Virtual Tours Interactive Museum Maps The Museum Building, Townsley Courtyard, and Tuma Fountain Sculptures Abell Gallery - European Keyboard Instruments from the 17th, 18th, and 19th Centuries Bates Virtual Gallery - Treasures from the Alan Bates Harmonica Collection Beede Gallery - Musical Instruments from the Great Civilizations of Africa, Asia, and the Pacific Islands Beethoven & Berlioz, Paris & Vienna: Musical Treasures from the Age of Revolution & Romance 1789-1848 - Highlights of a major exhibition designed by the National Music Museum for the Washington Pavilion, Sioux Falls, South Dakota, September 1-November 2, 2003 Cutler Gallery - Musical Innovations of the Industrial Revolution and European Folk Instruments Everist Gallery - The American Music Industry Exhibits in Lobby, Hallways, Concert Hall, and Tea Room Graese Gallery - Indigenous Peoples of the Americas, The American Civil War, The Golden Age of Bands 1865-1915®, a Violin Maker's Workshop, and Banjo & Mandolin Clubs Lewison Gallery - Nineteenth-century American Reed Organs, Pianos, and a Grand Harmonicon Lillibridge Gallery - Great American Guitars The Music Man Exhibition - Ya Gotta Know the Territory: The Musical Journey of Meredith Willson, a permanent exhibition designed and installed in 2002 by the National Music Museum at the Meredith Willson Museum in Mason City, Iowa Muzika! A Celebration of Czech and Slovak Music - Highlights from a collaborative exhibition at the National Czech & Slovak Museum, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, April 17-October 17, 2004 Pressler Gallery -Musical Treasures from the Age of Louis XIV Rawlins Gallery - The Genius of North Italian Stringed Instrument Making 1540-1793 Study-Storage Collections - A selection of instruments from the Museum's encyclopedic research collections Utley Virtual Gallery - Treasures from the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Brass Instrument Collection Interactive Museum Maps  The Museum's nine galleries, which feature more than 750 musical instruments, are designed to help visitors discover the wonder of musical instruments as examples of inventive workmanship, objects of refined beauty, and artifacts representative of the central position that music has played in all of the world's cultures. Click on maps to take a virtual tour of each Museum gallery. Interactive Map of First Floor Galleries Interactive Map of Second Floor Galleries Return to Virtual Gallery Tour Index The Museum Building, Townsley Courtyard, and Tuma Fountain Sculptures Visitors to the Museum are welcomed to the Museum's Townsley Courtyard by four bronze figures sculpted by Michael R. Tuma: a turn-of-the-century immigrant violinst and three children. The grace and charm of the sculpture are accompanied by the peaceful music of the fountain's cascading water.  Includes historic photos of the former USD Carnegie Library building. The Museum Building, Townsley Courtyard, and Tuma Fountain Sculptures Return to Virtual Gallery Tour Index The Abell Gallery Eighteen keyboard instruments from the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries are displayed in the Abell Gallery, including the earliest surviving piano by a Portuguese maker (Manuel Antunes, Lisbon, 1767) and the earliest French grand piano (Louis Bas, Villeneuve les Avignon, 1781), both with Cristofori-style actions.   