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THE EBOARDMUSEUM AND ITS HISTORY
The EBOARDMUSEUM had been created 1987 by Prix Gert . Thus it's been the first museum of its kind worldwide . Apart from various divisions in - usually national - museums , that mostly are attended second - rate .
Initially it became famous as KEYBOARDMUSEUM . But to draw a definite borderline to solely acoustic keyboards like Grand Pianos , Accordions and also the current generation of Portable Keyboards it's been renamed to EBOARDMUSEUM on the 1st of January 2003 .
| Does the EBOARDMUSEUM really exist ? | Yes
! In contrast to some virtuell keyboardmuseums at the EBOARDMUSEUM all
exhibits are presented under one roof in an area of about
1.700 m² . There they can be played , tested , touched , smelled ,
be photographed and sampled as well . |
| What can you see at the EBOARDMUSEUM ? | Right now
there are about 1.000 exhibits , obviously mainly electronic keyboards
like SYNTHESIZERs , E PIANOs
, electromagnetic HAMMONDs
, ELECTRONIC ORGANs , MELLOTRONs
, STRINGENSEMBLEs
, SAMPLER
and so on . But naturally there are DRUMMACHINEs
, LESLIEs , AMPs
, FXs and , and , and as well . |
| Why is the EBOARDMUSEUM resident in Austria ? | Apart
from the undisputed importance of Austria with regard to musical history
, that as we know started several centuries ago , also electronic music
did find its Mecca here in Austria at the ARS ELECTRONICA . And finally
the EBOARDMUSEUMs promoter is Austrian . |
| Prix Gert ? | |
| How and where can I visit the EBOARDMUSEUM ? |
