Klarinet Archive - Posting 000431.txt from 2003/11

From: Dan Leeson <leeson0@-----.net>
Subj: Re: [kl] Music Museum
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 08:58:10 -0500

James O'Briant wrote:

> Mike Marmer wrote, in part:
>
>
>>The museum is in South Dakota of all places.
>
>
> Why is it that people (especially people from the East Coast) seem so
> surprised when something of cultural significance occurs in the Midwest?
>
> -- Jim O'Briant
>

That is not a hard question. South Dakota is isolated and sparsely
populated, considering its size. Furthermore, there are several musical
instrument museums in the U.S. and all, except for the one in South
Dakota are neither isolated nor in a remote location. In addition, the
financial success of a museum depends on it not being isolated and
having a sufficient population who want to and do visit it, thus
sustaining it and making its purpose more useful.

Why should it surprise you that this deviation from a traditional
location for a museum surprises people? Would you not be surprise if you
were to learn that the best cello manufacturer in the U.S. lives in an
area so isolated that it takes him several hours to reach a road that
will take him to a remote town?

--
Dan Leeson
leeson0@-----.net

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