Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments


REID CONCERT HALL MUSEUM of INSTRUMENTS
What to see, Opening Times and Map		 (3812) Saxhorn basse in C, 4-valve (Fischer, Paris c 1860) (1604) Cello (Dewar, Scotland, late 18th or early 19th century) (3606) Serpent (Baudouin, Paris, c 1820)
            
 
ST CECILIA'S HALL MUSEUM of INSTRUMENTS
What to see, Opening Times and Map

The Friends of St Cecilia's Hall and Museum

 (4329) Double-manual harpsichord (Jean Goermans/Pascal Taskin, Paris, 1764/83-84)
 
Contact, Enquiries and Special Visits :: The Collection :: What We Do :: Courses of Study in Musical Instrument Research :: Postgraduate Research Degrees including doctoral studies in Organology :: Education Project
 
Brief Lists of All the Instruments in the Collection including keyboard instruments
 
The Catalogue including the Electronic Picture Gallery of instruments in the Collection
 
Clarinets in our Collection Web Guide
 
The Demonstrations of instruments in the Collection with sounds of instruments being played (selection)

PUBLICATIONS
  • NON-KEYBOARD INSTRUMENT BOOKS: UK Pricelist or Overseas Pricelist and order form

  • Keyboard instrument publications

  • Sir Nicholas Shackleton Collection

  • City of Edinburgh Band 1925-2005

  • Publication: Making a Natural Trumpet

  • Sidney Newman Remembered
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  • Violin Making in Scotland, exhibition handbook

  • RECORDING: Plucked Instruments

  • WORKSHOP DRAWINGS: strings, woodwind, brasswind :: keyboard instruments

  • Photography Service

  • Addenda and Corrigenda to EUCHMI Publications
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    RESEARCH: Brasswind acoustics and taxonomy :: British brasswind history
     
    History of the Reid Concert Hall and the John Donaldson Collection :: History of St Cecilia's Hall :: History of the Raymond Russell Collection :: Last Year's Annual Report :: Events Organised by the Collections since 1980
    (1054) Set of pipes, bellows blown with chanter, bass and tenor drones and a regulator (Hugh Robertson, Edinburgh, 1793-4) (2485) Cornopean (Charles Pace, London, 1834-53, probably c 1845) (303) Mandurina (Probably Vinaccia, Naples, early 18th century) (1451) Echo cornet (F. Besson, London, probably 1882) (1514) Kora [bridge-harp or harp-lute (miniature)] (Bathurst, Gambia, c 1970) (3280) Natural trumpet in E-flat (Hofmaster, London) (334) Viola (Richard Duke, London, 1779) (2515) Wagner tuba in Bb (Alexander, Mainz, early 1930s) (1516) Dundin [talking drum or mother drum] (Ibadan, Nigeria: Yoruba tribe, 1966) (883) Bass horn in C, 3 keys (W. Sandbach, London, c 1830) (768) Guitar, 6-string (attributed to C.F. Martin, before 1840) (203) Orchestral hand horn, master crooks and couplers (W. Sandbach, London, 1810-1830) (298) Terz guitar, 6-string (early 19th century) (3327) and (3328) Pair of kettledrums: 20-inch and 21-inch, hand tuning (probably England, early or mid 18thcentury) (1584) Cittern (Europe, early to mid 18th century) (3322) Cor anglais in F, 10-key (Triébert, Paris, c 1825) (2101) Rabab [spike fiddle] and bow (Kelantan, northeast coast of West Malaysia, c 1977) (2161) Trompe Dauphine [hunting horn] in D (Le Brun, Paris, 1721) (2929) Contrabass serpent (Wood, Huddersfield, c 1840) (4224) Clarsach (Briggs, Glasgow, 1922)
    EUCHMI is a contributor to Europeana Europeanathrough
    Link to The Galpin Society for the study of musical instruments [with links to publications about musical instruments]
    Link to CIMCIM, the International Committee of Musical Instrument Museums and Collections [with links to other collections and museums]
    Link to Music in the University of Edinburgh
    Link to other Edinburgh University museums and galleries
    Link to The University of Edinburgh website
    Link to The Georgian Concert Society [with programme of concerts at St Cecilia's Hall using early keyboard instruments from the Raymond Russell and Rodger Mirrey Collections]
    Link to Edinburgh Renaissance Band [with programme of concerts at St Cecilia's Hall using historical instruments]

    Welcome page photographs by Antonia Reeve (non-keyboard) and Joe Rock (keyboard)

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