European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 01, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Is photos by Dave Casey an elaborately carved and painted Harp occupies a place of Honor. You can t help but note that the environment plays an important role in the shape and design of these _ z instruments. ./.-,.-- for example one instrument made by amazonian tribesmen uses a Turtle body with its neck stretched out about 7 inches to make a drum with a rattle. Another one a sitar like design from India has Peacock feathers placed at the base resembling an american Indian. Peace pipe _ whether it s snakeskin Bones or Bamboo you can expect to see these natural materials used to construct some Type of musical instrument _ the museum is open noon to 6 . Tuesdays and saturdays 10 . To 4 . Wednesday through Friday and 10 to 3 . Sundays. It is closed mondays. Museum Entrance fees Are 10,000 zlotys about 50 cents for adults 5,000 zlotys for children. It costs about $7.50 for a pass to photograph and a Little More to videotape. Tour guides Are available for about $5. Poznan the fifth largest City in Poland with a population of 570,000, is about 190 Miles West of Warsaw Halfway Between Berlin and Warsaw. Above a collection of instruments from the Region around Poznan during the Middle of the 19th Century Are displayed together. At leftist a Polyphone used to play music in the late 19thandcarly-20th centuries. December 1, 1994 stripes Magazine
