February 3-4, 2010

Updated A Sampling of Recent Acquisitions

February 3, 2010

Added NMM 3374. Violoncello Piccolo by Ferdinando Gagliano, Naples, 1793 to Rawlins Gallery Virtual Tour
Updated Calendar of Events

February 2, 2010

Updated Calendar of Events

February 1, 2010

Updated Calendar of Events
Updated Bibliography on Keyboard Checklist
Updated Bibliography on NMM 13500. Cittern, possibly by Petrus Raitta, England, 1579
Updated Checklist of 16th- and 17th-Century Instruments
Updated Checklist of Plucked Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800
Updated Checklist of Bowed Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800
Updated Checklist of Bowed Stringed Instruments by Andrea Amati
Updated Checklist of Instruments Made in Cremona, Italy
Updated NMM 5260. Violin by Andrea Amati, Cremona, 1574
Minor updating on 16 Italian bowed stringed instrument pages
Added Technical Drawing of NMM 10214. Archlute by Pieter Railich for Matteo Sellas, Venice, Italy, 1630, to Gift Shop
Added Technical Drawing of NMM 4003. Theorbo by Joachim Tielke, Hamburg, 1707, to Gift Shop

January 29, 2010

Updated Calendar of Events
Updated Keyboard Checklist
Updated NMM 2673. Square piano by William Knabe and Co., Baltimore, 1891
Updated NMM 14393. Oboe by Jacob Denner, Imperial City of Nürnberg, ca. 1725
Updated Bibliography about The Joe R. & Joella F. Utley Collection of Brass Instruments
Updated Bibliography on Annotated Checklist of Keyed Bugles in The Joe R. and Joella F. Utley Collection of Brass Instruments
Updated Bibliography on NMM 13505. Natural trumpet in F by George Henry Rodenbostel, London, before 1789/90, converted into a slide trumpet by Richard Woodham, London, before 1797/98
Updated Selected Bibliography About the NMM

January 15, 2010

Updated A Walk Thru the NMM

January 11, 2010

Added new images to Introductory Slideshow: A Walk Thru the NMM

January 6, 2010

Added Introductory Slideshow: A Walk Thru the NMM

December 7, 2009

Updated 2010 Calendar of Events

December 4, 2009

Updated 2010 Calendar of Events
Updated Gift Shop

November 18, 2009

Added NMM 14393. Oboe by Jacob Denner, Imperial City of Nürnberg, ca. 1725 to Pressler Gallery Virtual Tour
Updated Checklist of Oboes
Updated NMM 3996. Oboe by Jakob Friedrich Grundmann, Dresden, 1784
Updated NMM 10071. Oboe by Johann Ziegler, Vienna, ca. 1840
Updated Flutes by Scherer and Hallet
Updated Site and Maker Index pages

November 17, 2009

Added Description of Paul and Jean Christian Collection and Archive
Added NMM 12721. Triple zither, Tyrol, late 18th century to to Study-Storage Collection Virtual Tour
Updated Checklist of Musical Instruments of the Indigenous Peoples of North America

November 13, 2009

Updated Access and Fees for Use of the NMM's Collections and Archives
Updated Guidelines for:

• Access to the Musical Instruments
• Access to NMM Library
• Access to the Sally Fantle Archival Research Center at the NMM

November 12, 2009

Added NMM 12563. Alpine zither (Salzburger form) attributed to Johann Halswanter, Munich, ca. 1880-1890 to Checklist of Alpine Zithers
Added NMM 12106. Alpine zither (concert zither) by Hartmann Bros. & Reinhard, New York, after 1893 to Checklist of Alpine Zithers
Added images to NMM 5765. Soprano saxophone in B-flat by Adolphe Edouard Sax, Paris, ca. 1900-1907
Updated NMM 4038. Alto saxophone in E-flat by Adolphe Sax, Paris, 1857
Updated NMM 4039. Tenor saxophone in B-flat by Adolphe Sax, Paris, 1861-1862
Updated NMM 4040. Baritone saxophone in E-flat by Adolphe Sax, Paris, 1858
Updated NMM 4076. Soprano saxophone in B-flat by Adolphe Sax, Paris, 1858
Updated NMM 5764. Baritone saxophone in E-flat by Adolphe Sax, Paris, 1878
Updated NMM 5766. Soprano saxophone in B-flat by Adolphe Sax, Paris, 1868
Updated NMM 5767. Soprano saxophone in B-flat by Adolphe Sax, Paris, 1862
Updated NMM 5768. Alto saxophone by Adolphe Sax, Paris, 1860
Updated NMM 5769. Tenor saxophone in B-flat by Adolphe Sax, Paris, 1872
Updated NMM 7457. Bass saxophone in B-flat by Adolphe Sax, Paris, 1877
Updated Checklist of Saxophones Made by Adolphe (Antoine-Joseph) and Adolphe Edouard Sax

November 11, 2009

Added Request for Copies of Materials (Other than Photographs) from the NMM Archives (PDF form)
Updated Access and Fees for Use of the NMM's Collections and Archives

