Berlin Musical Instrument Museum Berlin Musical Instrument Museum The Berlin Musical Instrument Museum () is located at the Kulturforum on Tiergartenstraße in Berlin, Germany. The Museum holds over 3,500 musical instruments from the 16th century onward and is one of the largest and most representative musical instrument collections in Germany. Objects include a portable harpsichord once owned by Prussia’s Queen Sophie Charlotte, flutes from the collection of Frederick the Great, and Benjamin Franklin’s glass harmonica. The Museum was founded in 1888 at the Royal Academy of Music in Berlin from a collection assembled by Philipp Spitta and Joseph Joachim. Thirty-four instruments from the Museum
Gary Adler Gary Adler Gary Adler is an American composer and musical director based in New York. He received two 2005 Drama Desk nominations (along with Zeyneb Bilal) for his music and lyrics for the off-Broadway show "Giuseppe Russo", which had its premiere in the New York Musical Theatre Festival the year before. As a composer, Adler has written songs for Disney Channel's "Johnny and the Sprites" and "Dance Dance Revolution", which was presented by Les Freres Corbusier in December 2008. Mr. Adler is a graduate of the University of Michigan where he studied under William Bolcom Gary has served as the