The Centre Sébastien Erard is the research branch of the Gaveau-Erard-Pleyel archives, deposited at the Musée du Palais Lascaris in Nice by the AXA insurance group in 2009. The centre was created in 2010, in partnership with the Association Ad Libitum, Centre International du Pianoforte, in order to make the archives more accessible to scholars. The Gaveau-Erard-Pleyel archives are composed of the instrumental and archival collections of the three most important instrument-making firms in France. This archive (of instruments, books, correspondence, ledgers and account books, patents, royal privileges, engravings, paintings, photographs, drawings, tools, films, etc.) tells the story of harp and piano making from the end of the eighteenth century until the middle of the twentieth century, in France and all over the world. To consult a complete catalogue of the archives, click here.
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The documents in the archives should be cited as follows: "Fonds Gaveau-Erard-Pleyel, deposited by the AXA insurance group at the Musée du Palais Lascaris, Nice."
All unauthorized reproduction of these images is strictly prohibited. All requests for publication of images should be addressed to the Musée du Palais Lascaris. They will in turn be forwarded to the owners of the archives, the Axa insurance group, for official permission.
For all questions regarding these archives, please contact:
Musée du Palais Lascaris
Département d'instruments de musique anciens
15 rue Droite
06300 Nice
FRANCE
tél: (+33) (0)4 93 62 72 44
fax: (+33) (0)4 93 62 72 45
e-mail: robert.adelson@ville-nice.fr
http://www.palais-lascaris-nice.org/