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BBC: Rare trove of musical curiosities goes on display in Manchester (www.bbc.co.uk)

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 8 months ago

This is the best summary I could come up with:

A hidden museum filled with hundreds of rare and unusual musical instruments dating back as far as the 15th Century has been opened up to the public.

The Royal Northern College of Music's collection in Manchester includes a Stradivari violin, African gunibri, and a Tibetan human bone trumpet.

Other musical curiosities on display include a pendant containing a lock of composer Felix Mendelssohn's hair.

The oldest item in the collection is a 15th Century virginal, a keyboard instrument described as a "great-grandfather to the piano".

A piece of cloth reputed to be a fragment of Beethoven's shroud is also on display, alongside a miniature violin made in Manchester in 1901 to perfect scale, and a cast of the left hand of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin.

Ms Roberts said the college could "not wait to share how much beautiful music making is in Manchester's heritage."

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