Draft:Eric Feller Collection

• Comment: I have a feeling this may be notable but can you find any more sources that might meet WP:SIGCOV? BuySomeApples (talk) 19:44, 21 November 2024 (UTC)

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The Eric Feller Collection is a private collection of historical keyboard instruments, including clavichords, spinets, harpsichords, square pianos, fortepianos, tangent pianos, organs, and modern pianos and grand pianos in Germany. The collection was founded in 2004 by pianist Eric Feller and contains since that over 400 historic instruments. It is considered one of the largest private collections worldwide and showcases the development of keyboard instruments from the 15th century onward through original instruments by renowned makers.

Its primary focus is on tangent instruments and early keyboard instruments built till 1830. The collection also includes numerous early square pianos from the 18th century, with a particular emphasis on English square pianos.The collection also houses a comprehensive library of over 5,000 volumes, including sheet music, first editions, autographs, and specialized literature covering all aspects of music, as well as a notable library of first editions on philosophy.The collectors goal, beyond preserving these valuable instruments and hosting concerts, is to contribute to the study of music history and advance research on the history of instrument making and historical performance practices.

Museum betont - Ton und Tasten Museum, Kellinghusen

Since July 2024, part of the collection has been permanently exhibited and made accessible to the public at the Museum betont - Ton und Tasten Museum in Kellinghusen Germany. The museum is located in the city's historic town hall, which underwent extensive restoration starting in 2022. The grand reopening took place on July 5, 2024.

1. In addition to the permanent exhibition, the museum regularly hosts special exhibitions on various topics. It also organizes events where the historical instruments are used for concerts and research purposes.