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Description: | The collections include musical instruments, most of which are kept in playing order and are used by staff and students of the Academy. The string collection includes a fine group of classical Cremonese insturments from 1650 to 1740, with important examples by the Amati, Rugeri and Guameri families and by Antonio Stradivari.
Pianos include instruments on loan from the Kenneth and Mary Mobbs collection, and demonstrate the technical development of the piano in England between 1790 and 1850. Percussion includes items used by James Blades.
There are also personal items such as Sir Henry Wood's tuning fork and stop watch, archives and collections of paintings and images, relating to the history of the Academy from the 1820s to the present. These include material from the working collections of Sir Henry Wood, Sir John Barbirolli, James Blades and Robert Spencer. In addition there is the McCann Collection of photographic materials, ephemera, recordings and programmes from the 19th and 20th centuries. Most of the photographs have been autographed by the sitter, and a particular strength is the availability of rare biographical and iconographical material from Eastern Europe. The collection is currently being catalogued.
- | Subjects: | Musicians Musical instruments | Source: | Cornucopia - Discovering UK Collections | FAX: | 020 7873 7374 | Telephone: | 020 7873 7373 | Identifier: | oai:www.cornucopia.org.uk:6034 | Go to resource |
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