{"id":1026,"date":"2012-03-26T13:14:20","date_gmt":"2012-03-26T15:44:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/?p=1026"},"modified":"2012-03-26T13:28:57","modified_gmt":"2012-03-26T15:58:57","slug":"chang-lien-cheng-saxophone-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/2012\/03\/26\/chang-lien-cheng-saxophone-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Chang Lien Cheng Saxophone Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we went to the Chang Lien Cheng Saxophone Museum. Bobble-head Ted Blades insisted on coming and I couldn&#8217;t say no. Before visiting the museum, we ate at the SaxPlayHouse restaurant located upstairs.<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wpid-Photo-2012-03-26-216-AM.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wpid-Photo-2012-03-26-216-AM.jpg\" id=\"blogsy-1332777557758.3396\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"397\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p> In the museum, We saw the four different types of saxophones: soprano, alto, tenor, and baritone.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; \">A few of us have played the sax before (years ago in school) and Lisa volunteered to try out a few. <\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; \">We then went to the Wan Li Fu Instrument factory that was just steps away to see how saxophones are made. There are a lot of steps involved before the final product is ready!<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wpid-Photo-2012-03-26-203-AM.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wpid-Photo-2012-03-26-203-AM.jpg\" id=\"blogsy-1332777557720.4978\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" width=\"371\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wpid-Photo-2012-03-26-207-AM.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wpid-Photo-2012-03-26-207-AM.jpg\" id=\"blogsy-1332777557780.1396\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wpid-Photo-2012-03-26-204-AM.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wpid-Photo-2012-03-26-204-AM.jpg\" id=\"blogsy-1332777557755.9482\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"389\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wpid-Photo-2012-03-26-211-AM.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wpid-Photo-2012-03-26-211-AM.jpg\" id=\"blogsy-1332777557726.7173\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"389\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; \"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; \"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; \">And of course when we came across a giant saxophone, it was necessary to take photos!<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; \"><strong>Team leader Doug Logan striking a pose:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wpid-Photo-2012-03-26-214-AM1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wpid-Photo-2012-03-26-214-AM1.jpg\" id=\"blogsy-1332777557823.2446\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" width=\"375\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: none;\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: none;\"><strong>Bobble-head Ted having some fun:<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: none;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wpid-Photo-2012-03-26-216-AM1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wpid-Photo-2012-03-26-216-AM1.jpg\" id=\"blogsy-1332777557783.0696\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" width=\"324\" height=\"500\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: none;\"><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: none;\"><strong>Group photo!<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: none;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wpid-Photo-2012-03-26-219-AM.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/virginiamiddleton.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/wpid-Photo-2012-03-26-219-AM.jpg\" id=\"blogsy-1332777557785.0562\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"292\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we went to the Chang Lien Cheng Saxophone Museum. 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