A pipe organ by Christian Dieffenbach (Berks County, Pennsylvania, 1808) is exhibited so that its mechanism can be viewed while it is being played. Click arrows to take Abell Gallery Tour Abell Keyboard Gallery Abell Gallery Decorated for Winter Holidays Grand Piano by Antunes, Lisbon, 1767 Miniature Virginal by Franciscus Vaninus, Bologna, 1672 Pipe Organ by Dieffenbach, Pennsylvania, 1808 Chest Organ, ca. 1620 Decorated Keywell of Viennese Grand Piano by Thÿm, 1815 Description of Arne B. Larson Collection on display in this Gallery Return to Virtual Gallery Tour Index The Bates Virtual Gallery The Alan G. Bates Harmonica Collection's Virtual Gallery explores representative examples from the donor's encyclopedic collection of more than 2,500 harmonicas! Click arrows to take Bates Gallery Tour Æolina, one of the world's oldest harmonicas Hohner's Trumpet Call Harmonica Trumpet Organ Harmonica by Andreas Koch, ca. 1910 Trumpet Organ Harmonica by Andreas Koch, ca. 1920 Pipeolion Harmonica Trumpet Call ("Oriental Beauty") Harmonica Trumpet Call Harmonica with Cherubs Hohner's 1920s Auto Model Harmonica Aeroband Zeppelin Harmonica Graf Zeppelin Harmonica Los Angeles Airship Harmonica Recessed Bell Harmonica Tulip-shaped Bell Harmonica by Hohner Marine Band Harmonica with Bells Four Bell Harmonica University Chimes Bell Harmonica Early Hohner Chromatic Harmonica First Sixteen-Hole Chromatic Harmonica Model Gretsch Double-Sided Chromatic Harmonica Pohl Phone Resonator Harmonica Four-sided Mira Harmonica by Andreas Koch Harmonophone Harmonica with Funnel-Shaped, Zobo Resonator Clover Harmonophone with Funnel-Shaped Resonator, 1904 Walking-Stick Harmonica, France, ca. 1890 Walking-Stick Harmonica by Swaine & Adeney, London, ca. 1860-1915 Walking-Stick Harmonica, England, ca. 1900 Description of Alan G. Bates Harmonica Collection on Display in this Virtual Gallery Return to Virtual Gallery Tour Index The Beede Gallery The Beede Gallery explores the vast world of non-Western music with exhibits that include exotic instruments from the great civilizations of Africa, the Middle East, East Asia, India, the Pacific Islands, Tibet, and Western Asia.  Visitors to the Museum will be able to see 150 instruments from these diverse cultures.  A sampling of these may be viewed below. Click arrows to take Beede Gallery Tour Entrance to Beede Gallery Musical Instruments from Africa Two Drums (Entenga) from Uganda, ca. 1910 Dance Rattle (Osó or Makalaka) by Mhasha villager or tribesman, Bechuanaland Protectorate, ca. 1897 Beaded Gourd Rattle (Cabaca), Cameroon, mid-20th century Stick Zither (Lokángo voatáro), Madagascar, 1905 Plucked Lamellaphone (Sansa), Loango People, Zaire, ca. 1900 Plucked Lamellaphone (Tyitanzi), Angola (West Africa), early 20th century Anthropomorphic Plucked Lamellaphone (Sansa), Gbaya tribe, Cameroon, ca. 1950 Arched harp (Donnu) by Mangbetu people, Uele River Region, Belgian Congo, ca. 1910-1920 Arched harp, Belgian Congo, ca. 1900 Raft Zither, West Africa, ca. 1935 Xylophone (Balo), Sierra Leone (West Africa), ca. 1900 Hunting Horn, Belgian Congo (now Zaire), ca. 1925 Hunting Horn, Italian East Africa (now Ethiopia), ca. 1925 Hunting Horn, Eastern Africa, ca. 1925 Hunting Horn (Baragumu), Kenya or Tanganyika (Now Tanzania), ca. 1925 Lute (Qwaytara), Algeria, late 19th century Musical Instruments from the Middle East Short-Necked Lute ('Ud), Iraq or Syria, ca. 1850-1900 Long-Necked Lute (Tar) and Goblet Drum (Zarb), Iran (Persia), ca. 1925 Musical Instruments from Tibet and Nepal Serpentine Horn (Nagfani), 20th century Buffalo Horn (Ngeku), Nepal, 20th century Pair of Telescoping Trumpets (Zangs Dung), Tibet, 20th century Conch Shell Trumpet (Rag Gshog-ma), Tibet, 20th century Thighbone Trumpet (Rkang Gling), Tibet, late 18th/early 19th century Thighbone Trumpet (Rkang Dung), Tibet, 19th century Skull Drum (Damaru), Eastern Tibet, mid-19th century Pair of Shawms (Rgya Gling), Tibet, late 19th century Brass Horn (Dbang Dung), Tibet, 19th century Hand Bell (Dril Bu), Tibet, 20th century Finger