November 9, 2009

Updated Two Ivory Cornetti Made in Southern Germany, ca. 1600
Updated Checklist of 16th- and 17th-Century Instruments
Updated Keyboard Checklist
Updated Harpsichord attributed to Giacomo Ridolfi, Italy, ca. 1662-1682
Updated Harpsichord by José Calisto, Portugal, 1780
Updated Harpsichord by Gommaar van Everbroeck, Antwerp, 1659
Updated Harpsichord by Nicolas Dufour, Paris, 1683
Updated Harpsichord by Joseph Kirckman, London, 1798
Updated List of Publications about the NMM and its Collections
Updated Annotated Checklist of Acoustic Guitars by Gibson
Updated NMM 12574. Guitar by Gibson, Inc., Kalamazoo, ca. 1934-1936
Updated Links

November 5, 2009

Updated 2009 Calendar of Events
Updated 2010 Calendar of Events

October 19, 2009

Updated 2010 Calendar of Events

October 17, 2009

Added Alpine Zither Checklist and the following Alpine zithers:

• NMM 12562. Alpine zither (Schlagzither), Bavaria, ca. 1800-1850
• NMM 12092. Alpine zither (Elegie zither, Altzither in two sections) by Max Amberger, Munich, ca. 1870, also added to Study-Storage Collection Virtual Tour
• NMM 12600. Alpine zither (Arion harp zither) by M. C. R. Andorff, Markneukirchen, Germany, ca. 1886

Updated NMM 12881. Alpine zither (Arion harp zither) by Franz Schwarzer workshop, Washington, ca. 1920
Updated NMM 5719. Violin zither (bowed zither), workshop of Franz Schwarzer, Washington, Missouri, 1909
Updated NMM 12970. Alpine zither (Arion Perfecta zither) by Franz Schwarzer, Washington, Missouri, ca. 1891-1920
Updated NMM 3013. Snare drum by Ludwig & Ludwig, Elkhart, before 1946

October 16, 2009

Updated Keyboard Checklist
Updated Links

October 9, 2009

Updated Home page
Added new images to The National Music Museum: The Building, Townsley Courtyard, and Tuma's Sculptures
Updated Checklist of Flutes by Richard and William Henry Potter
Updated Two Flutes by Richard Potter, ca. 1750-1770
Updated Checklist of Hardingfele
Updated Image Order Form

October 8, 2009

Updated NMM 13505. Natural trumpet in F by George Henry Rodenbostel, London, before 1789/90, converted into a slide trumpet by Richard Woodham, London, before 1797/98
Updated Keyboard Checklist
Added new material & images to NMM 13010. Grand piano (Pandaleon-Clavecin) by Frantz Jacob Spath, Regensburg, 1767
Added NMM 13010 to Study-Storage Collections Virtual Tour
Updated List of Publications about the NMM and its Collections

October 7, 2009

Added 2010 Calendar of Events

September 23, 2009

Updated Calendar of Events

September 21, 2009

Updated Explore the Everist Gallery
Updated Sound Samplings

September 14-18, 2009

Added Annotated Checklist of Zithers by Franz Schwarzer (Washington, Missouri)
Added NMM 2860. Violin zither (bowed zither) by Franz Schwarzer, Washington, Missouri, 1888
Added NMM 12970. Alpine zither (Arion Perfecta zither) by Franz Schwarzer, Washington, ca. 1880-1922 to Everist Gallery Tour
Added NMM 12882. Alpine zither (Arion harp zither) by Franz Schwarzer, Washington, 1888 to Everist Gallery Tour
Added NMM 12962. Violin zither (bowed zither) by Franz Schwarzer, Washington, 1895
Added NMM 5719. Violin zither (bowed zither), workshop of Franz Schwarzer, Washington, 1909 to Everist Gallery Tour
Added NMM 1271. Alpine zither (concert zither) by Franz Schwarzer, Washington, 1900 to Everist Gallery Tour
Added NMM 12967. Alpine zither (concert zither) by Franz Schwarzer workshop, Washington, 1907
Added NMM 12881. Alpine zither (Arion harp zither) by Franz Schwarzer workshop, Washington, ca. 1920 to Everist Gallery Tour
Updated Calendar of Events

September 11, 2009

Updated Calendar of Events

September 9, 2009

Updated Keyboard Checklist
Updated Checklist of 16th- and 17th-Century Instruments
Updated NMM 2903. Long-necked lute (mayuri), India, 19th century
Updated NMM 3976. Guitar, The Rawlins, by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1700
Updated NMM 9918. Gong Ageng in Laras Slendro by Ud Soepoyo, Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, 1999
Updated NMM 1270. Dudy (Bock), Bohemia, ca. 1750
Updated NMM 10000. Harpsichord by Andreas Ruckers, Antwerp, 1643
Updated NMM 7213. Miniature natural horn by Johann Wilhelm Haas, Imperial City of Nürnberg, 1681
Updated NMM 3370. Viola by Andrea Amati, Cremona, ca. 1560
Updated Treasures from the Alan G. Bates Harmonica Collection on Display at the NMM

