What I thought was a place to look for information appeared before us as a real museum of objects and musical instruments. A place of unseveral rooms with photos, scores, instruments, reproduction equipment. All this in very good condition.
What I thought was a place to look for information appeared before us as a real museum of objects and musical instruments. A place of several rooms with photos, scores, instruments, reproduction equipment. All this in a very good state of preservation.
We were welcomed by the director of the place, a very wise man named Elpidio. He, passionate about music, was telling us about the creation of the place, the reception of equipment and all its important pieces. Many photos of orchestras of our territory, both male and female. He told us incredible anecdotes to get every object they pose and some pieces are worth millions of pesos.
Where I was pleasantly surprised was in the musical instruments room. With several walls with instruments: percussion, strings, wind instruments. How beautiful and well cared for, they all work. Here is the "water stick" instrument used by the famous Cesária Évora, a Cape Verdean singer known as "the diva of bare feet".
Just out of respect I didn't touch any of them with my hands but it was really an invitation to look at them. Then I leave even more surprising. A collection of music reproduction equipment. Gramophones, victrolas, organs, these equipments do not need electricity. They are string operated and have recorded music on a very interesting system of punched cards. There they worked for us.
It reminded me of my grandmother talking about the victrolas. She said that in some homes of very wealthy people in the first half of the twentieth century there were vitolas and also in pharmacies and bars. The boys dedicated songs to the girls.
Then other record players, radios and players that work with acetate discs. There we saw a lot of very rare, old, but working equipment. It is special the care with which they take care of them and repair them if necessar.
There is also a room to study and retrieve information. Special for researchers doing their thesis on the subject. I tell you it was a wonderful visit. There is also a piano. My students were delighted with the place and made an appointment to come back.
We really didn't want to leave that place. After listening to the explanations. We asked permission for photos and further questions. Every day I discover more interesting places in my city that I didn't know existed. I hope you like this visit and I send you my best regards. Best regards.
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Wow, these instrument are. Nice entry
These instruments are wonderful. There are many more. All with great stories. Thanks for stopping by and appreciating my post.
Thank you for your appreciation. This post gave me a lot of pleasure. For I told about musical instruments and antique music players and also about one man's passion for preserving them. Best regards.
This place is great, so many different musical instruments, I don't think I've ever seen so many instruments in one place. I really liked your publication.
Thanks my dear friend. It is a beautiful and interesting place too. Thanks for your appreciation.
What an amazing museum
Id love to visit place like this, in my place you would hardly find music museum
My favorite instrument there is the guitar
Nice one
Hi, There are many guitars here, lute, tres, quintillo and many others that I don't know their name. Many shapes and sizes. The truth is that it is a very interesting place. Thank you for your appreciation.
This museum is a musical instruments' heaven :))
And you were so lucky to have the opportunity to see it - and so we are, to see it through your post! And there is also a part of music reproduction equipment, cool stuff there! 👌
Hello my friend, these instruments are beautiful and others were left behind. But I was afraid to overwhelm with so much content. It is wonderful on the other hand when you wind up the organs and listen to classical music from various periods of history. A record openwork with musical notes. It is very nice the passion of the director of this place to treasure the music. Thank you for your appreciation. Greetings from my green island.