Laurence Libin

Laurence Libin (center) on a visit to
St. Petersburg, 1998
From his photo collection

Introduction 

LAURENCE LIBIN is an emeritus curator of musical instruments at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, honorary curator of Steinway & Sons, and editor in chief of the Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and of the Likhachev Foundation, and past president of the Organ Historical Society. His honors include the Curt Sachs Award from AMIS and the Anthony Baines Memorial Prize of the Galpin Society. He lectures and consults internationally.