Dear list members, I am the curator of the musical instrument collection of the city of Nice in the Musée du Palais Lascaris (soon to be transformed into the Musée de la Musique de Nice). Our collection, although little-known outside of France, is the second in size and importance in France (after that of the Musée de la Musique in Paris), containing over 500 instruments from the 16th to the 20th century.
I am writing to you to ask for help in locating recordings of some more obscure instruments for use in our audioguide that will accompany our exhibitions. The display case in question will contain the following instruments: Archicistre PAQUET (Marseille, 1786) Cistre BORTOLOTTI (Milan, 1815) Mandore VIMERCATI (Milan, 1780) Mandore ANON (Milan, 1780) Cistre ANON (Italy, 1700) Cistre PRESTON (London 1776) Mandore PRESBLER (Milan 1676) The museum visitor will naturally be curious to hear an example of the sound of these instruments, as well as an hearing in what kind of music they were employed. Obviously we cannot find examples for ALL of these instruments, but I am hoping that you can suggest recordings that might shed light on at least one, if not more of them. Thank you very much for your expert advice on this rather difficult subject. Sincerely, Robert Adelson -- Robert ADELSON Musée de la musique de Nice Palais Lascaris 15, rue Droite 06300 Nice FRANCE tél: (+33) (0)4 93 62 72 44 fax: (+33) (0)4 93 62 72 45 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ou [EMAIL PROTECTED] To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
