GEN. EMILIO AGUINALDO PIANO #emilioaguinaldomuseum #piano #thefirstpresidentofthephilippines #baguio
Steinway & Sons is considered one of the best piano makers in the world. In 1853, German immigrant Henry E. Steinway founded Steinway & Sons in New York City with the goal of building the best piano possible.
Zumpe was a pivotal piano maker who introduced a design for a small, rectangula piano that was affordable and appealed to members of the growing middle class. Zumpe's design is known as a square piano and he introduced it in 1766. Johann Christian Bach the Queen's music master, endorsed the instrument in 1768.
The growing popularity of the instrument led to Zumpe pioneering
large-scape piano manufacturing in London.
Around the mid-1700s, a different kind of piano was emerging in Germany, like a rectangular table with a keyboard set into the longer side, in similar form to the clavichord, and known in Germany as a QUERPIANO (pronounced “kvair-piano”) or QUERPIANOFORTE.
And when Aguinaldo was rushed to the hospital in 1964, he asked to be brought to his hospital room so that he could play the national anthem every morning.
It dates back to 1876 and is made of oak and ebony and ivory. It still plays but is out of tune because the strings are rusted and eventually the string is broken.
Aguinaldo died in Quezon City on February 6, 1964, a month and half before his 95th birthday. He was buried
behind his historic mansion in Kawit, Cavite which had become the center of the Independence Day celebrations in the Philippines.
It is a MUST VISIT museum, a hidden gem in the heart of Baguio City.
A must see to learn about Philippine History!
Best Time to Visit:
The museum is open from Tuesdays to Sundays
from 10 AM to 12 NN and 1 PM to 5 PM.
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