Kenneth G. Fiske Museum of Musical Instruments Coupons, Savings and Ski Resort Description for 2024

About 450 musical instruments of most types are displayed in three rooms.

These include the earliest documented Grand piano (ca. 1850) by Chickering & Sons, Boston; the only triple-manual reed organ by Mason & Hamlin (ca. 1889); Boston in a major U.S. public museum; the earliest dated (1866) American-made Boehm-system flute by Alfred G. Badger, New York; a very flute by F.G.A. Kirst of Potsdam (c. 1790) flute maker to Frederick the Great; one of the earliest pianos to come to California, a square piano by Breitkopf & Haertel (c. 1840), Leipzig, on loan from the California Historical Society; and a rare complete set of Over-the-Shoulder saxhorns by Hall & Quinby, Boston (1872).

One of the largest and most diverse collections of 19th century brass instruments in the U.S; over 30 keyboard instruments including 18th century pianos, two harpsichords, and several significant reed organs; a large selection of plucked and stringed instruments dating from the 17th through the 20th centuries; and a large selection of non-Western instruments from many countries around the world. The Fiske Museum is the only major musical instrument Museum in the Western United States.

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