Klarinet Archive - Posting 000432.txt from 2003/11

From: Roger Shilcock <roger.shilcock@-----.uk>
Subj: Re: [kl] Music Museum
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2003 09:06:45 -0500

One might think that only the best cello maker could afford to live in such a location.....
Roger S.

In message <3FC602F2.3070204@-----.org writes:
> James O'Briant wrote:
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> > Mike Marmer wrote, in part:
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> >>The museum is in South Dakota of all places.
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> > Why is it that people (especially people from the East Coast) seem so
> > surprised when something of cultural significance occurs in the Midwest?
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> > -- Jim O'Briant
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> 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.
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> 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?
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> --
> Dan Leeson
> leeson0@-----.net
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