Musical instruments
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The collection contains all types of instruments from the 16th to 20th century. The holdings stretch to more than 3000 objects.
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The department comprises one of the world’s largest collections of historical keyboard instruments, with numerous early fortepianos, predominantly of south-German and Viennese provenance. A further collection focus is formed by wind and string instruments from Nuremberg during the Holy Roman Empire, when it was a Free Imperial City.
Objects
Hammerflügel
Johann Andreas Stein, Augsburg, 1788
Doppelvirginal (Mutter und Kind)
Marten van der Biest, Antwerpen, 1580
Klarinette
Viola da gamba
Cembalo
Deutsche Theorbe
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Musical instruments Come and visit our exhibition on musical instruments! We look forward to seeing you there.
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