Sounds good: the Musical Instrument Collection

Braunschweig's collection of historical musical instruments is internationally renowned.

It has exceptional examples of violins, mandolins, guitars, harps and, in particular, keyboard instruments that showcase the piano-making traditions of the Braunschweig region. Wind instruments such as cornets, horns, trumpets, flutes and clarinets round off the collection, which also includes a flute that once belonged to the Prussian King Frederick II, Louis Spohr's childhood violin, a Steinway square piano (1835) and a fortepiano formerly owned by the famous pianist Clara Schumann.