Cymbals (Ting Shags), Tibet, 20th century Cymbals (Rol Mo), Tibet, ca. 1700 Frame Drum (Dhyāngro), Nepal, early 20th century Lute (Tungna), Nepal, 19th century Musical Instruments from India Peacock-shaped Mayuri from India Musical Instruments from East Asia Spike Fiddle (Erhu), China, ca. 1950 Transverse Flute (Qudi), China, Early 20th Century End-blown Flute (Xiao), China, Early 20th Century Mouth Organ (Sheng), China, Late 19th Century Hammered Dulcimer (Yangqin) by De Shang Co., Canton, City, China, Early 20th Century Long-Necked Lute (Sanxian), China, ca. 1850 Short-Necked Lute (P'i p'a), China, ca. 1860 Shawm (Haidi), China, Early 20th Century Zither (Qin), Hong Kong, ca. 1960-1973 End-Blown Flute (Shakuhachi), Japan, ca. 1950 Bowl Gong (Kin), Japan, ca. 1870 Short-Necked Lute (Biwa), Japan, ca. 1900-1940 Fish-Shaped Percussion Slab (Gyo ban), Japan, Edo Period (1600-1867) Arched Harp (Saung-gauk), Burma (Myanmar), ca. 1960 Crocodile-shaped Zither (Mi-gyaung), Mon People, Southern Burma (Myanmar), 19th Century Musical Instruments from Oceania Slit Drum (Nanaru a ting ting) from Ambrym Island in the South Pacific Head of Taun Trumpet from New Guinea Three Drums from Oceania Musical Instruments from Java Sliding Rattle (Angklung), Java, 20th Century Spike Fiddle (Rebab) from the Javanese Gamelan Kyai Rengga Manis Everist Barrel-shaped Drum (Bedhug) from the Javanese Gamelan Kyai Rengga Manis Everist Metallophone (Gender Barung) from the Javanese Gamelan Kyai Rengga Manis Everist Knobbed Gongs (Kempiang and Kethuk) from the Javanese Gamelan Kyai Rengga Manis Everist Conical Drum (Kendhang Ageng) from the Javanese Gamelan Kyai Rengga Manis Everist Metallophone (Saron Panerus, Peking) from the Javanese Gamelan Kyai Rengga Manis Everist Metallophone (Saron Wayang) from the Javanese Gamelan Kyai Rengga Manis Everist Knobbed Gongs (Bonang Barung) from the Javanese Gamelan Kyai Rengga Manis Everist Zither (Celempung) from the Javanese Gamelan Kyai Rengga Manis Everist Knobbed Gong (Ageng) from the Javanese Gamelan Kyai Rengga Manis Everist Checklist of Musical Instruments in the Kyai Rengga Manis Everist Gamelan Return to Virtual Gallery Tour Index Beethoven & Berlioz Exhibition  The exhibition, Beethoven & Berlioz, Paris & Vienna: Musical Treasures From the Age of Revolution & Romance 1789-1848, offers a unique opportunity to view more than seventy representative instruments and bows from this age of revolution and romance, some of which may have been heard by the great composers themselves. In keeping with the cosmopolitan nature of the age, superb examples by the greatest makers of the period were chosen for the exhibition, regardless of where those makers might have lived - Brno (Brünn), Brussels, Cremona, Dresden, London, Mainz, Markneukirchen, Milan, Mirecourt, Naples, Nürnberg, Paris, Stuttgart, and Vienna - in order to illustrate the equally revolutionary changes in musical instrument construction, including both new inventions and the modification of great surviving instruments to meet the new demands of the future, that took place on the Continent during the first half of the 19th century. More than half of the instruments chosen for this special exhibition can be viewed on this Virtual Tour. The exhibition catalog and poster are both available from the Museum's Gift Shop. Click arrows to take the Beethoven & Berlioz Exhibition Tour The King Violoncello by Andrea Amati, after 1538 The Harrison Violin by Antonio Stradivari, 1693 King Charles IV Violin Bow attributed to Stradivari Workshop, 1700 Violin by Matthäs Ignatz Brandstätter, Vienna, 1824 Three Bows by Tourte l'aîné and François Xavier Tourte (Tourte le jeune) Violin by Chanot & Lété Workshop, Paris, ca. 