September 8, 2009

Updated Calendar of Events

September 3, 2009

Added 22 new images to D'Angelico/D'Aquisto/Gudelsky Workshop page

August 27-September 2, 2009

Added NMM 10434. Triple Æolina by Charles W. Wheatstone, London, ca. 1830 to Bates Virtual Gallery Tour
Added NMM 10877. Symphonium by Charles W. Wheatstone, London, ca. 1829 to Bates Virtual Gallery Tour
Added NMM 8206. Typotone (tuning device) by Pinsonnat, Amiens, France, ca. 1830 to Bates Virtual Gallery Tour
Added NMM 8292. Double tremolo harmonica (Siamese Twins model) by M. Hohner, Trossingen, after 1904 to Bates Virtual Gallery Tour
Added NMM 8609. Tremolo paddle-wheel harmonica in C, F, D, and G by M. Hohner, Trossingen, Germany, after 1937 to Bates Virtual Gallery Tour
Added NMM 10230. Sirena model harmonica by Andreas Koch, Trossingen, Germany, ca. 1925 to Bates Virtual Gallery Tour
Added NMM 10268. Coin Harp harmonica by Carl Strauss, Germany, after 1902 to Bates Virtual Gallery Tour
Updated and added new images to NMM 8121. Trumpet Call harmonica by M. Hohner, Trossingen, ca. 1923
Updated and added new images to NMM 8281. The Auto harmonica by M. Hohner, Trossingen, ca. 1924-1930
Updated and added new images to NMM 8293. Trumpet Call harmonica by M. Hohner, Trossingen, after 1906
Updated and added new image to NMM 7986. Oriental Beauty harmonica, ca. 1912-1928
Updated NMM 8148. Aero Band harmonica by M. Hohner, Trossingen, ca. 1909-1924
Updated NMM 8397. Marine Orchestra bell harmonica by M. Hohner, Trossingen, ca. 1920
Updated NMM 8514. Pohl Phone resonator harmonica by Hohner, Trossingen, after 1908
Updated NMM 8884. Marine Band bell harmonica by M. Hohner, Trossingen
Updated NMM 9693. Chromatic harmonica by Hohner, Trossingen, 1936
Updated NMM 7717. Mira harmonica by Andreas Koch, Trossingen, Germany, ca. 1920
Updated NMM 8748. Trumpet Organ harmonica by Andreas Koch, Trossingen, Germany, ca. 1910
Updated NMM 7735. Los Angeles airship harmonica by C. A. Seydel Söhne, Klingenthal, Germany, ca. 1926
Updated NMM 9631. Graf Zeppelin harmonica by Seydel Söhne Co., Klingenthal, ca. 1930
Updated NMM 9280. Walking-stick harmonica by Swaine & Adeney, London, ca. 1860-1915
Updated NMM 7734. Savoy harmonica, Germany, ca. 1910
Updated NMM 7736. University Chimes bell harmonica, Klingenthal, Germany, ca. 1910-1931
Updated NMM 7848. Recessed bell harmonica, ca. 1895
Updated NMM 8396. Harmonophone harmonica, Clover brand, Klingenthal, ca. 1900
Updated NMM 8614. Harmonophone harmonica, Clover brand, Klingenthal, 1904
Updated NMM 8948. Walking-stick harmonica, England, ca. 1900
Updated NMM 8949. Walking-stick harmonica, France, ca. 1890
Updated NMM 9486. Pipeolion harmonica by Christian Weiss, Trossingen, after 1907
Updated NMM 9591. Æolina (chord harmonica) by Lewis Zwahlen, New York City, ca. 1831
Updated NMM 9018. Chromatic harmonica by Gretsch, Germany, after 1930
Updated and expanded The Alan G. Bates Harmonica Collection
Updated and expanded Treasures from the Alan G. Bates Harmonica Collection on Display at the NMM
Updated NMM 3387. Harp, northern Italy, ca. 1550
Updated Luthier's Library of Violin and Viola Photographs

August 21, 2009

Added James Christensen's Alfred Stelzner Research Archive
Updated Annotated Checklist of Stelzner System Bowed Stringed Instruments
Updated NMM 10402. Violin made in Richard Weichold/August Paulus workshop, Dresden, Saxony, April 1893
Updated NMM 14353. Viola made in Richard Weichold/August Paulus workshop, Dresden, April 1893 to Cutler Gallery Virtual Tour
Updated NMM 6719. Violotta made in Richard Weichold/August Paulus workshop, Dresden, December 1896
Updated Types of Internships Available at NMM
Updated Collections page
Updated Checklist of Stringed Instruments by Mario Maccaferri
Updated FAQ page
Updated Links page
General maintenance and updating

August 18-20, 2009

Added Annotated Checklist of Stelzner System Bowed Stringed Instruments
Added NMM 10402. Violin made in Richard Weichold/August Paulus workshop, Dresden, Saxony, April 1893
Added NMM 14353. Viola made in Richard Weichold/August Paulus workshop, Dresden, April 1893 to Cutler Gallery Virtual Tour
Added NMM 6719. Violotta made in Richard Weichold/August Paulus workshop, Dresden, December 1896
Updated NMM 5914. Violin attributed to Honoré Derazey, Mirecourt, France, ca. 1850-1870
Updated Checklist of Violins Made Between 1850-1874
Updated Checklist of Violins Made Between 1875-1899

