Organ and Piano Demonstrations

Visitors may enjoy live music performances this Fall while touring Whitehall. On select Sundays in September, October and November, visitors may delight in the sounds of the 1902 J. H. & C. S. Odell & Co. organ in the Music Room and the 1901 Steinway and Sons model B art case piano commissioned specifically for the Drawing Room. These two original instruments will be played by local musicians as part of the Museum’s conservation program. A variety of popular music will be performed including secular and spiritual pieces published or composed during the Gilded Age. Drawing Room piano demonstrations will take place on: September 3rd and 17th, October 1st, 15th, and 29th, November 12th. Music Room organ demonstrations will take place on: September 10th and 24th, October 8th and 22nd, November 5th and 19th.