Klarinet Archive - Posting 000407.txt from 2003/07

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Re: Greetings from Pine Bluff, AR/Musical Instrument Collection
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2003 18:43:57 -0400

Horne knows Rice and there was some discussion between the two, but he
was very unclear about the details or if anything at all was concluded.
The only one who is definitely out of the running is the group in
Vermillion, SD. I suggested he contact the Library of Congress.

Dan

DGross1226@-----.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 7/13/2003 1:16:37 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
> leeson0@-----.net writes:
>
> <<Av Galper sold Horne much of his collection, including a left handed
> clarinet prominently displayed, along with things I never saw in my life. Horne is
> 71 and is wondering what to do with the collection in his will. It's got to be
> worth 1/4 million dollars considering the breadth of it.>>
>
> Dan,
>
> Please check out the Fiske Collection of musical instruments on the campus of
> Pomona College in Claremont, California. There Website is:
>
> http://www.cuc.claremont.edu/fiske/welcome.htm
>
> The museum's Curator is Al Rice -- an excellent clarinetist -- who you may
> have met in your comings and goings in California. It would be wonderful if
> Messrs. Horne and Rice could work out some sort of arrangement to ensure that the
> collection will continue to be available for the public to enjoy.
>
> Happy motoring...
>
> Don Gross
> La Canada, California
>
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