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My fair city is host to The Musical Instrument Museum -- "The most extraordinary museum you'll ever hear".

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I've been to a lot of museums in my day, including The Met and the Uffizi Gallery in Florence.  The Musical Instrument Museum holds it own in the Wow Factor department.

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If you ever visit The Valley of the Sun, make sure to include this on your itinerary.  You'll be enticed by instruments and music from over 200 countries AND you can refuel at an organic cafe with critically acclaimed delights.  I'm not sure that any other museum like this exists anywhere.  If you know of one, please share.

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I won't bore you with crappy photos taken with my even crappier Crackberry.  Instead, take a visual and audio tour <a href="http://www.themim.org/about/photo-video-gallery" target="_blank">here.</a>

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For the most moving exhibit from my day at the museum . . . .
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12 Hours Later . . . . Update: Sometimes I forget important things when I'm composing blog posts late at night. Here's an example:

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[caption id="attachment_10684" align="alignnone" width="640"]<a href="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/2012/07/04/playdate-21-ever-heard-of-the-mim/img00109-20120528-1447/" rel="attachment wp-att-10684"><img class="size-full wp-image-10684" title="IMG00109-20120528-1447" src="http://www.diaryofalatebloomer.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/IMG00109-20120528-1447.jpg" alt="" width="640" height="480" /></a> John Lennon composed "Imagine" on this piano. Verklempt.[/caption]