1819 Violin by Chanot & Lété Workshop , Paris, 1819 Violoncello by Chanot & Lété Workshop, Paris, 1819-1820 Three Bows by Knopf, Gaulard, and Voirin Violin by Johann Georg Stauffer, Vienna, December 1826 Dancing Master's Fiddle attributed to Richard Tobin, London, early 19th century Flageolet (bird pipe) by F. Noblet, Paris, ca. 1825 Flute by J. Heinrich Grenser, Dresden, ca. 1796-1806 Flute by Claude Laurent, Paris, ca. 1817 Flute by Johann Ziegler, Vienna, ca. 1830 Flute by Auguste Buffet, Paris, ca. 1838 Oboe by Johann Ziegler, Vienna, ca. 1840 Cor Anglais by B. Schott Söhne, Mainz, ca. 1830 Clarinet in A by August Grenser, Dresden, 1785 Clarinet in C by Wolfgang Küss, Vienna, ca. 1827-1830 Clarinet in C by Bouchman, Annonay, France, ca. 1825 Bassoon by Jean Nicolas Savary jeune, Paris, 1823 Alto Saxophone by Adolphe Sax, Paris, ca. 1860 Trumpet by Ernst Johann Conrad Haas, Imperial City of Nürnberg, 1765 Pair of Invention Trumpets by Michael Saurle, Munich, 1806 Pair of Timpani, German States, 18th Century Keyed Bugle by Charles-Joseph Sax, Brussels, ca. 1840 Serpent Forveille by Turlot, Paris, ca. 1825 Bombardon, Vienna or Markneukirchen, ca. 1840 Harp by Naderman, Paris, 1797 Guitar by Antoine Aubry, Mirecourt, 1779 Lyre-guitar by François Roudhloff, Paris, ca. 1810 The Cutler-Challen Choral Mandolino by Stradivari, 1680 Mandolin by Antonio Vinaccia, Naples, 1772 Æolina (Chord Harmonica) by Lewis Zwahlen, New York City, ca. 1831 Harmoni-cor by Louis Julien Jaulin, Paris, ca. 1859 Accordion attributed to M. Busson, Paris, ca. 1830 Physharmonika by Ph. I. Trayser & Co., Stuttgart, ca. 1847 Harmonium by Alexandre & Fils, Paris, ca. 1844-1855 Grand Piano by Anton Martin Thÿm, Vienna, ca. 1815 Square Piano by André Stein "of Augsburg," Vienna, ca. 1825 Grand Piano by Nannette Streicher and Son, Vienna, 1829 Glass Armonica, France, ca. 1785 Return to Virtual Gallery Tour Index The Cutler Gallery The Cutler Gallery presents Musical Innovations of the Industrial Revolution, as well as instruments used by the folk musicians of northern Europe, central and eastern Europe, and the Mediterranean countries.  Some 185 musical instruments representative of these themes are on display. Click arrows to take Cutler Gallery Tour Details of Four Nineteenth-Century Brass Instruments Serpent from England Copper Serpent Detail of Dragon-head Bell on Upright Serpent Three Keyed Bugles Glass Armonica, France, ca. 1785 Early Nineteenth-Century Flute and Clarinets Comparison of Two Nineteenth-Century Clarinets Made in England and France Clarinet in C by Wolfgang Küss, Vienna, ca. 1827-1830 Oboe by Johann Ziegler, Vienna, ca. 1840 Bassoon by Jean Nicolas Savary jeune, Paris, 1823 Quartet of Saxophones by Adolphe Sax Violin by Johann Gottlob Ficker, Neukirchen, Saxony, 1810 Violin by Chanot & Lété Workshop, Paris, ca. 1819 Violin by Matthaeus Ignatius Brandstaetter, Vienna, 1824 Ornately Decorated Violin Attributed to Honoré Derazey Guitar by Antoine Aubry, Mirecourt, France, 1779 Lyre-guitar by Francois Roudhloff, Paris, ca. 1810 Bohemian Bagpipe, ca. 1750 Details of a Norwegian Hardingfele (Hardanger Fiddle) Description of Arne B. Larson Collection on display in this Gallery Description of Meisel Family Violin Collection on display in this Gallery Description of Wayne Sorensen Woodwind Collection on display in this Gallery Return to Virtual Gallery Tour Index The Everist Gallery The Everist Gallery introduces The American Music Industry, as it grew from humble, 19th-century beginnings to the large factories of the 20th century.  