Musical instruments

Specialists

Piano roll scanner update | October 23, 2018

The Archive of Recorded Sound welcomes Gurudarshan Khalsa | December 13, 2017

Playasax acquired by the ARS | June 24, 2015

Musical Acoustics Research Library

The MARL collection consisting of nearly 60 linear feet of materials is dedicated to the study of all aspects of musical acoustics.
William C. Lynch Dennis Brain Collection

The William C. Lynch Dennis Brain Collection principally consists of commercial and unpublished recordings of the world renowned British horn player, Dennis Brain (1921-1957).
Denis Condon Collection of Reproducing Pianos and Rolls

Over his lifetime, Denis Condon (1933-2012) amassed a collection of over 7500 piano rolls and ten instruments. The collection contains rolls of important composers of the period, all playing their own works.
Larry Sitsky Piano Roll Catalog Collection

This comprehensive rollography represents years of work documenting all known reproducing piano rolls of classical music ever issued.