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 Italy to study with Alirio Diaz, it was the fantastic collection of instruments in the VA that helped move me faster and further into the lute & early music world.
Shameful, indeed- including the necessity of James Yorke to manage so much on his own. So sorry about this. Dan -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