Museum visitors will enjoy seeing some 180 examples of American ingenuity on display in the Everist Gallery. Click arrows to take Everist Gallery Tour Clarinet in C by Graves & Co., Winchester, New Hampshire, ca. 1833-1850 Bass Ophicleide by Graves & Co., Winchester, ca. 1835 Baritone Trombacello by Graves & Co., Winchester, ca. 1842-1848  Presentation Cornet by Graves & Co., Boston, 1851, with Echo Attachment  Jewelled Cornet by Conn, Elkhart, Indiana, 1883 Trumpet Featured in the Movie, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band Korn Kobblers Display "Big Chief" Tenor Banjo by Ludwig & Ludwig, Chicago, 1927-1929 Prototype Electric Upright Bass Guitar by Gibson, Inc., Kalamazoo, ca. 1938 Electraharp (Electric Pedal Steel Guitar) by Gibson, Inc., Kalamazoo, 1939 Les Paul Model Electric Guitar by Gibson, 1952 Danny Chauncey's Firebird VII Electric Guitar by Gibson, 1964 Billy Grammer's Custom Electric Guitar by Gibson, ca. 1968 Electric Guitar by Gibson Guitar Corp., Nashville, July 26, 1990, with Custom Painting of Ryman Auditorium Electric Guitar by Gibson Guitar Corp., Nashville, October 25, 1991. Autographed by Nashville Celebrities Description of Arne B. Larson Collection on display in this Gallery Description of Cecil B. Leeson Collection on display in this Gallery Description of Charles D. Stein Early Electronic Instrument Collection on display in this Gallery Return to Virtual Gallery Tour Index Exhibits in Lobby, Hallways, Concert Hall, and Tea Room Visitors entering the Museum lobby will be greeted by a gigantic long drum from Thailand.  Nearby, a magnificent Seeburg Orchestrion can be seen in the Jeanne F. Larson Tea Room, which also houses the Museum's Alphorn.  The outstanding French harpsichord by Jacques Germain (1785), featured on several recordings available from the Gift Shop, is located in the Arne B. Larson Concert Hall, along with the Italian harpsichord (ca. 1662-1682) by Ridolfi.  Numerous instruments are featured in hallway exhibits, including treasures from the Joe R. & Joella F. Utley Collection of Brass Instruments, the Alan G. Bates Harmonica Collection, and Early 20th-century New Orleans Jazz. Click arrows to take Tour of Exhibits in Lobby, Hallways, Concert Hall, and Tea Room Goblet Drum (Glaw•ng ae•), Northern Siam (Thailand), Late 19th Century Orchestrion by Seeburg, 1913 Harpsichord by José Calisto, Portugal, 1780 Harpsichord by Jacques Germain, Paris, 1785 Cittern, possibly by Petrus Raitta, England, 1579 Two Ivory Cornetti, Southern Germany, ca. 1600 Two 16th-18th-Century Wooden Cornetti Presentation Side Drum by Tompkins, Yonkers, New York, 1860 Snare Drum by Lyon & Healy, Chicago, ca. 1893 Ludwig's Black Beauty Snare Drum, 1920-1925 Description of the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection of Brass Instruments on display in this Gallery Return to Virtual Gallery Tour Index The Graese Gallery The Graese Gallery is devoted to American music and musical instruments exhibited within the context of American social and cultural life, ranging from the instruments of the indigenous peoples of North and South America to those played by Civil War bandsmen.  These American musical expressions are represented by a display of more than 150 instruments. Click arrows to take Graese Gallery Tour Musical Instruments of the Indigenous Peoples of North America Ceremony Drum, Northern Plains Indians, 19th century Ceremony Drum, Northern Plains Indians, 19th century Ceremony Drum by Jerry Lieb, Jr., Yupik, Bethel, Alaska, 2002 Courting Flute, Pueblo Nation, New Mexico, late 19th century Courting Flute, Apache Nation, Southwestern U.S., 19th/early 20th century Courting Flute, Northern Plains Indians, 19th/early 20th century Courting Flute, Sioux Nation, Pipestone, Minnesota, early 20th century Turtle Shell Dance Rattle, Iroquois Nation, Northeastern North