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Info & contacts
- Museum management — Mr Ernesto Marchetti
Tel. 335 7316518 · ernesto452@gmail.com - Agriturismo Torretta
Tel. 347 2297863 · Fax 0375 260005 · cristinafadani@gmail.com - Municipality of Torricella del Pizzo
Tel. 0375 99821
Guided tour programme
The history of music is also the history of musical instruments.
Guided tour of the instruments with the chance to hear them working.
Topics
- History of Mechanical Music
- The instruments and the historical period that produced them
- Mechanics, ergonomics, aesthetics and compatibility
- Music and its link with the history of scientific thought
Aims
- Rediscover the charm of old instruments, witnesses of custom and history
- Observe and describe the technological features of the instruments on display
- Understand the evolution of sound and its recording
- Foster respect for history and its evolution
- Grasp the importance of Mechanical Music across social classes
Activity description
Through the observation of the museum's instruments and specific educational worksheets, the following themes are explored:
- Observation of the instruments and how they work
- An introduction to reading the perforated rolls in relation to the instruments
The tour is guided and tailored in its educational content to the level and grade of the visiting school group. Maximum: 40 pupils per group (by arrangement).
Duration: half day 9:00 – 12:30 · full day 9:30 – 15:30 (lunch break 12:30 – 13:30).
Visit the museum
A visit to Museo Amarcord is an intense experience of research and listening, able to carry us back to relive and, if possible, understand a whole era. In the rooms you can admire music boxes, barrel pianos, barrel organs, phonographs and gramophones, aerophone and string instruments, and many other sound mechanisms — restored and often still working.
The museum is curated by the “Amici della Musica” group of Torricella del Pizzo together with AMMI. To arrange a visit, please get in touch through the contact page.