I totally agree with Bert Bailey about the value of libraries. I, too, was a habitual browser of all the wonderful pieces available in the library, be they books, recordings, paintings, cassettes or videos. Cut backs in funding, in acquisition, staffing, and reduced hours the library is open has turned me to the internet to such sites as this. The curious will always find a way to acquire the knowledge they crave. It is almost an addiction, my friends kid me. There is also classical radio and TV to augment what we can't afford to collect privately. And there are some private lending libraries out there that will add to the variety of places one can "get their fix". Ideally the craving for having the recordings in hand is a wonderful boon to the superstores and websites where profit is the primary object. I get my music and art wherever I can. I will always be an inquiring mind never satiated by yesterdays discoveries. Music in general is an infinite and ever expanding subject which I will continue to enjoy however my pocketbook can handle it. I think I am not alone either, Bert. Jane Pierce [log in to unmask]