Instruments

Piano Keyboard

What were the first piano recordings?

An advert for the pianola

Pianolas: what they are and how they differ to the ‘reproducing piano’

The organ in Westminster Abbey

Westminster Abbey organ: all you need to know about Abbey’s magnificent Harrison & Harrison organ

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What’s the world’s oldest musical instrument?

ConcertHarp

What is a harp?

RobertThompsonBassoon

The bassoon: a guide to the orchestra’s largest wind instrument

Carolina Eyck playing the theremin

What is a theremin? All you need to know about the quirky instrument

Znaider

What makes the 1741 ‘Kreisler’ Guarneri violin so special?

When was the violin invented

The violin: when it was invented, who made them and how it has changed throughout history

When was the piano invented and by whom?

When was the piano invented and by whom?

what is a didgeridoo

What is a didgeridoo?

who invented the steinway piano

Who invented the Steinway piano?

What is a Stradivarius?

Minimoog Model D

What is a Moog synthesizer?

What is post-classical music?