An exclusive “I New Haven”photo tour of the
Yale Collection Of Musical Instruments
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| Priceless Violins From The Seventeenth & Eighteenth Centuries On Display |
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| Yale’s Instrument Collection is on two floors of this historic Hillhouse Avenue building |
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| Harpsichords the envy of royalty, are on display |
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| Close up of a beautiful John Challis double-keyboard harpsichord |
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| Extremely ornate guitar (technically, a chordophone), crafted by Joachim Tielke from Hamburg, in 1702 |
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| The South Indian Mayuri incorporates a peacock feather into the proceedings |
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| Harpsichord by Andreas Ruckers (the elder), dating from 1640 |
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| A lyre by Jean Charles, from 1785 – note the “floating” fretboard, not attached at the bottom |
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| Clavichord by Chickering & Sons of Boston, from MCMVI … I mean, 1906 |
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| A Pascal Taskin Epinette from 1778 |
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| Johanne Schnetzler Chamber Organ from 1742 |
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| A Pascal Taskin Harpsichord from 1770 |
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| Virginal by Adam Leversidge of London, made in 1666 |
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| Johann Adolf Hass Harpsichord from 1760 – more info on their webpage |
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| The Yale Collection Of Musical Instruments is open Tuesdays through Sundays |
Yale University’s Collection of Musical Instruments
is located at 15 Hillhouse Avenue, in New Haven, CT
(203)432-0822
All Photographs © Mike Franzman
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