Musical Instruments at Cambridge
The University has an outstanding collection of musical instruments, with many available to be played in Colleges, at the Faculty of Music in West Road and to hire for projects or specialist study.
Collectively the University and Colleges own well over 100 pianos, including many professional quality Steinways, some 30 organs, the East of England’s largest set of orchestral percussion instruments, a rapidly growing stock of drum kits, PA systems, amps and other equipment for popular music, a Javanese Gamelan, a set of traditional Indian instruments, historic keyboard instruments including harpsichords, fortepianos and chamber organs, and even a specially-commissioned orchestra of baroque instruments.
Many of these instruments are available for hire for short term loans for concerts and projects and others are available for students to use of a term or even a whole year.
For more details of the instruments found at the Faculty of Music and the Centre for Music Performance, please visit the CMP's Instrument Hire pages. These include:
- String instruments & bows
- Woodwind
- Brass
- Pianos, Harpsichords, Clavichords, Fortepianos & Organs
- Electric Keyboards
- Drum Kits & Percussion
- Amps, Microphones, DJ and PA Equipment and Lighting
- Non-western instruments
Students are welcome to contact the Director of Performance, Maggie Faultless (mf413@cam.ac.uk) for advice about any aspects of performance or instruments.