America, late 19th century Raven Dance Rattle by Ken Kidder, Poulsbo, Washington, ca. 2005 Fiddle, Mescalero Apache, New Mexico or Arizona, 19th century Checklist of Musical Instruments of the Indigenous Peoples of North America Musical Instruments of the United States Exhibit of Civil War Instruments Civil War Drums and Brass Instruments Violin-Maker's Workshop Exhibit Lyre-mandolin by Orville Gibson, Kalamazoo, ca. 1894 Palmer Roe Playing a Barrel 'Cello Knabe Square Piano, 1891 Contrabassophon by William G. Schultze, New York, ca. 1885 Vocalion Reed Organ, ca. 1895 Description of Canning Banjo Collection on display in this Gallery Description of Arne B. Larson Collection on display in this Gallery Story of the "Drummer Boy of the Cumberland" Return to Virtual Gallery Tour Index The Lewison Gallery The seventeen instruments on display in the Lewison Gallery spotlight 19th-century American reed organs, pianos, and melodeons for home and church use. Click arrows to take Lewison Gallery Tour Janko Piano, Musical Glasses, and Chickering Grand Piano Square Piano by John Kearsing, ca. 1825 American Reed Organ Display Description of Arne B. Larson Collection on display in this Gallery Return to Virtual Gallery Tour Index The Lillibridge Gallery Thirty-one superb guitars are featured in the permanent exhibition, Great American Guitars, which also includes a recreation of the legendary D'Angelico/D'Aquisto/Gudelsky Guitar Workshop. Click arrows to take The Lillibridge Gallery Tour Celebrating Great American Guitars Guitar by Orville Gibson, Kalamazoo, 1902.  Style 03. Harp-guitar by Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Company, Kalamazoo, 1916.  Style U. Guitar by Gibson, Inc., Kalamazoo, 1937.  Model L-5. Guitar by Gibson, Inc., Kalamazoo, 1938.  Century Model L-C. Guitar by C. F. Martin & Co., Nazareth, 1941.  Model D-28. Guitar by Elmer Stromberg, Boston, 1946.  Master 400 model. Guitar by John D’Angelico, New York, 1947.  New Yorker model. D'Angelico/D'Aquisto/Gudelsky Workshop The Harmony Company Exhibit Guitar by S. L. Mossman Guitars, Winfield, Kansas, 1977.  Golden Era model. Resonator Guitar by the Dobro Brothers, Chicago, 1978. Guitar by Fender Custom Shop, Corona, California, 1994.   D'Aquisto Ultra model. Guitar by C. F. Martin & Co., Nazareth, 2001.  Shawn Colvin M3SC Grand Auditorium Signature Edition. B. B. King "Lucille" Model Guitar by Gibson   Return to Virtual Gallery Tour Index The Music Man Exhibition More than 180 instruments are featured in the permanent exhibition, Ya Gotta Know the Territory: The Musical Journey of Meredith Willson, designed and installed in 2002 by the National Music Museum at the Meredith Willson Museum in Mason City, Iowa, hometown of the composer of the popular Broadway musical, The Music Man. Click arrows to take The Music Man Exhibition Tour Flute Made for Use in the Movie, The Music Man (1962) Violin Played by Civil War Soldier Three Civil War Era Drums Normaphon by Heber Workshop, Markneukirchen, ca. 1930 Harry James Model Trumpet by King, ca. 1972 Return to Virtual Gallery Tour Index Muzika! A Celebration of Czech and Slovak Music  View eleven of some thirty musical instruments and bows from the collections of the National Music Museum featured in this multi-sensory exhibition exploring the history of Czech and Slovak musical expression from medieval Gregorian chants through contemporary jazz. Muzika! was a featured exhibition at the National Czech and Slovak Museum (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) in 2004. Click arrows to take the Muzika Tour Lute by Thomas Edlinger, Prague, 1728 Basset Recorder attributed to Arzazius or Hans Schnitzer, ca. 1550 Basset Horn by Frantisek Doleisch