Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments

Instrument museum in New Haven, Connecticut

Yale Morris Steinert Collection of Musical Instruments

Established| 1900[1]
Location| New Haven, Connecticut
Type| Instrument museum
Curator| Susan E. Thompson
Christina Linsenmeyer
Website| collection.yale.edu

The Yale Morris Steinert Collection of Musical Instruments, a division of the Yale School of Music, is a museum in New Haven, Connecticut. It was established in 1900 by a gift of historic keyboard instruments from Morris Steinert, and later enriched in 1960 and 1962 by the acquisition of the Belle Skinner and Emil Herrmann collections. Initially housed under the dome of Woolsey Hall, it was moved in 1961 to a historic Romanesque structure on Hillhouse Avenue, constructed in 1895 for the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity.

## Collections

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Highlights from the museum's holdings include keyboard instruments from six centuries, featuring an organ by John Snetzler (London, 1742), harpsichords by Ruckers (Antwerp, 1640), Blanchet (Paris, c. 1740), and Taskin (Paris, 1770), a clavichord by Hoffman (Ronneburg, 1784), and pianos by Könnicke (Vienna, c. 1795), Boesendorfer (Vienna, c. 1830), and Érard (Paris, 1883). The Collection possesses stringed instruments by Antonio Stradivari, Pietro Giovanni and Andrea Guarneri, Antonio and Nicolò Amati, and Jacob Stainer. Also included are a number of historical wind instruments, world instruments, and a large collection of bells given in 1975 by Robyna Neilson Ketchum.

The Collection maintains permanent exhibits, regularly mounts special exhibitions, and is open to the public during regular visiting hours. In addition to presentations made to Yale classes, the Collection offers tours and lecture-demonstrations to school and private groups by appointment.

## Concerts

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The annual concert series presented by the Collection of Musical Instruments features performers of music in its historical context, often using the appropriate instruments from the Collection that have been restored to playing condition. Performers and ensembles that have appeared on the concert series include: The Alarius Ensemble, Malcolm Bilson, Anner Bylsma, The Flanders Quartet, John Holloway, Monica Huggett, Ralph Kirkpatrick, Jeanne Lamon, Gustav Leonhardt, Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet, Paul O'Dette, London Baroque, Steven Lubin, Paolo Pandolfo, Phantasm, Stanley Ritchie, Jaap Schroeder, Fernando Valenti, and Marion Verbruggen. Also presented in the series is the Collection's resident ensemble, the Yale Baroque Ensemble, directed by Robert Mealy.

## See also

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* List of music museums
* Wistariahurst § Music Room era, first exhibition of the Belle Skinner instruments

## Further reading

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* Freund, Karl (August 1922). "From Harp to Harpsichord; Evolution of ingenuity and art in stringed instruments from antiquity to the 18th century". International Studio. New York: International Studio Inc. pp. 373–393.
* Noss, Luther (1984). A History of the Yale School of Music, 1855-1970. New Haven, Conn.: Yale School of Music. p. 274\. OCLC 11614981.
* Skinner, William; Thompson, Elizabeth (1933). The Belle Skinner collection of old musical instruments, Holyoke, Massachusetts. Philadelphia: Beck Engraving Company. OCLC 64299108.

## References

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1. ^ "Yale Collection of Musical Instruments: History". Retrieved June 29, 2012.

## External links

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* Official website, Yale Collection of Musical Instruments

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* Announcement, Major gift renames Yale Collection of Musical Instruments (April 30, 2021)

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