City of Brewer unveils music park on its riverwalk
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From left, Brewer City Council’s Michele Daniels, Doug Farnham, Nichi Farnham, Mayor Jenn Morin and Councilor Soubanh Phanthay. Instruments can be seen behind and around them.
Functional installations of large percussion instruments in public parks are becoming something of a trend.
Earlier this year, the nonprofit Bath at Play installed a large cavatina and four-page music book for a project Riverwalk Rhythm in Bath’s Bridge Park.
The instruments were made by Percussion Play, a United Kingdom maker of outdoor musical instrements.
Now the city of Brewer has taken a page from the same playbook, so to speak.
The city recently opened "Cool Tones on the Riverwalk," an interactive music park offering a hands-on experience with professional outdoor instruments by Percussion Play, nestled along the scenic Brewer Riverwalk.
The opening event featured a ribbon-cutting ceremony and remarks by Mayor Jenn Morin and Doug Farnham, owner of Getchell Brothers Ice., whose donation made the public installation possible.
Located on the historic former Getchell Ice property, the park sits at the northern end of the trail, between the Penobscot Street trailhead parking lot and the tunnel under the Chamberlain Bridge.
Getchell Brothers, founded in 1888 when South Brewer was a hub for ice harvested on the Penobscot River and shipped across the East Coast, has been apart of Brewer’s history for over a century.
The interactive music park is designed for spontaneous creativity, with a variety of instruments — including tubular bells, a xylophone and stainless steel babel drums that are similar to steel pans — for everyone to play.
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