Dear Lutenists, My contact at the V & A thought that a petition would not prove particularly effective in our campaign against the music gallery's closure, and so I decided not to start one thinking that the press option was the best way forward. That said, I note that someone on Facebook has started a petition independently; in only a couple of days there are now over 1000 signatures. See:
http://www.facebook.com/luthiste?ref=profile#/group.php?gid=257514797266&ref=mf I have decided to add my name to this petition, and I would urge readers of this list to do the same. Perhaps providing the museum Directorate with a head count would not be a bad idea after all. Indeed, the petition (and the comments it contains) is a very powerful sign of the opposition to this policy decision. Very best wishes, Benjamin -- Dr Benjamin A. Narvey Institute of Musical Research School of Advanced Study University of London t +33 (0) 1 44 27 03 44 p/m +33 (0) 6 71 79 98 98 Site web/Website: www.luthiste.com To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
