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The American Musical Instrument Society

Ruckers harpsichord and lyre guitar

Ruckers

Lyre guitar
from the Yale University Collection of Musical Instruments

 

Welcome

The American Musical Instrument Society is an international organization founded in 1971 to promote better understanding of all aspects of the history, design, construction, restoration, and usage of musical instruments in all cultures and from all periods.

The membership of AMIS includes collectors, historians, curators, performers, instrument makers, restorers, dealers, conservators, teachers, students, and many institutional members. All individual members have full voting rights and, with the exception of spouse members, receive the Society's publications.

39th Annual AMIS Meeting
Library of Congress
Washington, DC
May 26 to 29, 2010

Announcing a New Publication!

The New-York Book of Prices
for Manufacturing Piano-fortes

by
The Society of Journeymen Piano-forte Makers

Foreword by Henry Z. Steinway
Introduction by Laurence Libin

Click here for information


Partial funding provided by:
Tony Bingham

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