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The National Music Museum (or "Shrine to Music Museum") in Vermillion South Dakota (at the University of South Dakota). The museum contains over 10,000 music instruments, including many extremely rare and highly valuable pieces. Grand piano by Louis Bas, Villeneuve les Avignon, France, 1781. The earliest French grand piano known to survive. Ornately-decorated soundboard. (8/13/2004)