Yale Morris Steinert Collection of Musical Instruments

Established	1900[1]
Location	New Haven, Connecticut
Type	Instrument museum
Curator	Susan E. Thompson Christina Linsenmeyer
Website	collection.yale.edu

TheYale Morris Steinert Collection of Musical Instruments, a division of theYale School of Music, is a museum inNew Haven,Connecticut. It was established in 1900 by a gift of historickeyboard instruments from Morris Steinert, and later enriched in 1960 and 1962 by the acquisition of theBelle Skinner andEmil Herrmann collections. Initially housed under the dome ofWoolsey Hall, it was moved in 1961 to a historicRomanesque structure onHillhouse Avenue, constructed in 1895 for theAlpha Delta Phi fraternity.

Highlights from the museum's holdings include keyboard instruments from six centuries, featuring anorgan byJohn Snetzler (London, 1742),harpsichords byRuckers (Antwerp, 1640),Blanchet (Paris, c. 1740), andTaskin (Paris, 1770), aclavichord by Hoffman (Ronneburg, 1784), and pianos by Könnicke (Vienna, c. 1795),Boesendorfer (Vienna, c. 1830), andÉrard (Paris, 1883). The Collection possessesstringed instruments byAntonio Stradivari,Pietro Giovanni andAndrea Guarneri,Antonio andNicolò Amati, andJacob Stainer. Also included are a number of historicalwind instruments, world instruments, and a large collection of bells given in 1975 by Robyna Neilson Ketchum.

The Collection maintains permanent exhibits, regularly mounts special exhibitions, and is open to the public during regular visiting hours. In addition to presentations made to Yale classes, the Collection offers tours and lecture-demonstrations to school and private groups by appointment.

The annual concert series presented by the Collection of Musical Instruments features performers of music in its historical context, often using the appropriate instruments from the Collection that have been restored to playing condition. Performers and ensembles that have appeared on the concert series include: The Alarius Ensemble,Malcolm Bilson,Anner Bylsma,The Flanders Quartet,John Holloway,Monica Huggett,Ralph Kirkpatrick,Jeanne Lamon,Gustav Leonhardt,Amsterdam Loeki Stardust Quartet,Paul O'Dette,London Baroque,Steven Lubin,Paolo Pandolfo,Phantasm,Stanley Ritchie,Jaap Schroeder,Fernando Valenti, andMarion Verbruggen. Also presented in the series is the Collection's resident ensemble, the Yale Baroque Ensemble, directed byRobert Mealy.

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• Freund, Karl (August 1922)."From Harp to Harpsichord; Evolution of ingenuity and art in stringed instruments from antiquity to the 18th century".International Studio. New York: International Studio Inc. pp. 373–393.
• Noss, Luther (1984).A History of the Yale School of Music, 1855-1970. New Haven, Conn.: Yale School of Music. p. 274.OCLC 11614981.
• Skinner, William; Thompson, Elizabeth (1933).The Belle Skinner collection of old musical instruments, Holyoke, Massachusetts. Philadelphia: Beck Engraving Company.OCLC 64299108.

• Official website, Yale Collection of Musical Instruments

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• Announcement, Major gift renames Yale Collection of Musical Instruments (April 30, 2021)

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