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Day 4 (AM) - Marktneukirchen
Description: Unfortunately, the weather and my lack of diligence combined for a paltry two photos of my Marktneukirchen experience, hardly representative of the tremendous experience I had there.
In addition to the Musical Instrument Museum, where the two photos below were taken, I got to see the workshops of two instrument makers. The first was a violin shop, where all manner of stringed instruments are made. It was a small 4 person shop with a Master, Journeyman and two apprentices turning several blocks of wood into fine cellos, violas and violins. After answering many questions about the art of making stringed instruments, he offered to allow any of the group the opportunity to play one of his instruments. As the only violinist in the group, I was happy to have the opportunity to play what turned out to be a $15,000 dollar instrument. It sounded like butter, at least when I wasn't doing anything to screw up too badly.
After a most interesting lunch, we went to the workshop of a brass instrument maker. There I got to see how brass instruments of the finest quality are made by hand. Even the smallest parts of the valves are hand-made. Most impressive. This town is well worth a visit for anyone with an interest in the manufacture of musical instruments.
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In the musical instrument museum, each room is focussed on a different class of instrument, with all the historic precursors to modern musical instruments as well as the more spectacular variations. Here you see the double bass exhibit. The bass in the center was the double bass of the Frauenkirche in Dresden, removed to a monestary before the war and thus saved from the destruction of the city.
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This room shows off the keyboard collection of the museum. From clavier to harpsichord to piano, and from the tiniest portative organ to the larger continuo organ, this is just a sample of the many instruments on display here.
Other unique items in the collection include the worlds largest accordion, with a full sized 88-key keyboard on one side. The instruments serve as a resource to the craftspeople in town, to provide ideas and show how various effects are accomplished throughout the history of instrument-making.
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Copyright ©2001, Robert Rohr.
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