This is going to be a long blog on the Musical Instrument Museum, we spent 6 hours there and rushed the last 2 hours, so if you are not interested in musical instruments just glace at the first five and last pictures. My first run through of pictures to post had over a hundred, but I whittled that down considerably.
One evening when we were at Ron and Jane’s for supper there were some interesting clouds out their back yard.
The campground has a group site where clubs can come an have a get-to-gether. One weekend a group of Airstreams were using the site. These are for our niece, Heather, who has rehabbed an older Airstream.
There was only one motorized Airstream in the group, It’s the one way back in the picture.
We have driven by the MIM (Musical Instrument Museum) over the years and thought we should stop in. This year we talked with a couple people who have been there and decided to go. What an amazing museum. Just about every country in the world is represented by a display.
They had a special exhibit with Drums of the World.
Besides the displays they had TV screens that transmitted to a set of head phones you wear. The nice thing about these were that you did not have to select anything. As you got close to the screen or exhibit they would come on automatically.
In case the above picture is hard to read, “Played to appease deities during Buddhist chod meditation; constructed from the caps of two human skulls (male and female) collected from “sky burial” sites. The twin drumheads are specially cured human skin.” This was on of the most bizarre exhibits we have ever seen.
This ceramic drum is about 5000-6000 years old.
Display of the old and new ways of communication. The only thing missing is my I-phone.
There are many displays of instruments that musicians personally used.
There is a room dedicated to just instruments that are played by, disc, metal rolls, paper rolls, etc.
The museum also has a facility for restoration of instruments.
And there are hundreds of displays showing instruments, old and new, of countries around the world.
Peru. Sandy and I like the flute music from that region.
We thought the origins of “Taiko” were interesting.
Harmonicas.
My brother Joe made one of the “cigar box guitars” last winter and he even learned to play it.
That’s Marty Robbins in the center of the TV screen and the black outfit is one of his.
There is a display showing the making of Martin guitars.
And one of the making of violins in Italy.
We have always thought of bagpipes as a Scottish and Irish musical instrument. But we found out it was used throughout Europe, both western and eastern.
The creativity of some bagpipes was amazing.
Now that this long blog is over; everyone put on a “HAPPY FACE”.
Until next time,
Dave and Sandy
1 comment:
Nice job, you've been busy. Never heard of this museum before. All we have to do is follow you two around to find interesting things. Enjoy your summer.
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