I ran into people from the MIM several years ago at a music conference.
We discussed lutes, which they seemed to know nothing about, but they
were very clear that they were happy to add lutes to their museum if I
could find them some that would be donated. They run an interesting
world music concert series, but not early music as far as I know.
Recently I got an email that they are currently looking for a new
Executive Director, so perhaps their focus will change a bit.
Nancy
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
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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.
[1]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 :(
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