{"id":996,"date":"2010-04-27T13:35:29","date_gmt":"2010-04-27T11:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=996"},"modified":"2017-04-26T18:16:19","modified_gmt":"2017-04-26T16:16:19","slug":"the-worlds-first-global-musical-instrument-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=996","title":{"rendered":"The World&#8217;s First Global Musical Instrument Museum &#8211; Phoenix, Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"watch-headline-title\">Some days ago the <strong>Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix<\/strong> has opened. This museum shows musical instruments from almost all countries of the world.<\/p>\n<p>I have first heard about this museum from a newspaper article in the New York Times which includes some fotos and a slide show with some instruments from the museum: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/04\/24\/arts\/design\/24museum.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/04\/24\/arts\/design\/24museum.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although the writer of this article is not completely happy with the concept used for the exhibition in the new museum I think that this museum will be able to prepare and present some groundbreaking exhibitions in the future.<\/p>\n<p>You can find useful information about the museum on the museum website:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themim.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.themim.org\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I have found the following videos with information about the new Musical Instrument Museum:<\/p>\n<h2>Listen to the World: The Musical Instrument Museum Clip 1<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Listen to the World: The Musical Instrument Museum Clip 1\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DoTCuGCQyf0?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The second video shows two guitars built by luthier Christian Druery from New Zealand.\u00a0 Christian Druery used ancient Swamp Kauri timber for those instruments. This wood is special for New Zealand. Big forrests of huge Kauri trees were covered by a swamp about 45000 to 55000 years ago.<\/p>\n<p>Today this wood is beeing excavated by big machines. It can then used for furniture or for building beautiful musical instruments.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"watch-headline-title\">Christian Druery Guitars museum guitars<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>A collection of photos taken of two exhibition guitars made for the Musical instrument museum in Phoenix Arizona by New Zealand Luthier Christian Druery.<br \/>\nfeatures Kauri Soundboard, Ancient Flamed whitebait Kauri back and sides, Puriri fretboard and bridge, paua koru inlays<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Christian Druery Guitars museum guitars\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4zUJjO0qLlY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong>Christian Druery<\/strong> does not like the fact that this special <strong>Kauri wood<\/strong> is exported to the USA. He thinks that this wood is so special for his country that it should only be used in New Zealand.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a video about unearthing more than 45000 years old <strong>Swamp Kauri<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"unearthing ancient kauri - 45,000+ years old\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oS9_fzfIqn8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Additional information:<\/h2>\n<p>Website of the <strong>Musical Instrument Museum<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.themim.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.themim.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Playlist Musical Instrument Museum<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Musical Instrument Museum - Phoenix, Arizona\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLC878J8mcBo-ya_hfEqEeCgYMDkQ7Bhqr\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"border-radius: 2px; text-indent: 20px; width: auto; padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px; text-align: center; font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif; color: #ffffff; background: #bd081c no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px; position: absolute; opacity: 1; z-index: 8675309; display: none; cursor: pointer;\">Merken<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some days ago the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix has opened. This museum shows musical instruments from almost all countries of the world. I have first heard about this museum from a newspaper article in the New York Times which includes some fotos and a slide show with some instruments from the museum: http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/04\/24\/arts\/design\/24museum.html Although 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