Musical Museum, Brentford

The Museum was founded in 1963 by Frank Holland MBE (1910–1989) as The British Piano Museum, who believed that self-playing musical instruments should be preserved and played. In 1975, he was interviewed for the TV Show 'Going Places', in which he reminisced about reading an article about there being about eight-hundred abandoned churches in Britain, so he decided to find a suitable one to house the instruments, 'St.George's', Brentford. He later wrote of his experiences in the book 'A Boxful of Rolls'. The Museum moved to a new purpose-built building nearby in 2009. In September 2024, the museum opened the Korg Gallery which contains a collection of synthesizers and other electronic musical instruments. == The Korg Gallery ==

One of the four galleries in the museum contains a collection of electronic musical instruments whose original production dates from the 1970s through to the present day. This room is known as the Korg Gallery and its exhibits include various vintage synthesizers made by the Japanese company, Korg, such as a miniKORG 700 and a rare, wall-mounted Korg MS-20 Blackboard synthesizer. Guided tours of the Korg Gallery are usually available and typically include demonstrations of some of the vintage synthesizers in the collection. Some of the synthesizers in the gallery may be played by visitors. ==See also==