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Trip to the Musical Instrument Musuem |
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January 5th, 2012 |
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I had not heard of this museum until
my mom mentioned it to me and treated the kids and I to a visit to it. I
have to say, it is a pretty awesome museum! I was so surprised at their
collection...mechanical instruments and their history, TONS of instruments
from artists (like Eric Clapton's guitar, Elvis's bongo drums, a drum
played in China for the
2008
summer Olympics), instruments from around the world (from over 200
countries) and an interactive room where you are permitted to "gently
play" some instruments. Oh, and they provide complementary headsets that
automatically turn off and on at each specific instrument, e.g. listen to
a Steinway piano play, listen to woman from Kazakhstan play the
Kyl Kobyz (bowed lute).
The kids enjoyed the headsets and listening to all of the different kinds
of music. So did the Mama and Grammy ;)
These are just a "few" pictures I
selected to post, out of the 241 pictures I took. Yes, I went
overboard and took a few, here and there ;) Enjoy!
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Grammy and the kids (Suzan, Jared, Brielle, Bethany and
Anna) ready for our museum tour :) |
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First off, the section of mechanical instruments.
Here, a mechanical mouth organ. Wow! |
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A mini roller piano |
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Suzan listening to the music :) |
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Bethany :) |
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The kids and Grammy listening |
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This is one huge mechanical dance organ! It comes
from Belgium. |
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A barrel organ from Ukraine. Despite its compact
size, it is one of the loudest instruments in the museum. |
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A barrel organ from Norway, dated 1893 and made by
Christian Tharaldsen, Norway's most prolific barrel-organ builder in
late-19th-century. |
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Eric Clapton's guitar |
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Drums from the Black Eyed Peas |
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Remember that awesome opening ceremony display at the
2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China?
Here's 1 of the 2008 drums the drummers played! |
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A 3-neck guitar made especially for Steve Vai |
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Oh, just a guitar that Elvis played ;) |
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"Uhh hu!" A costume of Elvis's |
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Elvis's Army fatigue shirt and bongos, given to him as
a holiday present from Priscilla shortly after they met |
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Guitar from the Jonas Brothers |
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The Kyl bobyz, or bowed lute, from Kazakhstan |
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Here's how you play it :) |
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Dress from Mongolia, worn during a traditional music
ceremony |
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A taiko, or double-headed barrel drum, from Japan |
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Peruvians wear this during the Scissors Dance.
And yes, those are scissors - cool! |
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In the background is a cutaway of a Steinway & Sons
grand piano.
Here, we're watching/listening to how a Steinway piano is built. Very
cool! |
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Suzan in front of a 1/4-size violin. The violin
was so tiny and cute! Can I have 4 of them, please? :D |
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Wow! Those Norwegians know how to gild a violin! |
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After ~2hrs the kids needed some "play time"...Jared |
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Suzan. I think she got the most "into it" with these
instruments ;) |
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Brielle |
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Anna |
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Anna and the gong :) |
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Bethany |
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Jared with the gong, now |