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Survey of the NMM's Collections
Checklists of Musical Instruments
Collections and Archives
New Acquisitions
July 1, 2009-June 30, 2010
July 1, 2010-June 30, 2011
University Library Holdings
Mahoney Music Collection (stringed instruments)
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The NMM's renowned collections, which include more than 14,500
American, European, and non-Western instruments from all cultures
and historical periods, are the most inclusive anywhere. They include
many of the earliest, best preserved, and historically most important
instruments known to survive.
Note: The checklists provided below represent only a relatively small portion of the NMM's encyclopedic collections.
If you are
interested in obtaining a checklist, generated from the NMM's inventory
database, of a group of instruments not yet represented in the following
lists, please contact the NMM at nmm@usd.edu.
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Bowed
Stringed Instruments
Brass Instruments
Electric and Electronic Instruments
Free Reed
Instruments
Keyboard
Instruments
Percussion
Instruments
Plucked Stringed
Instruments
Woodwind
Instruments
Link to
Alphabetical Directory of Instrument Makers and Others
(includes
only instruments featured on this website)
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Bowed Stringed Instruments
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Note: The checklists provided below represent
only a relatively small portion of the NMM's encyclopedic collections of more than 14,500 instruments.
If you are
interested in obtaining a checklist, generated from the NMM's inventory
database, of a group of instruments not yet represented in the following
lists, please contact the NMM at nmm@usd.edu.
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Brass Instruments
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Note: The checklists provided below represent
only a relatively small portion of the NMM's encyclopedic collections of more than 14,500 instruments.
If you are
interested in obtaining a checklist, generated from the NMM's inventory
database, of a group of instruments not yet represented in the following
lists, please contact the NMM at nmm@usd.edu.
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- II. Instruments from Europe and the United States:
- All Brass
- Checklist of European
Brass Instruments Made Before 1800
- Checklist of 16th-and 17th-Century Instruments
- Checklist of Instruments by Graves & Company
- Checklist of Side-Action, String-Operated Rotary Valve Instruments in the Utley Collection
- Checklist of Top-Action, String-Operated Rotary Valve Instruments in the Utley Collection
- Bugles
- Checklist of Instruments by Graves & Company
- Checklist of Keyed
Bugles in the Utley Collection
- Cornets
- Checklist of Instruments by Graves & Company
- Checklist of Over-the-Shoulder Cornets in the Utley Collection
- Checklist of Side-Action, String-Operated Rotary Valve Instruments in the Utley Collection
- Checklist of Top-Action, String-Operated Rotary Valve Instruments in the Utley Collection
- Cornetti
- Checklist of European
Brass Instruments Made Before 1800
- Checklist of 16th-and 17th-Century Instruments
- Cornopeans
- Checklist of Trumpet
and Cornopeans with Disc Valves by John August Köhler in the Utley Collection
- Checklist of Trumpets, Flugelhorn, and Cornopeans with Stölzel Valves in the Utley Collection
- Flugelhorns
- Checklist of Trumpets, Flugelhorn, and Cornopeans with Stölzel Valves in the Utley Collection
- Checklist of Trumpets, Flugelhorns, and Saxhorns with Double-Piston Valves in the Utley Collection
- Horns
- Checklist of European
Brass Instruments Made Before 1800
- Checklist of 16th-and 17th-Century Instruments
- Ophicleides
- Checklist of Instruments by Graves & Company
- Checklist of Ophicleides in the Utley Collection
- Saxhorns
- Checklist of Top-Action, String-Operated Rotary Valve Instruments in the Utley Collection
- Checklist of Trumpets, Flugelhorns, and Saxhorns with Double-Piston Valves in the Utley Collection
- Serpents
- Checklist of Serpents
in the Utley Collection
- Shofar
- Checklist of 16th-and 17th-Century Instruments
- Trombacello
- Checklist of Instruments by Graves & Company
- Trombones
- Checklist of European
Brass Instruments Made Before 1800
- Checklist of 16th-and 17th-Century Instruments
- Checklist of Side-Action, String-Operated Rotary Valve Instruments in the Utley Collection
- Checklist of Trombones Made Before 1800
- Trumpets
- Checklist of European
Brass Instruments Made Before 1800
- Checklist of 16th-and 17th-Century Instruments
- Checklist of Keyed
Trumpets in the Utley Collection
- Checklist of Natural Trumpets Made in the Imperial City of Nürnberg Before 1800
- Checklist of Top-Action, String-Operated Rotary Valve Instruments in the Utley Collection
- Checklist of Trumpet
and Cornopeans with Disc Valves by John August Köhler in the Utley Collection
- Checklist of Trumpets, Flugelhorn, and Cornopeans with Stölzel Valves in the Utley Collection
- Checklist of Trumpets, Flugelhorns, and Saxhorns with Double-Piston Valves in the Utley Collection
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Electric and Electronic Instruments
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Note: The checklists provided below represent
only a relatively small portion of the NMM's encyclopedic collections of more than 14,500 instruments.
