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The Doctorow Center for the Arts is a beautiful multi-arts complex in the heart of Hunter.
You can find a bit of everything at the Doctorow Center for the Arts: from classical music concerts, films, one of the largest collections of historic pianos in the United States, and the home of the CMF offices. The DCA encapsulates the varied and exciting interests of the Catskill Mountain Foundation at large, with something for everyone!
Mountain Cinema
We show top Hollywood, foreign, and independent films at the Mountain Cinema, located in the Doctorow Center for the Arts. With over 200 films a year in high definition, digital surround sound, and an Independent film program, we have something for everyone!
The Mountain Cinema Classic & Independent Film Series shows films on two Thursdays each month. Each film is Pay What You Can.
Piano Performance Museum
The Piano Performance Museum, under the auspices of the Catskill Mountain Foundation, is the home of the Steven E. Greenstein Piano Collection, a one-of-a-kind assemblage of more than 25 extraordinary pianos and related artifacts. What is virtually unique about the Museum is that visitors can play on many of the instruments during their visits.
The Piano Performance Museum is open by appointment, or you can book a group tour from 4 up to 25 people
Admission: $10/person
The Collection
The collection includes early and modern keyboard instruments, including 200-year-old historic European pianos as well as American pianos built in the early 19th and 20th centuries. The collection shows the development of the instrument from pre-pianos like the clavichord and harpsichord, to the fortepiano, up to the modern piano. The Museum also houses a unique collection of miniature pianos and includes tuning tools and repair kits; tuning forks, hammers—everything that would allow a technician to bring a piano back to maximum performance standards. The goal of the Piano Performance Museum is to provide visual, audio and educational programs documenting the musical history and technical development of the piano, an essential instrument in performance, accompaniment and composition. After all, no musical education is complete without understanding the piano’s important role in musical development.
