165th Annual Meeting, Lecture, and Reception

214 East Center Street,Nazareth PA 18064

30 October, 2022

Description

Laurence Libin, emeritus curator of musical instruments at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will discuss how the roots of the American piano manufacturing industry can be traced to the early Moravians in Pennsylvania. Libin will highlight the keyboard instruments uniquely preserved by the Moravian Historical Society. Libin lectures and publishes internationally on organology and historical preservation, and has investigated Moravian instrument making for more than forty years. The 165th Annual Lecture by Laurence Libin will begin at 3:00 p.m. A reception will follow the lecture. The Annual Meeting for Members of the Moravian Historical Society will take place prior to the lecture at 2:30 p.m. The talk is free to attend.