If you are
interested in obtaining a checklist, generated from the NMM's inventory
database, of a group of instruments not yet represented in the following
lists, please contact the NMM at nmm@usd.edu.
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Free Reed Instruments
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Note: The checklists provided below represent
only a relatively small portion of the NMM's encyclopedic collections of more than 14,500 instruments.
If you are
interested in obtaining a checklist, generated from the NMM's inventory
database, of a group of instruments not yet represented in the following
lists, please contact the NMM at nmm@usd.edu.
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Keyboard Instruments
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Note: The checklists provided below represent
only a relatively small portion of the NMM's encyclopedic collections of more than 14,500 instruments.
If you are
interested in obtaining a checklist, generated from the NMM's inventory
database, of a group of instruments not yet represented in the following
lists, please contact the NMM at nmm@usd.edu.
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- Instruments from Europe and the United States:
- All Keyboards
- Checklist of Keyboard
Instruments
- Checklist of 16th-and 17th-Century Instruments
- Checklist of Instruments Designed by Lloyd Loar Along with Their Amplifiers and Speakers
- Checklist of Vivi-Tone Instruments
- Clavichords
- Checklist of Keyboard
Instruments
- Clavier
- Checklist of Instruments Designed by Lloyd Loar Along with Their Amplifiers and Speakers
- Checklist of Vivi-Tone Instruments
- Experimental Keyboards
- Checklist of Keyboard
Instruments
- Harpsichords
- Checklist of Keyboard
Instruments
- Checklist of 16th-and 17th-Century Instruments
- Checklist of Instruments Designed by Lloyd Loar Along with Their Amplifiers and Speakers
- Checklist of Vivi-Tone Instruments
- Mechanical Keyboards
- Checklist of Keyboard
Instruments
- Modern Instruments of Historical Types
- Checklist of Keyboard
Instruments
- Orphica
- Checklist of Keyboard
Instruments
- Pianos (American)
- Checklist of Keyboard
Instruments
- Pianos (European)
- Checklist of Keyboard
Instruments
- Pipe Organs
- Checklist of Keyboard
Instruments
- Checklist of 16th-and 17th-Century Instruments
- Practice Keyboards
- Checklist of Keyboard
Instruments
- Tangentenflugel
- Checklist of Keyboard
Instruments
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Percussion Instruments
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Note: The checklists provided below represent
only a relatively small portion of the NMM's encyclopedic collections of more than 14,500 instruments.
If you are
interested in obtaining a checklist, generated from the NMM's inventory
database, of a group of instruments not yet represented in the following
lists, please contact the NMM at nmm@usd.edu.
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- II. Instruments from Europe and the United States:
- All Percussion
- Checklist of 16th-and 17th-Century Instruments
- Checklist of European and American
Rope-Tension Drums
- Checklist of The William F. Ludwig II Drum
Collection
- Bass Drums
- Checklist of European and American
Rope-Tension Drums
- Snare Drums
- Checklist of European and American
Rope-Tension Drums
- Checklist of Rod-Tension Snare Drums
- Checklist of Snare
Drums Made by the Leedy Manufacturing Company
- Checklist of Snare
Drums Made by Ludwig Companies
- Checklist of The William F. Ludwig II Drum
Collection
- Checklist of Snare Drums by Lyon & Healy
- Checklist of Snare Drums by the Slingerland Drum Company
- Checklist of Musical Instruments by Stromberg
- Timpani
- Checklist of Timpani Made Before 1900
- Checklist of 16th-and 17th-Century Instruments
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Plucked Stringed Instruments
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Note: The checklists provided below represent
only a relatively small portion of the NMM's encyclopedic collections of more than 14,500 instruments.
If you are
interested in obtaining a checklist, generated from the NMM's inventory
database, of a group of instruments not yet represented in the following
lists, please contact the NMM at nmm@usd.edu.