August 17, 2009

Updated NMM Faculty/Staff Roster
Updated Keyboard Checklist
Updated Checklist of 16th- and 17th-Century Instruments
Updated Checklist of Bowed Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800
Updated NMM 3370. Viola by Andrea Amati, Cremona, ca. 1560
Updated The Carleen Hutchins Collection and Archive
Updated Annotated Checklist of Bowed Stringed Instruments by Carleen Maley Hutchins
Updated NMM 10181. Viola by Carleen Hutchins, Montclair, New Jersey, 1953, modified by Frederick A. Saunders, South Hadley, Massachusetts
Updated NMM 10182. Violin by Carleen Hutchins, Montclair, New Jersey, Daniel W. Haines, Columbia, South Carolina, and Hercules Materials Company, Inc. (Allegheny Ballistics Laboratory), Cumberland, Maryland, 1974
Updated NMM 10116. Violin, Le Gruyère, by Carleen Hutchins, Montclair, New Jersey, December 1982
General website maintenance and updating

August 13, 2009

Updated Checklist of Oboes

August 8, 2009

Updated Checklist of Oboes

August 5-7, 2009

Completely revised and updated Recent Acqusitions page
Updated Collections page
Updated Subject Index pages
Updated Calendar of Events

August 4, 2009

Added NMM 6758. Electric lap steel guitar by National-Dobro Corporation, Chicago, ca. 1939-1940
Added NMM 14385. Violoncello by Gibson, Inc., Kalamazoo, Michigan, March 1942 to Graese Gallery Virtual Tour
Updated Annotated Checklist of Electric Lap Steel Guitars and Resonator Guitars by National-Dobro Corporation, Los Angeles and Chicago
Updated NMM 5917. Electric lap-steel guitar by Electro String Instrument Company, ca. 1935-1939
Updated NMM 12000. Lyre-mandolin by Orville Gibson, Kalamazoo, ca. 1894

August 3, 2009

Added NMM 6756. Electric lap steel guitar by National-Dobro Corporation, Los Angeles, ca. 1936
Added NMM 6757. Electric lap steel guitar by National-Dobro Corporation, Los Angeles, 1936
Added NMM 11255. Electric lap steel guitar, National-Dobro Corporation, Chicago, ca. 1937-1938
Updated Annotated Checklist of Electric Lap Steel Guitars and Resonator Guitars by National-Dobro Corporation, Los Angeles and Chicago
Added NMM 14408. Harpsichord, Naples, ca. 1535 to updated Keyboard Checklist

July 30, 2009

Added numerous new images to NMM 2681. Kit attributed to Richard Tobin, London, ca. 1800-1815
Added NMM 2680. Kit bow attributed to John Dodd, London, ca. 1790-1800 to Pressler Gallery Virtual Tour
Added NMM 2678. Kit bow by James Dodd, London, ca. 1800-1815 to Pressler Gallery Virtual Tour
Added NMM 4544. Pochette bow, France, ca. 1700
Added NMM 4652. Pochette bow, France, ca. 1700-1800
Added Annotated Checklist of Dancing Master's Fiddles (Pochettes, Kits, and Their Bows
Updated Checklist of Bowed Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800

July 30, 2009

Added NMM 4543. Pochette possibly by Jacque Regnau[l]t, Paris, ca. 1650-1675 to Pressler Gallery Virtual Tour
Added NMM 4542. Pochette labelled Joachim Tielke, Hamburg, 1671, possibly made for Tielke by Jacque Regnau[l]t, Paris, 1671 to Pressler Gallery Virtual Tour
Added NMM 4651. Pochette by Mathias Wörle, Augsburg, 1691 to Pressler Gallery Virtual Tour
Added NMM 2674. Kit by Thomas Perry, Dublin, ca. 1780-1800
Updated Checklist of 16th- and 17th-Century Instruments
Updated Checklist of Bowed Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800

July 28-29, 2009

Added NMM 2538. Pochette, Bohemia, ca. 1600-1650 to Virtual Tour of Muzika! A Celebration of Czech and Slovak Music
Added NMM 3350. Pochette, France, ca. 1650-1675 to Pressler Gallery Virtual Tour
Added NMM 3591. Pochette (ivory and tortoise-shell), France, ca. 1650-1675 to Pressler Gallery Virtual Tour
Updated NMM 3606. Basset recorder attributed to Arzazius or Hans Schnitzer, Munich or Imperial City of Nürnberg, ca. 1550
Updated NMM 3541. Basset horn by Frantisek Doleisch I, Prague, Bohemia, 1793
Updated Checklist of 16th- and 17th-Century Instruments
Updated Checklist of Bowed Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800
Updated NMM 10928. Trumpet marine, Switzerland, ca. 1675-1750

July 24-25, 2009

Added NMM 3369. Viola by Pietro Giovanni Mantegazza, Milan, 1793 to Rawlins Gallery Virtual Tour
Added Index of Digital Images of Viola by Pietro Giovanni Mantegazza, Milan, 1793
Updated Checklist of Bowed Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800
Updated Checklist of 16th- and 17th-Century Instruments

