From the outside, it’s an innocuous 11th Avenue building. Inside, the Cantos Music Foundation is a music lover’s dreamscape. Its halls contain a one-of-a-kind Johannes Couchet harpsichord from 1679, a Kimball Theatre Organ from 1924, a Beatles-style Mellotron, Elton John’s songwriting piano, a keyboard-controlled analogue synthesizer used to score Apocalypse Now and 200-odd other pieces of music history.

We’re setting Laurie Anderson loose in Cantos, and inviting fifteen people to join her for an interactive dialogue as she explores a treasure trove of world instruments.