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- II. Instruments from Europe and the United States:
- All Plucked Strings
- Checklist of Plucked Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800
- Checklist of Bowed and Plucked Stringed Instruments Made in Cremona, Italy
- Checklist of 16th-and 17th-Century Instruments
- Checklist of Plucked Stringed Instruments by Carl and August Larson (the Larson Brothers)
- Checklist of Instruments Designed by Lloyd Loar Along with Their Amplifiers and Speakers
- Checklist of
Stringed Instruments Made by Mario Maccaferri
- Checklist of Plucked Stringed Instruments by Anastasios Stathopoulo
- Checklist of Musical Instruments by Stromberg
- Checklist of Vivi-Tone Instruments
- Banjos
- Checklist of Banjos by Gibson
- Checklist of Banjos by Ludwig & Ludwig
- Checklist of Plucked Stringed Instruments by Anastasios Stathopoulo
- Checklist of Musical Instruments by Stromberg
- Citterns
- Checklist of Plucked Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800
- Checklist of 16th-and 17th-Century Instruments
- Dulcimers
- Checklist of Appalachian Dulcimers
- English Guitars
- Checklist of Plucked Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800
- Guitars
- Checklist of Plucked Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800
- Checklist of Bowed and Plucked Stringed Instruments Made in Cremona, Italy
- Checklist of 16th-and 17th-Century Instruments
- Checklist of Guitars and Mandolins by John D'Angelico
- Checklist of Guitars by the Dobro Brothers
- Checklist of Epiphone Guitars
- Checklist of Fender Guitars
- Checklist of Acoustic Guitars by Gibson
- Checklist of Electric Guitars by Gibson
- Checklist of Guitars by Grammer Guitar Company
- Checklist of Guild Guitars
- Checklist of Guitars by Chris Knutsen
- Checklist of Instruments Designed by Lloyd Loar Along with Their Amplifiers and Speakers
- Checklist of
Stringed Instruments Made by Mario Maccaferri
- Checklist of Guitars, Mandolins, and Ukuleles by C. F. Martin & Co.
- Checklist of Guitars by Semie Moseley (Mosrite)
- Checklist of Mossman Guitars
- Checklist of Electric Lap Steel Guitars and Resonator Guitars by National-Dobro Corporation
- Checklist of Guitars by Pimentel & Sons
- Checklist of Guitars by Erwin Somogyi
- Checklist of Musical Instruments by Stromberg
- Checklist of Guitars by Tony W. Vines
- Checklist of Vivi-Tone Instruments
- Harps
- Checklist of Harps
- Checklist of 16th-and 17th-Century Instruments
- Checklist of Plucked Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800
- Langeleiks
- Checklist of Langeleiks
- Lutes
- Checklist of Plucked Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800
- Checklist of 16th-and 17th-Century Instruments
- Mandolins
- Checklist of Plucked Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800
- Checklist of Bowed and Plucked Stringed Instruments Made in Cremona, Italy
- Checklist of 16th-and 17th-Century Instruments
- Checklist of Guitars and Mandolins by John D'Angelico
- Checklist of Guitars, Mandolins, and Ukuleles by C. F. Martin & Co.
- Checklist of Mandolins by Gibson
- Checklist of Instruments Designed by Lloyd Loar Along with Their Amplifiers and Speakers
- Checklist of Mandolins by Vega, Boston
- Checklist of Vivi-Tone Instruments
- Spitzharfe
- Checklist of Plucked Stringed Instruments Made Before 1800
- Ukuleles
- Checklist of Ukukleles
- Checklist of Guitars, Mandolins, and Ukuleles by C. F. Martin & Co.
- Checklist of
Stringed Instruments Made by Mario Maccaferri
- Zithers
- Checklist of Alpine Zithers
- Checklist of Zithers by Franz Schwarzer
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Woodwind Instruments
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Note: The checklists provided below represent
only a relatively small portion of the NMM's encyclopedic collections of more than 14,500 instruments.
If you are
interested in obtaining a checklist, generated from the NMM's inventory
database, of a group of instruments not yet represented in the following
lists, please contact the NMM at nmm@usd.edu.
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- II. Instruments from Europe and the United States:
- All Woodwinds
- Checklist of 16th-and 17th-Century Instruments
- Bagpipes
- Checklist of Bagpipes
- Bassoons
- Checklist of Bassoons
- Clarinets
- Checklist of Clarinets
with Five Keys
- Checklist of Clarinets
with Six Keys
- Checklist of Albert System Clarinets by Buffet-Crampon & Cie, Paris
- Checklist of Boehm System Clarinets by Auguste Buffet, jeune; Auguste Buffet; & Buffet-Crampon & Cie
- Checklist of Alto Clarinets by C. G. Conn Ltd.
