Our final Hurrah before leaving Arizona was a visit to the Musical Intrument Museum. Recommended by our good friends Rick and Kate Cooper, it was highly anticipated by Hubby.
I thought it would be kind of boring, but it was amazing! When you entered the museum they gave you a headset. As you walked through the different displays, they had video footage highlighting the country or instruments in the display. The video footage really brought what you were seeing to life.
It was a vast museum with all different rooms. Starting out with different countries, and working its way to different genres and finally highlighting musicians.
A Giant Double-bass. We wondered how someone could play it.....and actually saw footage later of someone doing just that!
Hubby would like this....no, please don't get one for him!
Now this.....if it would only fit in his Christmas stocking!
There was only one instrument in the whole place that you were allowed to play....a beautiful Steinway piano! Hubby really enjoyed playing it. I thought I was taking video of him, but turns out I wasn't! Sorry!
One of the drums played in the opening ceremonies of the Tokyo Olympics.
I think we might have some friends with this many guitars!
Nope! No bagpipes in our house either!
We spent over 3 1/2 hours here, and had to rush through the last two rooms before the place closed. Amazing collection of music!!!
Thus ended our Arizona Adventure. The next day we boarded the plane and headed back to NH. The only black mark on a fantastic adventure was that Flight Line forgot to send someone to pick us up! Luckily, after some "Karen-like" behavior, they sent a car for us.
We totally enjoyed every minute of our trip. It was so unreal to be in the western part of the same country we live in and feel as if we were on another planet! It was great to come home to NH and see so much green! (and orange and red and yellow foliage!)
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