Old House Tours » museum http://oldhousetours.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 02 Dec 2010 19:13:23 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Theodore R. Sprecher Museum http://oldhousetours.com/2010/03/theodore-r-sprecher-museum/ http://oldhousetours.com/2010/03/theodore-r-sprecher-museum/#comments Tue, 30 Mar 2010 02:17:58 +0000 admin http://oldhousetours.com/?p=389
Captured on a walk of the streets in Ephrata, PA

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The Saal, the Meetinghouse

After a recent trip to photograph 120,000 Snow Geese during a migration stop at Middle Creek in Pennsylvania, I took a quick tour of the historic religious community, the Ephrata Cloister.  Started in 1732 by German Settlers, it is one of the earliest religious communities in America.  The buildings have been beautifully restored and maintained and it is an enjoyable visit if you find yourself in the area.  The museum is also worth perusing as the textiles and artifacts are a joy to see.  I snapped a few photos to share here on OHT.

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The Musical Wonder House is a 32-room mansion in Wiscasset, Maine that was built in 1852 by shipyard owners Henry Clark and A. Wood.  Today it houses an impressive 5000+ restored musical boxes, player grand pianos and organs, spring-wound phonographs, musical birds, porcelains, clocks, steins, whistlers, and several musical paintings.

This tour is a two-for-one: The house and it’s furnishings via the Museum’s official site, and a great photo tour from CuriousExpeditions.com, whose photo set of the museum is here on Flickr.

Be sure to scroll down to the audio track at the bottom of the Curious Expeditions blog post and take a listen.  It is from an 1898 Emerald Polyphon with 22-inch diameter discs and featuring 16 tuned orchestral bells playing in unison with 2 sonorous music combs.

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