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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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