Various types of musical instruments, traditional and modern, are on display at the World Music Gallery, in Jatim Park 3, located in the tourist city of Batu, East Java.
Occupying an area of 3,000 square meters, the gallery features different flute, string and percussion instruments from five continents as well as collections of memorabilia from local and world musicians.
The exhibits are neatly arranged in the three-story building, with its ground floor housing musical instruments from 30 countries including America, Australia, China and Indonesia in separate booths.
The gallery’s operational manager, Agus Priyanto said the gallery was designed to create a musical atmosphere to be enjoyed audio-visually.
“We have equipped each booth with a video monitor presenting the relevant instrument so that visitors will hear the sound it produces,” he added.
The second floor displays musical genres ranging from jazz, rock and pop to keroncong (Portuguese-influenced traditional pop music) and dangdut (Hindi-styled folk music).
Wax images accompany the genres like those of The Beatles with their Abbey Road album cover and several vinyl records.
There’s also a collection of musicians’ guitars such as those of Eross Chandra from Sheila on 7, Bon Jovi and Eric Clapton. Visitors can see Led Zeppelin’s vinyl collection and wax figures of the King of Pop Michael Jackson and the King of Rock-n-Roll Elvis Presley.
Here what you will see:
SOURCE: Jarkata Post
