Museum Collection
Taws Square Pianoforte
1791 The compact size of this square piano made it a better fit for most homes at the time. Instead of the strings arranged
Viola d’amore
ca. 1700 Head and neck are later: ca. 1820, PragueRestorer: Andrew Dipper, Minneapolis6 brass understrings, 6 gup topstringsGermany
Virgil Practice Clavier
This is a Virgil Practice Piano and was once owned by Sergei (Sair-gay) Rachmaninoff. We have a handwritten note from a man named Bill
Wolfgang Mozart Letter- 1790
7 1/4 x 9- 2-sided letter to wife Constanze, written from Frankfurt am Main30 September 1790 Dearest little Wife of my Heart!
Wurlitzer Electronic Piano model 145B
1965 First developed in the 1950s, the Wurlitzer Electronic Piano’s unique tone is generated by striking an amplified metal reed with a piano
Wurlitzer Grand Piano, Model 770
1940 This unique, art-deco style instrument was introduced in 1940 as a showpiece of technical advancement at a national exhibition in Chicago. The
Zumpe Square Pianoforte
1768 A student of Gottfried Silbermann, Johannes Zumpe and his colleagues fled Germany for London during the Seven Years’ War. His creation of