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Instruments form Russell's collection in St Cecilia's Hall, Edinburgh Raymond Anthony Russell , FSA FRHistS , (27 May 1922 – 17 March 1964) was a British organologist and antiquarian . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] He was an expert on early keyboard instruments, and assembled an important collection which now forms the Raymond Russell Collection of Early ...
St Cecilia's Hall was originally commissioned by the Edinburgh Musical Society (EMS) and designed by the Scottish architect Robert Mylne, who also designed Blackfriars Bridge in London. The EMS was founded in 1728, and for its first 35 years its members met in the upper hall of St Mary's Chapel, a small church that formerly stood to the north ...
The Russell Collection is a substantial collection of early keyboard instruments assembled by the British harpsichordist and organologist Raymond Russell. It forms part of the Musical Instrument Museums collection of the University of Edinburgh , and is housed in St Cecilia's Hall .
In 1727, Andrew Gairdner, an Edinburgh merchant, founded an Institution for the benefit of orphans. In 1734 a collection was made on behalf of the Institution which raised a sum of money which enabled the feuing of an area of ground at 'The Dingwall Park' adjoining the Trinity College Kirk, in the valley between the Netherbow and the Calton Hill in Edinburgh.
Erskine was born in Scotland and attended the University of Edinburgh. As a young man he started a business, but it failed. He invented the "Continual Stream Pump" and "Platometer", a centrifugal hydraulic engine, and experimented with other hydraulic systems. He became known as an inventor and engineer of some renown in his native land.
Princes Street, 1825 painting by Alexander Nasmyth of Princes Street, with the construction of the Royal Institution visible, right The Royal Institution, Edinburgh (now the Royal Scottish Academy), by George Meikle Kemp, c. 1840; watercolour and pen, 31.30 x 44.90 cm; National Galleries Scotland