July 24, 2009

Updated NMM 2531. Harp-guitar by Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Company, Kalamazoo, 1916
Updated NMM 13567. Guitar by Gibson, Inc., Kalamazoo, Michigan, ca. 1935-1937
Updated NMM 5581. Guitar by Antoine Aubry, Mirecourt, 1779
Updated NMM 4143. Guitar by Alexander Voboam, Paris, 1670
Updated NMM 3385. Guitar attributed to Matteo Sellas, Venice, ca. 1640
Updated NMM 10738. Guitar by C. F. Martin & Co., Nazareth, Pennsylvania, 1941
Updated List of Publications about the NMM and its Collections

July 23, 2009

Added Annotated Checklist of Electric Lap Steel Guitars and Resonator Guitars by National-Dobro Corporation, Los Angeles and Chicago
Added NMM 14381. Resonator guitar by National-Dobro Corporation, Chicago, 1936
Added NMM 14351. Tenor banjo by Ludwig & Ludwig, Chicago, ca. 1925-1933 to Checklist of Ludwig & Ludwig Banjos
Updated Survey of Collections
Updated all Subject Index pages
Updated all Maker Index pages

July 22, 2009

Added NMM 14380. Guitar by Gibson, Inc., Kalamazoo, Michigan, 1964 to Annotated Checklist of Acoustic Guitars by Gibson and to Lillibridge Gallery Virtual Tour

July 20-21, 2009

Updated Staff list
Updated Board of Trustees list
Updated and added new text to "A Brief History of the Conn Company (1874-present)"
Added more images to NMM 14358. Ukulele by C. F. Martin & Co., Nazareth, Pennsylvania, ca. 1934-1947

July 17, 2009

Added updated Technical Drawing Order Form to Gift Shop
Added NMM 14358. Ukulele by C. F. Martin & Co., Nazareth, Pennsylvania, ca. 1934-1947 to Checklist of Guitars, Mandolins, and Ukuleles by C. F. Martin & Co., Nazareth, Pennsylvania
Updated Collections page

July 16, 2009

Added Technical drawing of NMM 6045. Choral Mandolino, The Cutler-Challen, by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1680 to Gift Shop
Updated NMM 6045. Choral Mandolino, The Cutler-Challen, by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1680
Updated Technical drawing of NMM 3976. Guitar, The Rawlins, by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1700
Updated Gift Shop
Updated Checklist of 16th- and 17th-Century Instruments
Updated Checklist of Plucked Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800

July 9, 2009

Updated Gift Shop
Updated Keyboard Checklist
Updated NMM 5943. Harpsichord by Nicolas Dufour, Paris, 1683
Updated Checklist of 16th- and 17th-Century Instruments
Updated Checklist of Plucked Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800
Updated List of Publications about the NMM and its Collections
Updated Checklist of Bowed Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800
Updated NMM 10810. Electric mandocello by Vivi-Tone Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, ca. 1933
Added NMM 12635. Harp by Sebastian Erard, London, ca. 1800; and NMM 12636. Harp by Sebastian Erard, London, ca. 1820; to Annotated Checklist of Harps

July 8, 2009

Updated Calendar of Events

June 18-19, 2009

Added Luthier's Library of Violin and Viola Photographs to updated Gift Shop
Updated NMM 3366. Violin by Andrea Amati, Cremonca, ca. 1560
Updated NMM 5260. Violin by Andrea Amati, Cremona, 1574
Updated NMM 3356. Violin by Nicolo Amati, Cremona, 1628
Updated NMM 4548. Violin by Jacob Stainer, Absam bei Innsbruck, 1668
Updated NMM 3598. Violin, The Harrison, by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1693
Updated NMM 3598. Violin, The Harrison, by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1693 in Beethoven & Berlioz Virtual Tour
Updated NMM 3370. Viola by Andrea Amati, Cremona, ca. 1560
Updated NMM 6046. Viola by Nicola Bergonzi, Cremona, 1781
Updated NMM 3354. Tenor viola by Andrea Guarneri, Cremona, 1664
Updated NMM 3368. Viola by Gasparo Bertolotti da Salò, Brescia, before 1609
Updated NMM 3371. Tenor viola by Jacob Stainer, Absam be Innsbruck, ca. 1650
Updated NMM 10810. Electric mandocello by Vivi-Tone Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, ca. 1933
Updated NMM 13505. Natural trumpet in F by George Henry Rodenbostel, London, before 1789/90, converted into a slide trumpet by Richard Woodham, London, before 1797/98
Updated Selected Bibliography of Books, Articles, Theses, and Dissertations About the National Music Museum and its Collections
Updated The Joe R. & Joella F. Utley Collection of Brass Instruments

