EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY COLLECTION OF HISTORIC MUSICAL INSTRUME..

St Cecilia's Hall is home to the collections of early keyboard and plucked strings, part of Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments, which ranks among the world's most important collections of musical heritage. The sister collection is currently on display and in store at the Reid Concert Hall Museum of Instruments. As part of the Redevelopment Project the two collections will be brought together as one, creating a single visitor destination at St Cecilia's Hall. It has official Recognised Collection of National Significance to Scotland status... The emphasis of the Collection is on instruments that are no longer in regular current use and the collecting policy is to acquire instruments when they fall out of use rather than to collect instruments by contemporary makers. The Collection thus covers the period from the 16th century (the earliest from which examples are available for acquisition) to the 20th century (the most recent from which instruments can be..

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