Walking on Gulangyu island's paved narrow coastal streets is any visitor's delight

Gulangyu piano museum

It is the only such museum in China and all the pianos are more than 100 years old. The museum opened to the public on December 22, 2001. The island is renowned for the culture of playing pianos as residents are reputed to own more than 600 personal pianos. The museum comprises two houses with two floors each, containing over 100 world-famous antique pianos collected from the Americas, Australia, Britain, Austria and France.

All pianos were collected by Hu Youyi, a wealthy Chinese patriot who lived in Australia. He was born on Gulangyu island and before his death in 2013, he donated the musical instruments to the State. The collection includes the popular Steinway and Sons pianos made in the US at the beginning of the 19th century. The oldest and biggest vertical piano, tallest upright piano in the world made by Broadwood and Sons, are some of the museum’s gems.

Kimeng Hilton Ndukong is Sub-Editor for World News with Cameroon Tribune bilingual daily newspaper in Cameroon. He is currently on media attachment with People’s Daily Online in English.

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