Josh White’s 00-21 Martin Guitar, 1943 This is one of only 24 of the 00-21 series made in 1943, due to reduced war-time production, but is highly praised among players for its reduced [...]
When this Johan Berent piano re-emerged from its 246-year seclusion, mostly spent within the original family, it created an immediate sensation. The advertisement for this particular piano in the [...]
Oldest Original Steinway Piano, patented 1858 In January 2003, Steinway & Sons launched a promotional campaign celebrating their 150th anniversary. Between January and June 2003, they were in [...]
Camp Meeting Trumpet South Carolina, 20th Century Calling the Camp Meeting Taking the religious zeal of the Second Great Awakening and incorporating it into the landscape, camp meetings [...]
This interactive 1960s-era mock-recording studio allows guests to play with faders and experience different aspects of recording technology. Famous guitarist Les Paul invented multi-track [...]
“Technology Island” Retrospective The center of the upstairs gallery displays a retrospective of technologies for recording, listening, and distributing music, from the first radios [...]
Along with featuring amazing instruments, we have re-created a facsimile of the John H. Williams music store in downtown Greenville, SC, circa 1905, with period musical material on [...]