There is something about little things that always gets me. I am a professional musician, so I especially go in for miniature musical instruments. Whether they are toy pianos or childrens guitars, or models that are quite a bit smaller, I have always thought that miniature musical instruments were simply delightful to look at and play with. On my wall, I have childrens musical instruments of all kinds alongside the real, professional instruments that I use in my gigs. But that is not the real prize of my collection. The part that I really like the very best of all is all of the tiny replica miniature musical instruments. Few of them play, but they are simply adorable, if you ask me. There are so many miniature musical instruments that I just do not know where to start.

I have a 3 guitar that is an exact copy of a 67 Fender Strat, complete with the brilliant sunburst orange, real whammy bar, and everything. It even plugs into a miniature vintage amp, although neither of them play at all. In fact, there are only a few of my miniature musical instruments that do play. One of them is a three hole Hohner harmonica key chain, which actually sounds pretty darned good for such a little thing. Another is a tiny miniature piano, which has real working keys. Most of my miniature musical instruments cost me pennies, but that miniature piano is the one exception. You would simply not believe what it actually cost me if I were to tell you. No one believes it when I tell them.

Of course, a lot of people do not get my obsession with miniature musical instruments. Fans of music do not get it, because they only like having things that they can play in their collections. And, of course, most people who collect little things like things a lot cuter than miniature musical instruments, so they do not understand my obsession either. I guess that it all comes down to the fact that they really represent music to me, but in a form that I can hold in the palm of my hand. My miniature musical instruments are sort of like a little tiny symbol of what it is that I am really about, and so I treasure them as such. That is the real source of their importance to me. I guess miniature musical instruments are not for everyone.