June 17, 2009

Updated Calendar of Events
Updated Checklist of 16th- and 17th-Century Instruments
Updated Checklist of Bowed Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800
Updated Checklist of Plucked Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800
Updated Checklist of Instruments Made in Cremona
Updated NMM 4203. Lira da braccio by Francesco Linarol, Venice, 1563
Updated NMM 3351. Violoncello, The King, by Andrea Amati, Cremona,after 1538
Updated NMM 3351. Violoncello, The King, by Andrea Amati, Cremona, after 1538 in Beethoven & Berlioz Virtual Tour
Updated NMM 3976. Guitar, The Rawlins, by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1700
Updated NMM 4504. Treble (alto) recorder in F by Jan Juriaensz van Heerde, Amsterdam, ca. 1670
Updated NMM 3354. Tenor viola by Andrea Guarneri, Cremona, 1664
Updated NMM 3361. Violino piccolo by Girolamo Amati, Cremona, 1613
Updated NMM 10214. Lute, Padua, ca. 1600, modified by Thomas Edlinger, Prague, 1724
Updated NMM 10213. Lute by Thomas Edlinger, Prague, 1728

June 12-16, 2009

Added the following new pages of items for sale in the NMM Gift Shop:

• Book, Art of the Guitar: A Luthier's Renaissance
• Technical drawing of NMM 3976. Guitar, The Rawlins, by Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, 1700
• Technical drawing of NMM 4203. Lira da braccio by Francesco Linarol, Venice, 1563
• Technical drawing of NMM 3384. Treble lute marked D. G., Venice, ca. 1500
• Technical drawing of NMM 10214. Lute, Padua, ca. 1600, modified by Thomas Edlinger, Prague, 1724
• Technical drawing of NMM 10213. Lute by Thomas Edlinger, Prague, 1728
• Technical drawing of NMM 4504. Treble (alto) recorder in F by Jan Juriaensz van Heerde, Amsterdam, ca. 1670
• Technical drawing of NMM 3354. Tenor viola by Andrea Guarneri, Cremona, 1664
• Technical drawing of NMM 3369. Viola by Pietro Giovanni Mantegazza, Milan, 1793
• Technical drawing of NMM 3361. Violino piccolo by Girolamo Amati, Cremona, 1613
• Technical drawing of NMM 3355. Violin by Marco Antonio Cerin, Venice, 1792
• Technical drawing of NMM 3351. Violoncello, The King, by Andrea Amati, Cremona, before 1538
• Technical drawing of NMM 3377. Bass viola da gamba by Ventura di Francesco Linarol, Venice, 1582
• Technical drawing of NMM 3986. Treble viol by John Hoskin, England, 1609

June 10, 2009

Updated Calendar of Events

June 4, 2009

Updated Calendar of Events

May 7-8, 2009

General maintenance and updating of various webpages.

May 6, 2009

Updated NMM Staff and NMM Trustees pages.
General maintenance and updating of various webpages.

April 22, 2009

General maintenance and updating of various webpages.
Updated Explore the Lillibridge Gallery
Updated List of Publications about the NMM and its Collections

Updated bibliography on the following pages:

• Checklist of 16th-17th-Century Instruments
• Annotated Checklist of European Brass Instruments Made Before 1800
• Checklist of Musical Instruments From East Asia On Display at the NMM
• Checklist of Musical Instruments from India on Display at the NMM
• Keyboard Checklist

April 20, 2009

Updated Summer Explorer and Summer Discovery Series Events for 2009
Updated Frequently Asked Questions
Updated Access and Fees for Use of the NMM's Collections and Archives
Added Guidelines for Patrons Using the Library and/or the Sally Fantle Archival Research Center at the NMM
Added Request for Permission to Conduct Research at the NMM

Updated Guidelines for:

• Access to the Musical Instruments
• Access to NMM Library
• Access to the Sally Fantle Archival Research Center at the NMM

April 13-18, 2009

Added interactive Gallery Tours:

• Explore the NMM's Galleries & Exhibits
• Explore the NMM Lobby
• Explore the Arne B. Larson Concert Hall
• Explore the Exhibits in the First Floor Hallway
• Explore the Abell Gallery
• Explore the Rawlins Gallery
• Explore the Lillibridge Gallery
• Explore the Pressler Gallery
• Explore the Cutler Gallery
• Explore the Bates Harmonica Collection
• Explore the Beede Gallery
• Explore the Graese Gallery
• Explore the Lewison Gallery
• Explore the Everist Gallery

Updated Virtual Tour
Updated Interactive Map of First Floor Galleries
Updated Interactive Map of Second Floor Galleries
Updated Home Page

April 8, 2009

Updated Calendar of Events

April 3, 2009

Updated Calendar of Events

April 2, 2009

Updated Calendar of Events

March 12, 2009

Added Annotated Checklist of Boehm System Clarinets by Auguste Buffet, jeune; Auguste Buffet; and Buffet-Crampon & Cie, Paris
Updated Mazzeo system clarinet entries (consult Checklist of Mazzeo System Clarinets)
Updated Checklist of Clarinets with Six Keys
Updated Checklist of Clarinets with Five Keys
Updated Woodwind section of Bibliography of Articles About the NMM and its Collections
Updated Checklist of Flutes, Fifes, and Piccolos by New York City Makers and Dealers
Updated NMM 10022. Clarinet in E-flat by Graves & Co., Winchester, New Hampshire, 1833-1845
Updated NMM 5949. Clarinet in C by Bouchman, Annonay, France, ca. 1825

