TOURS.ID - Gramofon Comets There Are Only Two in the World
Siak
Palace, City-Riau Siak Sri Indrapura in which there are many objects of
historic classics. One of them contained a sort of gramophone musical
instrument called 'comet'. It is said that musical instruments brought by
Sultan Siak XI named Sultan Syarif Hasyim Abdul Jalil Assyaidis of Germany
there are only two in the world. Namely in Germany and Siak.
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of music used in the form of discs made of iron circular. Not much different
from the gramophone to play a musical instrument brought to Siak since 1896
must be rotated manually first. The music of the classical
instruments of famous composer Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
and Richard Strauss can be heard in the disk of the steel. To produce beautiful
and melodious sound, this steel plate in the holes such that when part of the
comet touches will pit exit tones.
In
the musical instrument in writing an explanation, the "Comet, a kind of
music gramophone plate made of steel which consists of music classical
instruments Germany VIII century creation of famous composers Beethoven,
Mozart, and Strauss brought by Sultan Siak XI in 1896 from a trip to Europe.
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is estimated that the steel disc of weighing up to 5 kg, the instrument height
of 3 meters and a width of about 90 cm. For travelers who want to palace has
another name Asyeriyah Hasyimiah this, to get to that location can be reached
about three to four hours from the city of Pekanbaru, Riau.
In
addition to storing classical objects such as comets, palace was built in 1889,
there are various other collections include replicas therein Siak royal crown,
a collection of weapons that were used by kings, gramophone musical
instruments, sculpture Wihelmina and a banquet room.
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