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