Cornets in the Utley Collection
- Checklist of Serpents
in the Utley Collection
- Checklist of Side-Action, String-Operated Rotary Valve Instruments in the Utley Collection
- Checklist of Top-Action, String-Operated Rotary Valve Instruments in the Utley Collection
- Checklist of Trumpet and Cornopeans with Disc Valves by John August Köhler in the Utley Collection
- Checklist of Trumpets, Flugelhorn, and Cornopeans with Stölzel Valves in the Utley Collection
- Checklist of Trumpets, Flugelhorns, and Saxhorns with Double-Piston Valves in the Utley Collection
- Explanations of Elements of Brass Instrument Construction
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