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High Strung: Five centuries of stringed keyboard instruments

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Explore the form, function and development of keyboard instruments from early harpsichords to the modern piano in our special exhibition "High Strung," including musical excerpts and text narration for all instruments on display.

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  1. Form and Function

  2. Neapolitan Harpsichord, ca. 1530

  3. Neapolitan Octave Virginal, ca. 1530

  4. Kraemer Clavichord, 1804

  5. Adaption and Expansion

  6. Ruckers Harpsichord, 1643

  7. Dufour Harpsichord, 1683

  8. Haward Spinet, 1689

  9. Transitions

  10. Kirckman Harpsichord, 1798

  11. Bas Grand Piano, 1781

  12. An Alternate Lineage

  13. Maucher Lying Harp Piano, 1797

  14. Späth & Schmahl Tangentenflügel, ca. 1784

  15. For the Few and the Many

  16. Upright Piano, ca. 1842

  17. Competing Visions

  18. Grand Piano, 1829

  19. Erard Grand Piano, 1849

  20. Industrial Contrasts

  21. Chickering & Sons Grand Piano, 1864

  22. Knabe & Company Square Piano, ca. 1865

  23. Mason & Hamlin Grand Piano, 1901