I, Prague, 1793 Violin, Bohemia, ca. 1800 Keyed Trumpet by Eduard Johann Bauer, Prague, late 1830s Tristan Trumpet by Gebrüder Alexander, Mainz, ca. 1925 Euphonium by V. F. Cervený & Fils, Königgräts, Bohemia, ca. 1900 Schediphon by Josef Josefovich Schediwa, Odessa, The Ukraine, 1901 Resonator Guitar by the Dobro Brothers, Chicago, 1978 Violin by Mathias Ptak, Tabor, South Dakota, ca. 1880-1920 Fujara by Pavol Smutný, Dúbravy, Slovak Republic, 2003 Return to Virtual Gallery Tour Index The Pressler Gallery The Pressler Gallery features Musical Treasures from the Age of Louis XIV, including more than 90 superb Austrian, Bohemian, Dutch, English, Flemish, French, German, Irish, Italian, Polish, Spanish, and Swiss instruments from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. Click arrows to take Pressler Gallery Tour 16th-Century Italian Harp Ornately Decorated Harp by Naderman, 1797 Descant (Soprano) Recorder by Haka, ca. 1680 Treble (Alto) Recorder by Gahn, Before 1711 Two Historic Bass Recorders Trumpet Marine, Switzerland, ca. 1675-1750 Four Dancing Master's Fiddles Tenor Viola by Jacob Stainer, Absam bei Innsbruck, ca. 1650 Violin by Jacob Stainer, Absam bei Innsbruck, 1668 Tenor Viola da Gamba by Gregor Karpp, Königsberg, East Prussia, 1693 English Guitar by Preston, after 1734 Three Nürnberg Trumpets Coiled Trumpet by Steinmez, before 1694 Tenor Cornetto, Germany, ca. 1650 Harpsichord by Andreas Ruckers, Antwerp, 1643 Spinet by Charles Haward, London, 1689 Harpsichord by Joseph Kirckman, London, 1798 Long Drum, Britain, 1714-1727 Swiss House Organ, 1786 Flute by Pierre Naust, Paris, ca. 1690 Flute by Johann Wilhelm Oberlender I, ca. 1720 Flutes by Scherer and Hallet Clarinet in A by Augustin Grenser, Dresden, 1785 Bassoon by Augustin Grenser I, Dresden, ca. 1755 Polish Shofar, 17th-18th Century Description of Arne B. Larson Collection on display in this Gallery Return to Virtual Gallery Tour Index The Rawlins Gallery The Rawlins Gallery is the home of a permanent exhibition, The Genius of North Italian Stringed Instrument Making 1540-1793, featuring 56 famous instruments and bows by Antonio Stradivari, Andrea Guarneri, three generations of the Amati family, and others. Click arrows to take Rawlins Gallery Tour Entrance to Rawlins Gallery Rawlins Gallery Displays The Harrison Violin by Antonio Stradivari, 1693 King Charles IV Violin Bow attributed to Stradivari workshop, 1700 The Rawlins Guitar by Stradivari, 1700 The Cutler-Challen Choral Mandolino by Stradivari, 1680 Bass Viola da Gamba by Antonio Stradivari Workshop, ca. 1730 (cello conversion, ca. 1835-1850) Lute, Padua or Venice, ca. 1600 Lute by Thomas Edlinger, Prague, 1728 Two Seventeenth-Century Guitars Sixteenth-Century Italian Cittern Sixteenth-Century Lira da Braccio The King Violoncello by Andrea Amati, after 1538 Violin by Andrea Amati, ca. 1560 Viola by Andrea Amati, ca. 1560 Violin by Andrea Amati, 1574 Violino Piccolo by Girolamo Amati, 1613 Tenor Viola by Andrea Guarneri, 1664 Bass Viola da Gamba by Guidantus, 1728 Description of Witten-Rawlins Collection on display in this Gallery Return to Virtual Gallery Tour Index Study-Storage Collections Only 7% of the Museum's encyclopedic collections of more than 13,500 musical instruments are on public view at any one time. The remainder of the collections, which include many of the earliest, best preserved, and historically most important instruments known to survive, are available in the Study-Storage areas where broad-based comparative research, of a kind that can be undertaken only at this institution, is conducted. Click here to read the Museum's Guidelines for Access to Musical Instruments.  