Theo: Thanks for bringing this museum to our attention.
Looks like they have a quite new and fancy building based on what we can see in the photo gallery. Indeed if we are to judge from the photos, they are more proud of the building than they are of their collection. Interestingly, of the few musical instruments that are seen up close, a large majority are fretted plucked strings -- lutes by the organological definition -- and there is what appears to be a historical theorbo being poked at by one of the staff. Regards, Daniel ---------- Original Message ---------- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [LUTE] MIM's one lute Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2011 15:02:47 -0500 (EST) I just had the great pleasure of visiting MIM - the recently opened Musical Instrument Museum - in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. It is a beautiful and spacious museum. Music traditions from all around the world are displayed by region or country with authentic instruments and many fascinating field videos showing the amazing artistry and musical expression of our fellow humans of every culture. http://www.themim.org/ Although the museum has oodles of Ouds, and Guitars galore, they - sadly - have only one lone Lute on display: a 10 course lute made by Mathias Durvie, Paris, 1974. It is ironic that there are many lutes in europe that remain in the museum storage rooms for lack of exhibit space, yet (although I cannot speak for the museum) MIM seem to have plenty of exhibit space... but only one lute :( -- To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