- Checklist of Double-Wall Clarinets by C. G. Conn
- Checklist of Instruments by Graves & Company
- Checklist of Thermoclarinets by William S. Haynes
- Checklist of Mazzeo
System Clarinets
- Checklist of McIntyre
System Clarinets
- Checklist of Clarinets by Georg Ottensteiner
- Checklist of Clarinets and Flutes by Members of the Pfaff Family
- Checklist of Clarinets Made for Distribution by Rudall, Carte & Co.
- Checklist of Albert System Clarinets by Henri Selmer, Paris
- Checklist of Boehm System Clarinets by Henri Selmer, Paris, and H. & A. Selmer, Elkhart, Indiana
- II. United States
- Checklist of Flutes and Fifes Made in Chicago
- Checklist of Flutes Made in Cleveland
- Checklist of Flutes and Piccolos Made by Conn and Pan American in Elkhart, Indiana
- Checklist of Flutes Made in Connecticut
- Checklist of Flutes and Piccolos by the Cundy-Bettoney Company, Boston
- Checklist of Flutes and Piccolos by Elkhart (Indiana) Makers
- Checklist of
Flutes and Fifes by Firth, Hall, Pond, and Meacham, Albany and New York City
- Checklist of Flutes
and Piccolos by George W. Haynes and William S. Haynes, Boston
- Checklist of Flutes Made by Louis Lot, Paris
- Checklist of
Flutes, Fifes, and Piccolos by New York City Makers and Dealers
- Checklist of
Flutes and Fifes by New York State Makers
- Checklist of
Flutes by Chabrier Peloubet, Bloomfield, New Jersey
- Checklist of Clarinets and Flutes by Members of the Pfaff Family
- Checklist of
Flutes and Fifes by Philadelphia Makers: Bacon & Hart; Klemm & Brothers; and Johann Pfaff
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Collections and Archives
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If you are
interested in obtaining further information about any of the following collections and archives, please contact the NMM at nmm@usd.edu.
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- Barnes and Usher
Abell Collection and Archive (Vermillion, South Dakota)
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Abell-Streim
Sound Recordings Collection (Vermillion, South Dakota)
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Cecil
Adkins Archive (Denton, Texas)
- Nils Aspaas and John Watne Luthiery Archive (Baltic, South Dakota)
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Alan
G. Bates Harmonica Collection and Archive (Hockessin, Delaware / West Grove, Pennsylvania)
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John
A. Bolander Bow-Making Archive (San Mateo, California)
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Canning
Banjo Collection and Archive (West Virginia)
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Composer
Elmer Lyle Carey Archive (Watertown, South Dakota)
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Raymond
H. Cash Collection and Archive (Vermillion, South Dakota)
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Center
for Musical Antiquities Archive (New York City)
- George Chanot Luthiery Archive (London)
- James Christensen's Alfred Stelzner Research Archive (North Liberty, Iowa)
- Paul and Jean Christian Musical Instrument Collection and Archive (St. Paul, Minnesota)
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Dean W. R. Colton Archive and Music Collection
(Vermillion, South Dakota)
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The Conn
Company Archive (Elkhart, Indiana)
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Frederick
B. Crane Instrument Collection (Iowa City, Iowa)
- Deansboro Musical Museum Archive (Deansboro, New York)
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Marjorie
Eastwood Dudley (South Dakota Composer) Archive (Vermillion, South
Dakota)
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W. T.
Eckstein Music Collection (New Ulm, Minnesota)
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Russell
Enoksen Free Reed Collection and Archive (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
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Don
Fejfar Band Archive (Yankton, South Dakota)
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Stan Fritts
and the Korn Kobblers Collection and Archive (Yankton, South Dakota)
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Marius Fossenkemper Clarinet Mouthpiece Collection (Pueblo, Colorado)
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Fordyce M. and Frances Fox Music and Musical Instrument Collections (Kyle, Texas)
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Karl and Helen Fruh Music Collection and Archive (Austin, Texas)
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Carl Fudge Harpsichord Manufacturing Archive (Winchester, Massachusetts)
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Willis Gault Luthiery Archive (Washington, DC)
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George
B. German Music Collection
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Golden Age of Bands Music Collection (1860-1920)
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Golden
Strings Orchestra and Recordings Library (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
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Jody C. Hall (Conn Company) Archive (Elkhart, Indiana)
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George V. Hendricks Brass Instrument
Collection (Etna, California)
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F.
