From the Los Angeles Times
   A departure sadly noted
   Seldom shown for lack of funding, the Claremont Colleges' rare
   musical instrument collection is sold.
   By Larry Gordon
   Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
 
   April 21, 2008
 
   For lovers of rare musical instruments, the Fiske Museum
   at the Claremont Colleges long has been an astonishing if
   somewhat mysterious collection.
 
   Its 1,200 instruments from around the world include an 18th
   century Italian mandolin, unusual over-the-shoulder military
   brasses from the Civil War era, a gourd fiddle from Africa
   and a 9-foot-long temple trumpet from Tibet.
 
   The museum had limited visiting hours at its home in the
   windowless basement of Bridges Auditorium for three decades,
   and then it closed altogether 16 months ago, partly because
   of a lack of upkeep funds.  Now, almost the entire batch
   -- harpsichords, pianos, clarinets, banjos and cymbals --
   will leave its home in Claremont and be sold for an undisclosed
   price to a music museum under construction in Arizona. ...
 
 [ Read more about this at http://www.classical.net/news/  -Dave ]
 
Roger Hecht

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