Tour Overview
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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Form and Function
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Neapolitan Harpsichord, ca. 1530
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Neapolitan Octave Virginal, ca. 1530
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Kraemer Clavichord, 1804
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Adaption and Expansion
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Ruckers Harpsichord, 1643
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Dufour Harpsichord, 1683
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Haward Spinet, 1689
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Transitions
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Kirckman Harpsichord, 1798
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Bas Grand Piano, 1781
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An Alternate Lineage
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Maucher Lying Harp Piano, 1797
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Späth & Schmahl Tangentenflügel, ca. 1784
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For the Few and the Many
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Upright Piano, ca. 1842
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Competing Visions
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Grand Piano, 1829
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Erard Grand Piano, 1849
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Industrial Contrasts
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Chickering & Sons Grand Piano, 1864
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Knabe & Company Square Piano, ca. 1865
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Mason & Hamlin Grand Piano, 1901