Click arrows to take Tour of Study-Storage Collections Bowed Stringed Instruments Violin by Girolamo Amati, 1604 Two 19th-century Mute Violins Strohviol, Germany, early 20th century Brass Instruments Hunting Horn by Crétien, Vernon, Normandy, ca. 1650 Keyboard Instruments Harpsichord by Andreas Ruckers the Elder, Antwerp, 1607 Harpsichord by Gommaar van Everbroeck, Antwerp, 1659 Harp-shaped Piano by Gottifried Maucher, Konstanz, Germany, 1797 Grand Piano by Nannette Streicher and Son, Vienna, 1829 Percussion Instruments Swiss Side Drum, ca. 1750 French Side Drum, 1850-1900 Bucktails Regiment Bass Drum, ca. 1888 Rope-tension Parade Drum by WFL Drum Company, 1940 World-War II Era Parade Drum by WFL Drum Company, 1942 Pioneer Model Snare Drum, Ludwig & Ludwig, ca. 1946 Woodwind Instruments Clarinet in C by Moussetter, Paris, ca. 1785 Ornately-carved Clarinet Bell, ca. 1800 Flute by William Henry Potter, ca. 1806-1814 Saxophone Presented to Museum by President Bill Clinton Return to Virtual Gallery Tour Index The Utley Virtual Gallery The Utley Virtual Gallery explores representative examples from the Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection of more than 500 brass instruments. Click arrows to take Utley Virtual Gallery Tour Two Ivory Cornetti Made in Southern Germany, ca. 1600 Hunting Horn by Crétien, Vernon, Normandy, ca. 1650 Miniature Natural Horn by Johann Wilhelm Haas, Imperial City of Nürnberg, 1681 Natural Horn in F by Johann Carl Kodisch, Imperial City of Nürnberg, 1684 Signal Hunting Horn by Wolf Wilhelm Haas, Imperial City of Nürnberg, 1754-1759 Natural Trumpet in E-flat by Johann Carl Kodisch, Imperial City of Nürnberg, ca. 1700 Natural Trumpet in D by Johann Wilhelm Haas, Imperial City of Nürnberg, ca. 1710-1720 Natural Trumpet by Wolf Magnus Ehe I, Imperial City of Nürnberg, ca. 1714-1722 Three Eighteenth-Century Natural Trumpets from the Imperial City of Nürnberg Natural Trumpet by Johann Leonhard Ehe III, Imperial City of Nürnberg, ca. 1750 Pair of Natural Trumpets by Michael Saurle, Munich, 1806 Natural Trumpet by Franz Stöhr, Prague, ca. 1825 Copper Serpent by William Lander, ca. 1825 Keyed Bugle by Charles-Joseph Sax, Brussels, ca. 1840 Tortoise-shell Keyed Bugle by George W. Shaw, Thompson, Connecticut, ca. 1845-1850 Trumpet in F by John August Köhler, London, ca. 1850 Trumpet in F by Ferdinand Altrichter, Frankfurt an der Oder, Prussia, ca. 1885 Harry James Model Trumpet by King, ca. 1972 Description of The Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection of Brass Instruments Checklist of Brass Instruments Made Before 1800 Checklist of Keyed Bugles in the Utley Collection Checklist of Keyed Trumpets in the Utley Collection Checklist of Natural Trumpets Made in Nürnberg Before 1800 Checklist of Ophicleides in the Utley Collection Checklist of Over-the-Shoulder Cornets in the Utley Collection Checklist of Serpents in the Utley Collection Checklist of Side-Action, String-Operated Rotary Valve Instruments in the Utley Collection Checklist of Top-Action, String-Operated Rotary Valve Instruments in the Utley Collection Checklist of Trumpet and Cornopeans with Disc Valves by John August Köhler in the Utley Collection Checklist of Trumpets, Flugelhorn, and Cornopeans with Stölzel Valves in the Utley Collection Checklist of Trumpets, Flugelhorns, and Saxhorns with Double-Piston Valves in the Utley Collection Explanations of Elements of Brass Instrument Construction Return to Virtual Gallery Tour Index National Music Museum The University of South Dakota 414 East Clark Street Vermillion, SD   57069 ©National Music Museum, 2001-2008 Most recent update:   May 5, 2008 You are the 2,238,705th visitor to this page. 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