Hamburg

Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe

History of Musical Instruments


An invitation by the director of the museum and his wife, old friends of Barbara's tour-guiding years, gave us a special tour of the museum. The most interesting section turned out to be a collection of old musical instruments, especially a historical selection of fine harpsichords.




Virginal, Celestini, Venice, 1578





Harpsichord, France, 1730



Harpsichord, Christian Zell, Hamburg, 1728




Piano, Grotian, Braunschweig, 1898