A fine example of that period's architecture, the building is also home to one of the world's great musical instrument collections.
Explorers returned to Europe with instruments from different cultures, however, so that by the end of the 19th century, some musical instrument collections were quite large.
The Q Music studios house an instrument collection of over 400 indigenous instruments from all 7 continents.
It is the largest collection of any kind ever given to the museum and makes up the bulk of the museum's entire musical instrument collection.
No slouch on the guitar himself, Matthew has recently expanded his working instrument collection.
Despite sparse funding, a painstaking effort was mounted to reconstruct the musical instrument collection.
Several examples can be found in musical instrument collections.
New Era," proclaims the brochure for 2005-6, which also touts the instrument collection.
A number of pieces from his optical instrument collection were placed on display there.
Musical instrument collections have been dispersed and music teachers coaxed into early retirement.