March 12, 2009

Added Annotated Checklist of Albert System Clarinets by Buffet-Crampon & Cie, Paris
Updated Checklist of Clarinets with Six Keys
Updated Checklist of Clarinets with Five Keys
Updated Mazzeo system clarinet entries (consult Checklist of Mazzeo System Clarinets)
Updated Checklist of Hardinfele

March 11, 2009

Added Annotated Checklist of Boehm System Clarinets by Henri Selmer, Paris, and H. & A. Selmer, Elkhart, Indiana

March 10, 2009

Added Annotated Checklist of Albert System Clarinets by Henri Selmer, Paris

March 9, 2009

Updated Home page

March 5, 2009

Completely revised NMM 3386. Cittern, attributed to Urbino, 1550 (added new images and new text)
Updated Checklist of Plucked Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800
Updated Checklist of 16th-17th-Century Instruments
Updated Rawlins Gallery Virtual Tour

March 4, 2009

Updated Calendar of Events

March 2, 2009

Added image to Newsletter page
Updated Home page

February 26, 2009

Added NMM 5917. Electric lap-steel guitar ("frying pan") by Electro String Instrument Company, Los Angeles, ca. 1935-1939 to Everist Gallery Virtual Tour
Added NMM 13574. Electric guitar by Vivi-Tone Company, Kalamazoo, Michigan, ca. 1936-1939 to Checklist of Instruments Designed by Lloyd Loar
Added new, descriptive text and measurements to NMM 10193. Guitar by Gibson, Inc., Kalamazoo, 1928
Updated NMM 10862. Guitar by S. L. Mossman Guitars, Winfield, Kansas, 1977

February 25, 2009

Added NMM 4504. Treble (alto) recorder in F by Jan Juriaensz van Heerde, Amsterdam, ca. 1670 to Pressler Gallery Virtual Tour
Updated Checklist of Recorders Made Before 1800
Updated Gift Shop

February 24, 2009

Updated Checklist of Plucked Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800
Updated Checklist of Recorders Made Before 1800

February 20, 2009

Added NMM 6142. Viola by Kurt Lothar Meisel, Owatonna, Minnesota, 1979 to Checklist of Bowed Stringed Instruments Made by Members of the Meisel Family

Added new images to:

NMM 5620. Viola by Kurt Lothar Meisel, Lakewood, Ohio, 1955. Tertis model.

NMM 5621. Viola by Kurt Lothar Meisel, Lakewood, Ohio, 1956. Revised Tertis model.

NMM 10454. Violin by Kurt Lothar Meisel, Klingenthal, Germany, 1947

NMM 10455. Violin by Kurt Lothar Meisel, Birmingham, England, 1953

NMM 6146. Violin by Kurt Lothar Meisel, Owatonna, 1996

Updated Meisel Family Violin Collection
Updated Gift Shop

February 19, 2009

Added the following instruments to Checklist of Bowed Stringed Instruments Made by Members of the Meisel Family

• NMM 5877. Violin by Kurt Lothar Meisel, Owatonna, Minnesota, 1976
• NMM 6146. Violin by Kurt Lothar Meisel, Owatonna, 1996
• NMM 5878. Viola by Kurt Lothar Meisel, Owatonna, 1975
• NMM 5879. Violoncello by Kurt Lothar Meisel, Owatonna, 1977-1978
• NMM 5620. Viola by Kurt Lothar Meisel, Lakewood, Ohio, 1955. Tertis model.
• NMM 5621. Viola by Kurt Lothar Meisel, Lakewood, Ohio, 1956. Revised Tertis model.

Updated Gift Shop

February 18, 2009

Added the following instruments to Checklist of Bowed Stringed Instruments Made by Members of the Meisel Family

• NMM 10454. Violin by Kurt Lothar Meisel, Klingenthal, Germany, 1947
• NMM 10455. Violin by Kurt Lothar Meisel, Birmingham, England, 1953
• NMM 6145. Violin by Kurt Oswald Meisel, Owatonna, Minnesota, 1965
• NMM 5876. Violin by Kurt Oswald Meisel, Owatonna, 1971

February 17, 2009

Added numerous new images and text to NMM 5581. Guitar by Antoine Aubry, Mirecourt, 1779 in Beethoven and Berlioz Virtual Tour
Added NMM 4143. Guitar by Alexander Voboam, Paris, 1670 to Pressler Gallery Virtual Tour
Updated Checklist of Plucked Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800
Updated Checklist of 16th-17th-Century Instruments

February 16, 2009

Updated NMM 13567. Guitar by Gibson, Inc., Kalamazoo, Michigan, ca. 1935-1937. Style L-30
Updated Calendar of Events
Updated Guitar attributed to Matteo Sellas, Venice, ca. 1640

February 12, 2009

Updated Calendar of Events

February 11, 2009

Added the following instruments to Checklist of Bowed Stringed Instruments Made by Members of the Meisel Family

• NMM 6053. Violin by Friedrich Wilhelm Meisel, Quittenbach, Saxony, 1772
• NMM 6052. Violin by Johann Georg Meisel (1765-1860), Klingenthal, Saxony, 1785
• NMM 6144. Violin by Karl Oswald Meisel, Klingenthal, 1927

