Here is the petition!
[1]http://www.PetitionOnline.com/22210/petition.html
Please sign!
Kind regards, Susanne
Ketil Haugsand wrote on facebook:
Dear friends of Bach, the harpsichord, antique historically
significant musical instruments - and me -
I really don't want
I rarely go to London. On my last stay - only one day - I had looked
much forward to vitisiting the music instruments exhibition at the
Victoria Albert museum - but it was closed at that very day. There
was no information about this sad (non-)event available, or I missed it
because
Such a sad, and disgusting situation. It's pathetic where the
so-called priorities seem to lie. This is cultural devolution of
the worst kind, and will have actual consequences- I can relate
personally; as a young guitar student many decades ago, visiting
family friends in London on my way to
Over here in the US, we had a similar event in the early 1980s, when the US
congress decided to stop funding the Dayton Miller collection of
historical flutes, and the Library of Congress was forced to put the
instruments in cardboard boxes in the basement of the library. I know
that
I recently spent a few hours in the music section of the Deutsches National
Museum in Nurnberg. I was last there about 10 years ago and the display is
just as good / perhaps better. Nurnberg is not a rich city (e.g. compared to
Frankfurt or London). I guess the people who make such decisions in
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From: Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com
Cc: Lute List lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 10:58 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Closure of VA Instrument Gallery
I remember only a few years ago going to the VA musical instrument
section on a Saturday morning and being asked to leave
Monica Hall wrote:
That doesn't surprise me. The one time I made it to the Fitzwilliam
I'd just got to the instrument gallery and had cast a cursory glance
at the Stradivarius guitar when I was ejected because they were
closing the gallery due to lack of staff.
I am afraid (as an ex
: Stuart Walsh s.wa...@ntlworld.com
To: Monica Hall mjlh...@tiscali.co.uk; Lute Net
lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: [LUTE] Re: Closure of VA Instrument Gallery
Monica Hall wrote:
That doesn't surprise me. The one time I made it to the Fitzwilliam
There is another side to the VA story. Only three weeks ago they
opened a set of ten new medieval and Renaissance galleries at a cost of
-L-31 million. The new galleries have garnered fantastic reviews -
here's just one example:
:23 AM
To: Lute List
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Closure of VA Instrument Gallery
I recently spent a few hours in the music section of the Deutsches
National
Museum in Nurnberg. I was last there about 10 years ago and the display is
just as good / perhaps better. Nurnberg is not a rich city (e.g
dwinh...@comcast.net
A : Stephen Barber and Sandi Harris sb...@lutesandguitars.co.uk
Objet : [LUTE] Re: Closure of VA Instrument Gallery
Date : 16/12/2009 09:57:52 CET
Copie `a : lute@cs.dartmouth.edu
Such a sad, and disgusting situation. It's pathetic where the
so-called
Shocking! If this must happen, I do hope the instruments end up in places
where they can continue to freely serve an interested, albeit too small,
public.
Eugene
Eugene C. Braig IV
Artistic Director
Phone: 614-561-9204
The Columbus Guitar Society
Capital University, Conservatory of Music
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Dear Stephen and Sandi,
This is dreadful news - thanks very much for letting the list know
about this. I'm wondering if it may not be possible to get a petition
going that we could present to the V A directorate, one that may make
them reconsider this decision. There are obviously
This is a national disgrace. In recent years, I
have had more and more trouble getting to see the
instruments, and access has been sharply limited.
This is a very unfortunate trend.
dt
At 11:17 AM 12/15/2009, you wrote:
Dear Friends,
we have just received the sad and very extraordinary news
This is an incredibly sad news.
I am not sure that it'll help, but the petition page at the European
Parliament can be reach
here:
https://www.secure.europarl.europa.eu/parliament/public/petition/secured/submit.do?language=en
Dear SS
Thanks for the, albeit shocking, news. What a shame. Same has happened
here, indeed, at the Gemeentemuseum. I played quite a while ago at the
opening of an exhibition about musical instruments and art (called
Music for the Eye, there's a nice catalogue), accompanying Saskia
Coolen who was
Why do museums with such fine collections not show
their wares?
speculating, could be economics. Costs to keep display cases at a
conservative environment. Museum security and insurance is another issue.
Instrument makers might be better served by publications of plans and
photos, which
This is an incredibly sad news.
One wonders if Her Majesty could be induced to take an interest?
--
Dana Emery
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I remember only a few years ago going to the VA musical instrument
section on a Saturday morning and being asked to leave after about 20
minutes. The reason given was that there was no member of staff
available. I was at that time obsessing about 18th century cistres -
the VA has a very
bad...on both counts.
Eugene
-Original Message-
From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On
Behalf Of Stuart Walsh
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 5:58 PM
Cc: Lute List
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Closure of VA Instrument Gallery
I remember only a few years ago
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Sent: Tue, December 15, 2009 5:58:23 PM
Subject: [LUTE] Re: Closure of VA Instrument Gallery
I remember only a few years ago going to the VA musical instrument section on
a Saturday morning and being asked to leave after about 20 minutes. The reason
given
Hi everyone,
Stephen and Sandi have summed up this tragic decision well. Over
her in the US, we had a similar event in the early 1980s, when the US
congress decided to stop funding the Dayton Miller collection of
historical flutes, and the Library of Congress was forced to put
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