Thomas Hiddleson Collection and Music Library (Libertyville, Illinois)
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Dale Higbee
Flute and Recorder Collection (Salisbury, North Carolina)
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The Holton Company Band Library (Elkhorn, Wisconsin)
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The Holton Company Musical Instrument Collection and Archive (Elkhorn, Wisconsin)
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Will Hoover Guitar, Mandolin, and Banjo Pick Collection (Kapolei, Hawaii)
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Carleen
Hutchins Collection, Archive, and Violin Octet (Montclair,
New Jersey)
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Earle L. Kent (Conn Company) Archive (Elkhart, Indiana)
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Arne
B. Larson Instrument Collection and Archive (Vermillion, South
Dakota)
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The Leblanc Company Archive (Kenosha, Wisconsin)
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Halvor Lee Violin-Making Archive (Spirit Lake, Iowa)
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Cecil
B. Leeson Saxophone Collection and Archive (Muncie, Indiana)
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William F. Ludwig II Collection
(Elk Grove, Illinois)
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Arne
Lyckholm Music Collection (Vermillion, South Dakota)
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Earl McCullough Music Collection (Vermillion,
South Dakota)
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Roderick McDonald Gibson Guitar Catalog Collection (Ann Arbor, Michigan)
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Mahoney Music Collection (4,700+ publications about stringed instruments at USD)
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Margaret H. Martin Whistle Collection (Boise,
Idaho)
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William
Maynard Clarinet Collection and Archive (Massapequa, New York)
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Rosario
Mazzeo Clarinet Collection (Carmel, California)
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Meisel
Family Violin Collection (Owatonna, Minnesota)
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Musical
Instrument Manufacturers' Archive
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Stanley
G. Newton Violin-maker's Archive (Ottumwa, Iowa)
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James
S. Patterson Brass Instrument Collection (Albuquerque, New Mexico)
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Matt Petrik
Bohemian Dance Band Archives (Wagner, South Dakota)
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John Powers
Saxophone Collection (Carbondale, Colorado)
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Tom Ptak Collection and Archives
(Wagner, South Dakota)
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Rasmussen Family Music Archive (Beresford,
South Dakota)
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Lawrence Romeiser Instrument Collection (North
Platte, Nebraska)
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Royal
Holland Bell Ringers Collection and Archive (Holland, Michigan)
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C. Charles Ruck Experimental Piano Collection and Archive
(Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin)
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Arnold Ruskin Collection and Archive (Trumpets and Cornets) (La Cañada, California)
- Alverno J. Scherschligt Archive (Yankton, South Dakota)
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August John Schieferstein Music Library
(Norfolk, Nebraska)
- Harold Shafer Luthiery Archive (Sioux Falls, South Dakota)
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Sheet Music Collection
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Eric C. Shoaf Guitar Trade Catalog Collection
(Riverside, Rhode Island)
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Jay Sims (Sousa Band Personnel Manager) Collection and Archive
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Judge E. G. Smith Luthiery Archive (Vermillion,
South Dakota)
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The
Wayne Sorensen Collection of Woodwind Instruments (San Jose,
California)
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Sound Recordings Archive
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South Dakota and Regional Music Collection
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Charles
D. Stein Early Electronic Instrument Collection and Archive
(Oklahoma City, Oklahoma)
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Charles
W. Stoll Electronic Organ Trade Literature Archive (Omaha, Nebraska)
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Harry
and Helen Turen Collection and Archive (Yankton, South Dakota)
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Joe
R. and Joella F. Utley Brass Instrument Collection (Spartanburg,
South Carolina)
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Felix Vinatieri (Custer's Bandmaster)
Archive (Yankton, South Dakota)
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Charles L. Von Berg Harp Archive (LeMars, Iowa)
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Whittemore and Lowe Piano Duo Archive
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Witten-Rawlins
Stringed Instrument Collection
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Gotfrey Yatskevich Violin-Making Archive (Chicago, Illinois)
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Phillip
T. Young Archive (Victoria, British Columbia)
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Robert
W. Young (Conn Company) Archive (San Diego, California)
- Elmer Ziegler Instrument Collection and Archive
(Madison, Illinois)
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National Music Museum
The University of South Dakota
414 East Clark Street
Vermillion, SD 57069
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