Updated Summer Explorer and Summer Discovery Series Events for 2009
Updated Calendar of Events
Updated Checklist of Bowed Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800
Updated Meisel Family Violin Collection

February 10, 2009

Added NMM 3368. Viola by Gasparo Bertolotti da Salo, Brescia, before 1609 to Rawlins Gallery Virtual Tour
Added NMM 13562. Guitar attributed to John d'Angelico for Raphael Ciani, New York City, ca. 1923 to Lillibridge Gallery Virtual Tour
Added NMM 13567. Guitar by Gibson, Inc., Kalamazoo, Michigan, ca. 1935-1937. Style L-30 to Checklist of Acoustic Guitars by Gibson
Updated Checklist of D'Angelico Guitars and Mandolins
Updated Checklist of Bowed Stringed Instruments Made in Brescia, Italy
Added 2009 Order Form and technical drawing sample image to updated Gift Shop

February 9, 2009

Added new CDs and sample sound clips to Gift Shop:

• Boldly Expressive! Music by Women
• Feminissimo! Women Playing Music by Women

Updated Calendar of Events
Updated Checklist of 16th- and 17th-century Instruments
Updated Checklist of Bowed Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800

February 6, 2009

Added links to two vintage soundies to the Korn Kobblers Display page on the Virtual Tour

February 5, 2009

Updated Calendar of Events

February 4, 2009

Added NMM 4657. Harpsichord attributed to Giacomo Ridolfi, Italy, ca. 1662-1682 to Virtual Tour
Updated NMM 5055. Grand piano by Manuel Antunes, Lisbon, 1767
Updated Keyboard Checklist
Updated Gift Shop

February 2-3, 2009

Added Sound Samplings: An Index of Sound Clips of Selected Instruments at the NMM to Virtual Tour
Updated Annotated Checklist of Musical Instruments in the Kyai Rengga Manis Everist Gamelan
Updated description of The Alan G. Bates Harmonica Collection
Updated Keyboard Checklist
Updated bibliographic references on:

• NMM 10474. Electric upright bass guitar by Gibson, Inc., Kalamazoo, ca. 1938
• NMM 5916. Electric guitar by Gibson, Inc., Kalamazoo, 1952

General website maintenance

January 28-29, 2009

Updated Home Page
Updated Location and Hours
Added new poster, The Harrison Violin and The King Charles IV Violin Bow by Stradivari, to Gift Shop

January 26-27, 2009

Added new Home Page
Updated Location and Hours
Updated Research Information and Opportunities

January 23, 2009

Added NMM 13563. Mandolin attributed to John D'Angelico, for his uncle, Raphael Ciani, New York, ca. 1921 to Annotated Checklist of Guitars and Mandolins by John D'Angelico and Lillibridge Gallery Virtual Tour
Updated Recent Acquisitions List

January 22, 2009

Added NMM 5580. Long-necked lute (Pamir robab), Pamir region of Central Asia, ca. 1650 to Beede Gallery Virtual Tour
Added NMM 5728. Double chromatic harp by Henry Greenway, Brooklyn, New York, ca. 1895 to Graese Gallery Virtual Tour
Added NMM 10471. Harp by Lyon & Healy, Chicago, ca. 1900
Updated Annotated Checklist of Musical Instruments From North Africa and Western/Central Asia
Updated Checklist of 16th- and 17th-Century Instruments
Updated Annotated Checklist of Harps

January 21, 2009

Updated Elements of Brass Instrument Construction
Added new images to NMM 7161. Keyed Trumpet in F by Joseph Greenhill, London, ca. 1830
Updated Checklist of Keyed Trumpets
Updated Checklist of Keyed Bugles
General maintenance and updating of terminology and bibliographic references on various brass instrument webpages

January 20, 2009

Added NMM 13505. Slide Trumpet in F by George Henry Rodenbostel and Richard Woodham, London, before 1797-98 to Tour of Utley Virtual Gallery
Updated Annotated Checklist of European Brass Instruments Made Before 1800
Updated images of NMM 10773. Spinet by Charles Haward, London, 1689
Updated Index of Digital Images of Spinet by Charles Haward, London 1689
Added entries for NMM 14356. Grand piano by Vincenzio Sodi, Florence, 1789, and NMM 14357. Grand piano by Michael Rosenberger, Vienna. ca. 1815, to Annotated Checklist of Keyboard Instruments
Updated Checklist of 16th- and 17th-Century Instruments

January 13-15, 2009

Added NMM 5943. Harpsichord by Nicolas Dufour, Paris, 1683 to Virtual Tour of Study-Storage Collections
Updated Annotated Checklist of Keyboard Instruments
Updated List of Publications about the NMM and its Collections

January 13, 2009

Updated 2009 Calendar of Events
Updated Annotated Checklist of Keyboard Instruments
Updated Checklist of 16th- and 17th-Century Instruments
Updated Acknowledgments Page
Updated information about NMM 3985. Harpsichord by Gommaar van Everbroeck, Antwerp, 1659
Updated List of Publications about the NMM and its Collections

January 9, 2009

Updated 2009 Calendar of Events

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