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THE PERIOD PIANO COLLECTION

Performing - Studying - Exhibiting - Conserving

A 501(c)3 Non-Profit Corporation email contact

Bill Shull, RPT, M.Mus. Founder and President

610 Amigos Dr C, Redlands, CA 92373 909 796-4226 PERIOD PIANO CENTER SINCE 2006


	We seek to rediscover the art of the piano as the composer heard it on the instruments of the time; to collect and study the instruments themselves, conserving many for history, and performing on many, so we might rediscover history’s magic. We exhibit and curate instruments, tell the great stories of piano and society, and study the history of the piano, its technology and its builders.


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	CURRENT EXHIBIT: 19TH CENTURY PIANOS IN THE HOME

In the early 19th century the piano was a domestic musical instrument, and became increasingly important in the family, both as a means for keeping the young ladies occupied with worthwhile activity and as a symbol of upward mobility. Many different types or styles of pianofortes were built - square, grand, diagonal grand and finally, vertical. As the piano was rapidly changing in its design, the home piano revealed many technological innovations; as the piano became a symbol of status, the cabinets were sometimes more fancy, too. Pianos from France, Germany, England and the United States are represented in this exhibit.


	CURRENT EXHIBIT: 19TH CENTURY PIANOS IN THE HOME